Principal Robotics Engineer

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $210k - $240k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🤖 Robotics

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Field AI

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11 - 50 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏗️ Construction

Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Construction

Field AI is a technology company focused on pioneering robotic AI and autonomy. The company develops Field Foundation Models (FFMs) that enable robots to operate autonomously in unpredictable and complex environments without the reliance on GPS or pre-defined paths. With its advanced AI solutions, Field AI is transforming various industries by enhancing operational efficiency, safety, and precision in real-world applications, particularly in sectors such as construction, oil and gas, and federal safety.

📋 Description

• Drive deep technical work across perception, localization and mapping, planning, and control • Identify autonomy algorithmic and systems bottlenecks and lead the most difficult issues to resolution • Architect production-grade systems across the autonomy software stack • Define and enforce stable API contracts between autonomy components and the broader software platform • Improve production software quality through testing, code review, profiling, and architectural discipline • Align engineers across multiple teams on shared technical direction without formal authority • Mentor senior and staff engineers and review designs • Partner with research collaborators and internal scientists to translate prototypes into robust deployed capabilities • Lead root-cause analysis of complex fleet-wide reliability and performance issues • Establish observability, diagnostics, and engineering practices for reliable real-world robot operation

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent industry experience • 10+ years of experience building production robotics or autonomy software, with Principal- or Staff-level technical impact • Deep expertise in modern C++ and Python • Strong command of ROS/ROS2, Linux, and Git • Experience architecting large-scale autonomy systems across at least two of perception, SLAM/localization, planning, and control • Strong foundation in real-time systems, concurrency, and performance optimization • Ability to lead complex technical efforts across multiple teams and influence direction without formal management authority • Excellent written and verbal communication • PhD with a strong publication record in robotics, perception, or machine learning (an advantage) • Hands-on experience with legged and wheeled robot platforms (an advantage) • Experience with learning-based navigation, traversability, or planning methods, including vision foundation models or reinforcement learning (an advantage) • Experience with Isaac Sim, Gazebo, or MuJoCo (an advantage) • Experience deploying and maintaining robot fleets in harsh or unstructured real-world environments (an advantage) • Familiarity with Prometheus or Grafana (an advantage)

🏖️ Benefits

• Inclusive workplace committed to diversity and equal opportunity • Collaboration with colleagues across the US and around the world