# Forward Deployed Robotics Engineer at Physical Intelligence

Forward Deployed Robotics Engineer at Physical Intelligence in San Francisco. On-site, full-time. Posted November 17, 2025.

- Company: Physical Intelligence
- Location: San Francisco
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Experience: 2+ years
- Posted: 2025-11-17
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/physicalintelligence/567d620f-7600-4e35-9edd-f41ed4db45ce/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/forward-deployed-robotics-engineer-physical-intelligence-53y1a0

## Description

### **Role Overview**

As a **Forward Deployed Robotics Engineer**, you'll serve as the first line of technical defense for our growing fleet of robotic systems deployed across warehouse and external data-collection environments. Our diverse robot fleet—including both static and mobile systems—performs complex manipulation and sensing tasks in real-world settings. When issues arise, you'll be the first responder: analyzing field tickets, reproducing issues, gathering diagnostic data, and driving resolution to ensure maximum fleet uptime.

**Key Responsibilities- Primary Robot Fleet Issue Technical Triage Point**: Manage incoming fleet issue ticket queue, prioritize based on fleet-wide implications and operational goals, and triage as hardware, software, or operational issue.
**- Fast-Paced Operations**: Handle quick turnaround expectations while maintaining diagnostic quality
**- On-Site Diagnostics**: Perform physical inspections and functional tests at robot stations to verify issue reproduction
**- Data Analysis**: Analyze telemetry, sensor data, and logs to form and test hypotheses about root causes
** - Failure Analysis**: Execute technically sound Failure Analysis / Root Cause Analysis procedures
**- Cross-Team Collaboration**: Partner with hardware and software teams to reproduce and resolve complex issues
**- Pattern Recognition**: Identify recurring issues across the fleet and surface reliability insights for design improvements
**- Documentation**: Maintain clear, traceable documentation for every diagnostic and escalation event
**- Metrics & Reporting**: Track and report issue trends and fleet health metrics to leadership
**- Process Improvement**: Collaborate with team lead to develop and maintain diagnostic procedures and troubleshooting guides

**Required Competencies & Skills- Education**: B.S. in Robotics, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, or equivalent experience
**- Hardware Knowledge**: Proficiency debugging electromechanical systems including actuators, PCBs, cameras, wiring harnesses, and communication hardware
**- Software Knowledge:** Experience with log parsing and basic scripting for diagnostics (Python or Bash)
**- Systems Knowledge**: Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, and software interactions in robotic systems
**- Communication**: Excellent written and verbal communication, particularly in technical documentation and shift handoffs
**- Hands-On Problem Solving Experience:** Minimum 2 years work experience with debugging and completing root cause investigations of systems with hardware and software issues

**Strongly Preferred:**

- Experience supporting multi-robot fleets, warehouse automation systems, or field robotics deployments

*Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.*