Robotics Systems Integration Engineer — Field Hardware

Compound Eye, Inc.; Redwood City, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ISO stock options

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Annual home office stipend

Employer-paid long-term disability, ST

Life insurance

Job summary

Compound Eye, Inc. seeks a Robotics Integration Engineer to turn components into robust, field‑ready systems. You will own enclosure design, harnessing, and drive‑by‑wire integration for vehicles and test platforms in Redwood City, CA.

You will work with a hands‑on team, use CAD to optimize for manufacturability, and push hardware from lab concepts to repeatable field deployments, including frequent on‑site work.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on mechanical or robotics integration, building systems that work outside a lab.
• Degree in mechanical, mechatronics, or robotics engineering, or equivalent shop experience.
• Strong parametric CAD skills with design-for-manufacturing judgment.
• Real shop skills: 3D printing, drilling, finishing, crimping, soldering; know when to hand parts to a machinist.

Responsibilities

• Own mechanical design of enclosures, brackets, sensor mounts, camera bars, and vehicle/airframe interfaces in CAD.
• Build what you design: machine prototypes and manage outside vendors.
• Design, build, and document cable harnesses end-to-end with pinouts and spares.
• Integrate electrical components: power distribution, DC‑DC, fusing, grounding, batteries, load budgets.
• Install, wire, and maintain drive-by-wire systems on ground platforms, including CAN wiring and safety interlocks.
• Bring up motors, speed controllers, servos, and gimbals and test them on the bench.

Skills

3D printing

Mechanical assembly

Harness design

CAN bus

Electrical wiring

Education

Mechanical, Mechatronics, or Robotics Engineering degree

Tools

Fusion 360

SolidWorks

Onshape

Job description

Compound Eye, Inc. seeks a Robotics Integration Engineer to turn components into robust, field‑ready systems. You will own enclosure design, harnessing, and drive‑by‑wire integration for vehicles and test platforms in Redwood City, CA.

You will work with a hands‑on team, use CAD to optimize for manufacturability, and push hardware from lab concepts to repeatable field deployments, including frequent on‑site work.