Principal Robotics Engineer

FieldAI

Remote regions

US

Salary range

$210,000–$240,000/yr

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What You'll Get To Do:

  • Drive deep technical work across perception, localization, planning, and control.
  • Define stable API contracts and raise production software quality standards.
  • Lead root-cause analysis of fleet-wide reliability issues.

What You Have:

  • Master’s or PhD in Robotics, CS, or related field with 10+ years of production experience.
  • Deep expertise in C++, Python, ROS/ROS2, and large-scale autonomy systems.
  • Proven ability to lead complex technical efforts across multiple teams.

What Will Set You Apart:

  • PhD with strong publication record in robotics, perception, or machine learning.
  • Experience with legged and wheeled robots and learning-based navigation methods.
  • Track record of deploying robot fleets in harsh real-world environments.

FieldAI

FieldAI builds risk-aware, field-ready AI systems for legged and wheeled robots, combining rigorous engineering with learning systems. The company has a world-class team with experience from DeepMind, NASA JPL, Boston Dynamics, and other leading organizations, focused on reliable deployment outside the lab.

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