Robotics Hardware Engineer - Deployable Field Systems

University of Texas; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Robotics Hardware Engineer to develop, integrate, maintain, and deploy robotic platforms for HERO deployments across multiple sites. You will integrate sensors, compute, and components with off-the-shelf systems to ensure safe, reliable, and deployable research platforms.

You will own platform configurations, support replication across sites, and collaborate with the Robotics Software Engineer to coordinate upgrades, troubleshooting, and field

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Two or more years of relevant professional, research, or field engineering experience with robotic systems.
• Programming proficiency in Python and C++ (or comparable robotics languages).
• Experience with ROS2 and hands-on hardware-software integration.

Responsibilities

• Own hardware and software integration, readiness, maintenance, and field deployment of mobile robotic platforms.
• Develop and maintain standardized platform configurations for replication across HERO sites.
• Translate research and deployment needs into robot hardware, sensing, computing, and integration requirements.
• Coordinate with researchers to ensure platforms support scientific goals.
• Establish procedures for setup, calibration, inspection, maintenance and repair.

Skills

Python

C++

ROS2

Sensor integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related engineering

Tools

Linux

Job description

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Robotics Hardware Engineer to develop, integrate, maintain, and deploy robotic platforms for HERO deployments across multiple sites. You will integrate sensors, compute, and components with off-the-shelf systems to ensure safe, reliable, and deployable research platforms.

You will own platform configurations, support replication across sites, and collaborate with the Robotics Software Engineer to coordinate upgrades, troubleshooting, and field