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To accomplish this, we are building a team of exceptional professionals who combine world-class technical skills with creative vision, grounded in humility and collaboration.\nPosition Summary:\nThe Deployment Engineer will support the successful deployment, operation, and maintenance of robots in real-world environments. This role is hands-on and field-oriented, with responsibility for bringing up systems, troubleshooting issues, performing repairs, and helping ensure robots are ready for reliable operation in customer and internal settings.\nYou will work closely with Robot Operations, Hardware, and Software teams to identify issues in the field, document failures clearly, and help drive practical improvements to deployment readiness and serviceability. This role is well suited for someone who is technically strong, enjoys working directly with robot hardware and software, and wants to own a customer deployment end-to-end: the technical outcome, the on-site relationship, and the case for expanding to new processes.\nCore Responsibilities:\nServe as the dedicated robot operations team owner for an enterprise customer deployment, from site readiness through steady-state operation and expansion to new processes\nSupport robot deployments in field and production environments, including setup, checkout, troubleshooting, maintenance, and recovery\nDiagnose mechanical, electrical, and systems-level issues in deployed robots, owning issues through resolution and escalating with a clear diagnosis\nExecute repairs, rework, and component replacements on robots and related equipment\nDocument field issues clearly, including symptoms, context, likely causes, and actions taken\nProvide project management support and shift-level triage and direction of active deployment site operations work\nContribute to and develop deployment documentation, service procedures, checklists, and operational playbooks\nPartner with Hardware, Software, Product, and Operations teams to communicate field learnings and support improvement efforts\nHelp validate deployment readiness for new features, hardware changes, and system updates\nTrack recurring issues and reliability concerns, and help identify practical opportunities to improve robustness and serviceability\nSupport inventory, tools, spare parts, and service readiness for deployments and ongoing operations\nRequired Qualifications:\n4+ years of hands-on experience supporting, maintaining, testing, or deploying complex electromechanical systems in the field, in production, or in a lab environment\nStrong mechanical aptitude and working knowledge of electrical systems, wiring, sensors, actuators, and basic system integration\nAbility to troubleshoot across hardware and software boundaries in a structured and practical way\nExperience using common tools, test equipment, and repair processes safely and effectively\nAbility to write clear technical notes, issue reports, and procedural documentation\nStrong judgment, attention to detail, and ability to stay organized in fast-moving environments\nComfort working independently while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams\nWillingness to travel up to 50% of the time and ability to lift up to 50 lbs\nU.S. Citizenship is required for this role\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience working with robots, autonomous systems, industrial equipment, or other complex fielded hardware\nFamiliarity with Linux-based systems, logs, command-line debugging, or basic robotics/software tooling\nExperience supporting customer-facing deployments or on-site technical operations\nExposure to root cause analysis, failure tracking, or reliability improvement processes\nExperience improving technician workflows, documentation, or service procedures\nWalden Robotics offers a competitive total compensation program, including salary, annual cash bonus, company equity, company-subsidized insurance programs, 401(k) with company match, flexible PTO, daily lunch, and other benefits. The pay ranges noted on our posts are for salary only.\nWalden Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to .\nWalden Robotics participates in E-Verify. If you receive an offer of employment from Walden, you will need to go through the E-Verify process of digital verification of your employment authorization documents as provided on the Form I-9. 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