FieldAI

Robotics Engineer, Humanoid System Integration

Irvine, CA · Mid

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 25 days ago

PythonC++Full-Stack DevelopmentLinuxNLPRoboticsMechanical DesignElectrical EngineeringSensorsResearchCommunication

About the role

FieldAI's Irvine team is where embodied AI meets real robots, real sensors, and real field deployments.
If you want your work to ship, get tested on hardware, and improve through real deployments, Irvine is the place.
This role is responsible for bringing together perception, localization, planning, locomotion, manipulation, controls, sensors, compute, networking, diagnostics, and release workflows.

Define and maintain interfaces across autonomy, manipulation, locomotion, sensors, compute, controls, and field tools.
Own robot bring-up, calibration, configuration, diagnostics, and validation workflows.
Develop integration tests, regression tests, telemetry tools, dashboards, and release-readiness checks.
Partner with manipulation, hardware, QA/QC, field application, and service teams to keep humanoid platforms continuously shippable.
Based in the heart of Southern California's robotics ecosystem, we build risk-aware, reliable, field-ready AI systems that solve the hardest problems in robotics and unlock the full potential of embodied intelligence.
The Robotics Engineer, Humanoid System Integration will own the integration of humanoid software and hardware subsystems into a cohesive robot stack that is testable, debuggable, and deployment-ready.

Strong hands-on experience integrating robotic systems on real hardware. must include physical hardware
Experience with ROS/ROS2, robot middleware, drivers, calibration, diagnostics, logging, and distributed systems.
Ability to profile performance, isolate failures, define interfaces, and coordinate across multiple technical teams.
Background appropriate for a junior-to-mid engineer
fresh MS and PhD graduates welcome.
simulation-only backgrounds will not be considered.
Strong C++ and Python skills in Linux-based robotics environments.
Understanding of perception, planning, controls, locomotion, manipulation, sensor integration, and embedded compute constraints.
What Sets You Apart
You've integrated a humanoid or legged/mobile manipulation platform from bring-up through field deployment - not just research or simulation.
You've owned the interfaces between locomotion, manipulation, and perception, and debugged failures across those seams on real hardware.
You've built the tooling that made other engineers faster: calibration pipelines, regression harnesses, telemetry dashboards, or release gates that prevented bad deploys.

MS or PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field preferred
BS considered with a demonstrated track record of hands-on robotics work across multiple physical systems - research projects, competition robotics, or internships with daily hardware exposure.

calibration pipelines, regression harnesses, telemetry dashboards, or release gates that prevented bad deploys.
Why Join FieldAI in Irvine?

Our salary range is generous and we consider each individual's background and experience when determining final compensation.

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