Robotics Hardware Engineer (ROS2) - Part-Time, Hybrid

S27a; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Aerobotics7 is building autonomous robots and AI to tackle critical real-world problems. We are hiring the first hardware engineers to bring up sensors, compute, and power on a mobile ground robot, with ROS2 nodes for data acquisition, sensor fusion, and localization.

This part-time contract role starts hybrid/in-person in the Santa Clara area and is designed to grow into a core full-time position as we scale, with early field pilots in weeks, working closely with the founders.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on ROS2 experience with nodes, launches, tf, and real sensor data.
• LiDAR-inertial odometry or SLAM experience (FAST-LIO2, LIO-SAM).
• Sensor calibration and time synchronization.
• Comfort with embedded Linux and Jetson or similar SBC.
• Strong hardware skills: wiring, harnessing, power, debugging with multimeter/scope.

Responsibilities

• Bring up and integrate sensors, compute, and power on a mobile ground robot.
• Build, tune and debug ROS2 nodes for data acquisition, sensor fusion, and localization.
• Own hardware integration end to end: wiring, harnessing, mounting, bench testing, field testing.
• Get the robot field-ready for real deployments, not just the lab.

Skills

ROS2

LiDAR SLAM

Sensor calibration

Embedded Linux

Hardware integration

Bench to field

On-site in Bay Area

Job description

Aerobotics7 is building autonomous robots and AI to tackle critical real-world problems. We are hiring the first hardware engineers to bring up sensors, compute, and power on a mobile ground robot, with ROS2 nodes for data acquisition, sensor fusion, and localization.

This part-time contract role starts hybrid/in-person in the Santa Clara area and is designed to grow into a core full-time position as we scale, with early field pilots in weeks, working closely with the founders.