Robotics DevOps Engineer — Cloud, CI/CD & Field AI

FieldAI; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

FieldAI's Irvine team builds risk-aware, field-ready AI systems for robotics, combining real hardware testing with scalable software. Based in Southern California, we ship systems that work in the field and learn from deployments.

We are looking for a DevOps/Platform Engineer to design CI/CD pipelines, containerized cloud infrastructure, and deployment automation across cloud and edge environments, collaborating with robotics and ML teams to improve reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 3–7 years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, SRE, or related roles.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD systems in complex engineering environments.
• Strong scripting or programming skills in Python, Bash, Go, or similar languages.
• Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines across robotics, AI, and software systems.
• Design and manage cloud-native, containerized infrastructure using Kubernetes, Docker, and related technologies.
• Deploy and support workloads across cloud and edge environments.
• Improve developer workflows through automation, tooling, and infrastructure enhancements.
• Support testing, packaging, deployment, and observability for distributed robotics and AI systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with robotics, ML, and platform engineering teams to improve reliability and scalability.
• Optimize build systems, monorepos, and deployment workflows for complex engineering environments.

Skills

Python

Bash

Go

Linux

Networking

Distributed systems

SRE

Cloud infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

FieldAI's Irvine team builds risk-aware, field-ready AI systems for robotics, combining real hardware testing with scalable software. Based in Southern California, we ship systems that work in the field and learn from deployments.

We are looking for a DevOps/Platform Engineer to design CI/CD pipelines, containerized cloud infrastructure, and deployment automation across cloud and edge environments, collaborating with robotics and ML teams to improve reliability and performance.