Sensor Systems Engineer, Field Robotics & Autonomy

FieldAI; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Equity

Job summary

FieldAI is seeking a Sensor Systems Engineer to design, integrate, calibrate, and validate sensing systems on wheeled robotic platforms for federal and commercial programs. You will align hardware and software, ensure time-synchronized data, and collaborate with autonomy, compute, electrical, and mechanical teams to ship robust field-ready sensor solutions.

The ideal candidate has hands-on perception sensors experience, calibration expertise, and strong knowledge of ROS/ROS2, timing protocols,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, or related field.
• Hands-on sensors experience with LiDAR, depth cameras, IMUs, GPS.
• Experience with perception sensors and sensor integration across hardware/software domains.

Responsibilities

• Design, integration, calibration, and validation of sensing and compute systems for autonomy stack.
• Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, software teams to deliver field-ready sensor solutions.
• Produce timing diagrams, sensor maps, coordinate transforms, and maintain configuration and driver references.

Skills

Sensor systems

Hands-on sensors

Systems thinking

Sensor physics

Lab skills

Communication protocols

ROS/ROS2

Timing & triggers

Calibration & characterization

Simulation

Education

B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in Robotics or related field

Tools

ROS/ROS2

Coordinate transforms (TF)

Job description

FieldAI is seeking a Sensor Systems Engineer to design, integrate, calibrate, and validate sensing systems on wheeled robotic platforms for federal and commercial programs. You will align hardware and software, ensure time-synchronized data, and collaborate with autonomy, compute, electrical, and mechanical teams to ship robust field-ready sensor solutions.

The ideal candidate has hands-on perception sensors experience, calibration expertise, and strong knowledge of ROS/ROS2, timing protocols,