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This role requires travel to active data collection sites across the country (regular travel across the Bay Area, and ~25% travel across the country).\nResponsibilities:\nSupport engineering with deployment, serving as an on-site representative to reach development goals.\n\nProvide hands-on support to collection team to unblock technical issues, communicate updates from engineers, teach troubleshooting techniques, and provide coaching.\n\nExecute robot commissioning and testing at the customer site, including tracking and analyzing collections, coding and debugging as necessary.\n\nTriage hardware and software issues as they appear, document learnings, and drive fixes to resolution across engineering teams.\n\nPlan and execute the logistics of deploying early-stage robotic systems to homes and apartments.\n\nWork with robot operators and technicians as the site lead, ensuring required work is completed and tools, spares, and equipment are available.\n\nCommunicate clearly to engineers and leadership - Produce regular summaries of site health, recurring issues, and trends.\n\nRequirements:\n3-5+ years of work experience in automotive or industrial automation/robotics integration, deployment, and development.\n\nEngineering degree.\n\nExcellent judgment and execution in high pressure situations.\n\nAbility to work with your hands on electro - mechanical systems.\n\nExperience with stakeholder management and customer success.\n\nExperience transitioning products from design to pilot to commercialization.\n\nFamiliarity with project management software (Confluence, Jira, etc.).\n\nWillingness to travel frequently to collect sites.\n\nBonus Qualifications:\nSoftware validation experience.\n\nExperience with Linux, Python or coding languages.\n\nThe US base salary range for this full-time position is $125,000 to $185,000 per year.\nThe pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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