{"id":1126042,"url":"https://alion.io/job/lila-sciences-robotics-operations-engineer-i-first-shift","title":"Robotics Operations Engineer I, First Shift","company":{"id":65163,"name":"Lila Sciences","domain":"lila.ai","url":"https://alion.io/company/lila-ai","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":89,"open_postings":58,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.241,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":71,"computed_at":"2026-09-23T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Robotics","role_family":"Robotics","seniority":"junior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Cambridge, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":75600,"max":109200,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":109200},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"ROS2","optional":false},{"name":"Nav2","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-22T19:52:07Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-22","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T22:16:09Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"Your Impact at LILA\nThe Robotics Operations Engineer supports deployment and day-to-day operation of Lila’s production robot fleet. This role is the front-line technical presence for robots operating in production environments, ensuring safe, reliable operation and rapid response when issues arise.\nYou’ll monitor live robot operations, perform hands-on troubleshooting, document incidents clearly, and partner with robotics software and hardware teams to improve uptime. The role is based in a lab production environment and will help support expanded fleet operating hours as the team scales. This role begins on a standard 9am-5pm schedule and transitions to first shift coverage, 6am-2pm, as fleet operating hours expand.\nWhat You'll Be Building\nMonitor robot behavior during live production operations.\nIntervene quickly and safely to pause, stop, or reset robots when needed.\nDocument logs, sensor output, video, and reproduction steps for incident escalation.\nPerform minor robot maintenance, including cabling, sensor swaps, fasteners, and basic component replacement.\nExecute robot swap procedures, validate spare units, and return robots to production readiness.\nMaintain accurate records of robot health, incidents, maintenance actions, and fleet status.\nTranslate field observations into clear priorities for robotics software and hardware fixes.\nIdentify recurring failure patterns and recommend improvements that reduce downtime.\nWhat You'll Need to Succeed\nHands-on experience working with robotic systems through work experience, technical programs, internships, academic robotics teams, or equivalent practical exposure.\nSolid grasp of core robotics concepts, including kinematics, sensors, actuators, and control systems.\nWorking experience with ROS2, including nodes, topics, launch files, and debugging or introspection tools.\nComfortable with basic mechanical and electrical troubleshooting, including cabling, connectors, sensors, and fasteners.\nStrong observational skills and sound judgment for quick, safe decisions during live operation.\nClear written communication skills for documenting issues and reporting to engineering teams.\nAbility to work independently and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.\nFlexibility to begin on a standard 9am-5pm schedule and transition to first shift coverage, 6am-2pm, as fleet operating hours expand.\nBonus Points For\nExperience supporting robots or automated systems through a production rollout or pilot phase.\nFamiliarity with Nav2, Behavior Trees, or related robotics tooling.\nScripting experience with Python or similar tools for log review, data collection, or simple automation.\nExperience with fleet management, monitoring dashboards, telemetry tools, or issue-tracking systems.\nBackground in mechanical, electrical, robotics, or mechatronics engineering through a degree, technical program, or equivalent hands-on experience.\nCompensation\nWe offer competitive base compensation with bonus potential and generous early-stage equity. Your final offer will reflect your background, expertise, and expected impact.\nU.S. Benefits. Full-time U.S. employees receive a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, and vision coverage; employer-paid life and disability insurance; flexible time off with generous company wide holidays; paid parental leave; an educational assistance program; commuter benefits, including bike share memberships for office based employees; and a company subsidized lunch program.\nInternational Benefits. Full-time employees outside the U.S. receive a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region. USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions; international salaries are set to local market.\nExpected Base Salary Range\n$75,600—$109,200 USD\nAbout LILA\nLila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.\nLILA combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery at unprecedented speed, scale, and impact across medicine, materials, and energy. Learn more at www.lila.ai.\nGuided by our core values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity, we move with startup speed while tackling problems of historic importance. If this sounds like an environment you'd love to work in, even if you don't meet every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply.\nWe’re All In\nLila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.\nInformation you provide during your application process will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy.\nA Note to Agencies\nLila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Science’s internal Talent Acquisition team. 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