Senior Robot Operations Technician — Field Deployments

Persona AI, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Medical benefits

Equity

PTO

Winter break

Job summary

Persona AI, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Technician, Robot Operations to lead field deployments of humanoid robots in heavy industry environments. You will operate and maintain the robots at customer sites, manage readiness and troubleshooting, and work closely with engineering teams to improve field reliability.

The role requires traveling up to 50% and being based in or relocating to Houston, TX. You will train site staff and present Persona professionally in the field.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on field operations or robotics deployment.
• Strong safety awareness in industrial environments.
• Excellent communication with customers and engineering teams.
• Highly organized with solid documentation habits.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% domestically and internationally.
• Based in or willing to relocate to Houston, TX.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and operate Persona’s humanoid robots at customer sites as on-site contact during live deployments.
• Manage robot readiness, environment setup, and real-time troubleshooting under pressure.
• Identify opportunities to improve field reliability across mechanical, electrical, and software systems.
• Execute end-to-end robot mobilization and demobilization with pre- and post-deployment checks.
• Maintain daily performance logs and field issue reports feeding back to engineering and product teams.
• Train site personnel on basic operational protocols and surface site challenges with application engineers.
• Represent Persona professionally as the face of the product in the field.

Skills

Field operations

Robotics deployment

Electro-mechanical troubleshooting

Industrial equipment maintenance

Safety orientation

Communication

Documentation

Travel readiness

Houston relocation

Tools

Linux

Jira

Job description

Persona AI, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Technician, Robot Operations to lead field deployments of humanoid robots in heavy industry environments. You will operate and maintain the robots at customer sites, manage readiness and troubleshooting, and work closely with engineering teams to improve field reliability.

The role requires traveling up to 50% and being based in or relocating to Houston, TX. You will train site staff and present Persona professionally in the field.