Senior Systems Engineer, Robotics for Off-Grid Data Centers

TAR; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to $15K relocation bonus

Unlimited PTO

Health, Dental, Vision insurance

$1K monthly meals stipend

Job summary

TAR is seeking a Systems Engineer for its robotics program in San Francisco. You will own machine-level requirements, interfaces, verification, and safety while collaborators own subsystems.

You will guide bring-up, integration, and field commissioning, traveling to the West Texas site as needed. The role requires deep cross-disciplinary knowledge across mechanical, electrical, and software domains, plus strong Python analysis and a track record of end-to-end delivery on complex robotic systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of systems engineering or related experience on robotic or electromechanical systems.
• Cross-discipline fluency across mechanical, electrical, and software domains.
• Experience taking a machine end to end from prototype to deployment.
• Requirements definition, flow-down, and traceability on hardware programs.
• Strong cross-disciplinary debugging with scopes, logic analyzers, telemetry, and logs.
• Cross-functional stakeholder management and a track record of driving decisions through influence.
• Proficiency in Python or similar for analysis.

Responsibilities

• Derive machine-level requirements from deployment targets and coordinate with design engineers to align subsystems.
• Define use cases and operations groundings for machine loading, positioning, operation, and maintenance, including off-nominal cases.
• Broker interfaces between subsystems (mechanical, power, data, timing, software contracts) to surface issues on paper.
• Build error and performance budgets to ensure machines meet spec and hold designs accountable.
• Act as backstop for system performance, surfacing risks across mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software domains.
• Plan and run verification and validation at the machine level, bring FMEA and reliability analysis to design teams.
• Own safety architecture for machines moving heavy loads, including E-stops and safety zones.
• Support integration and bring-up from first article to field-ready, with feedback loops to requirements.
• Demonstrate exceptional written and verbal communication to guide cross-functional programs.

Skills

Systems engineering

Robotics integration

Cross-discipline collaboration

Python analysis

Failure analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

Telemetry

Job description

TAR is seeking a Systems Engineer for its robotics program in San Francisco. You will own machine-level requirements, interfaces, verification, and safety while collaborators own subsystems.

You will guide bring-up, integration, and field commissioning, traveling to the West Texas site as needed. The role requires deep cross-disciplinary knowledge across mechanical, electrical, and software domains, plus strong Python analysis and a track record of end-to-end delivery on complex robotic systems.