Field Integration Engineer

We are looking for a Field Integration Engineer to lead failure analysis, hardware validation, and continuous improvement efforts across our integrated systems. In this role, you will work closely with Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Firmware, and Technician teams to drive root-cause investigations, validate corrective actions, and ensure new and serviced hardware meet high quality and functional standards. You will also contribute to improving diagnostic capabilities, refining documentation, and sharing customer feedback with product teams to enhance system performance and reliability.

In the role, you will:

• Drive root-cause analysis of the failure, working across electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and technician teams as needed
• Validate corrective actions to avoid future failures
• Conduct thorough inspections and checkouts of new hardware and RMAs to ensure they meet quality and functional standards before shipment.
• Assist in collecting customer feedback and issues to share with product teams for continuous improvement.
• Create and review documentation such as drawings, schematics, build instructions, and incoming hardware quality tests/checks
• Assist with improved diagnostics to more rapidly detect failure modes

What you’ll bring:

• Proven hands-on experience debugging and assembling hardware/software systems - specifically in the autonomous vehicle, robotics or similar advanced systems space
• Experience working with customers directly delivering technical solutions
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• You are confident with automotive electronics and are familiar with communication protocols and tools such as Ethernet, CAN, LIN, 100BASE-T1.
• Proven ability to independently solve complex, novel problems with minimal guidance through critical thinking and resourcefulness.

Bonus Points:

• Demonstrated expertise with autonomy-specific sensors, including cameras, LiDAR, radar, and INS systems.
• Skills in prototyping electronics, wire harnesses, and custom hardware components
• Experience hardware design tool such as CAD, SolidWorks, Soldering, etc
• Experience in programming/scripting languages (C++, python, C, ROS, bash), operating system such as Ubuntu/Linux/Windows System (REPEAT)
• Failure analysis experience a plus

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
• MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
• Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
• Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation)
• Fidelity 401(k)
• Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
• Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)