Robotics Systems Engineer

HFBAC•San Francisco, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

A well-funded physical AI company is hiring a Robotics Systems Engineer to join a small, high-impact systems team and scale deployments of autonomous haul trucks. More than 100 trucks are already operating in production across mining and quarry sites worldwide, hauling millions of tons. This role integrates and validates autonomy capabilities on real trucks, advancing features from prototype to reliable production performance. It owns system-level integration across sensors, compute, networking, and software, and leads technical execution for new truck platform bring-ups across multiple OEM brands. The engineer will also develop diagnostics, validation criteria, and release gates for an expanding international fleet, collaborating with planning, controls, operations, and safety teams in mission-critical mining environments. The company describes its culture as engineering-led, with engineers making key decisions. The role offers end-to-end ownership of real production systems rather than simulation. It is onsite five days a week in San Francisco, with flexible hours and no clock-in/clock-out. The company can transfer an existing H-1B or employ candidates on OPT, but cannot sponsor a new H-1B. The interview process includes a recruiter screen, hiring manager screen, technical screen, onsite interview, final interview, and debrief.

Requirements

At least 2 years of hands-on experience deploying robotics systems in real-world environments.
Comfort with ambiguity and building from the ground up.
Familiarity with Python, C++, Linux, ROS, sensor fusion, camera pipelines, CAN bus, Git, CI/CD, and simulation.

Responsibilities

Integrate and validate autonomy capabilities on real autonomous haul trucks, taking features from prototype to reliable production performance.
Own system-level integration across sensors, compute, networking, and software, ensuring everything performs correctly during testing.
Lead technical execution on new truck platform bring-ups, working with hardware teams on sensor integration, calibration, and tuning across multiple OEM brands.
Build and improve diagnostics, validation criteria, and release gates for a growing international fleet.
Work with planning, controls, operations, and safety teams on mission-critical mining environments.