Robotics Health & Calibration Engineer — Diagnostics & Telemetry

Google LLC; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

DeepMind seeks a Robotics Engineer focused on System Health and Calibration to ensure hardware performs as expected, detect deviations, and implement software-based solutions to bring systems back into spec. You will build telemetry and diagnostic tools, analyze complex hardware/software interactions, and work with researchers, hardware engineers, and reliability specialists.

Artificial intelligence is central to our mission; this role contributes to safe, scalable robotic systems for research

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/Robotics or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience developing, testing, and debugging software for physical robotics or embedded platforms.
• 1 year of experience with C++ and Python in a Linux environment.
• 1 year of experience with NumPy, SciPy, Pandas for time-series sensor data.

Responsibilities

• Implement and automate calibration routines and verification pipelines for robot sensors and assemblies.
• Develop onboard diagnostics and telemetry tools to analyze high-frequency time-series data and detect hardware anomalies.
• Investigate faults using testbenches and collaborate with hardware engineers for end-to-end failure isolation.
• Write modular, high-performance C++ and Python code with strong automated test coverage.
• Document failure modes, calibration procedures, and diagnostic playbooks to support fleet scaling.

Skills

Robotics software

Telemetry & diagnostics

Root cause analysis

Calibration techniques

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/Robotics or related field

Tools

C++

Python

Linux

NumPy

SciPy

Pandas

Job description

DeepMind seeks a Robotics Engineer focused on System Health and Calibration to ensure hardware performs as expected, detect deviations, and implement software-based solutions to bring systems back into spec. You will build telemetry and diagnostic tools, analyze complex hardware/software interactions, and work with researchers, hardware engineers, and reliability specialists.

Artificial intelligence is central to our mission; this role contributes to safe, scalable robotic systems for research