Robotics Systems Engineer - Field Deployment & IntegrationType: Full-time, on-site / field-based
Schedule Expectations - Read Before ApplyingThis is a field deployment role, not a 9-to-5 desk job. Warehouses run multiple shifts, and go-lives, incidents, and integrations don't wait for business hours.
- Nights and weekends should be expected regularly - not as a rare exception. Go-lives are frequently scheduled during off-hours or weekend downtime windows to avoid disrupting customer operations.
- You may be paged for production issues (robot faults, network outages, server failures) outside normal hours and need to respond promptly, remotely or on-site.
- Extensive travel to customer sites is required, sometimes on short notice.
- If you need a strict 9-5, Monday-Friday schedule, this role is not a fit.
What You'll DoField Deployment- Deploy and validate Destro's software stack in live warehouses, working directly with customer ops, IT, and engineering teams.
- Own production issues end-to-end during launch and stabilization, including off-hours incidents.
- Improve uptime, throughput, and reliability of deployed systems.
Systems & Infrastructure- Build and maintain containerized services (Docker Compose) running on Destro-managed servers and edge devices.
- Work with cloud infrastructure (GCP) for image management, versioning, and deployment tooling.
- Configure and troubleshoot networking: VLANs, DHCP, internal DNS, and certificate-based service security.
- Debug across the full stack: robot state faults, sensor issues, API failures, container networking, database queries, and monitoring dashboards.
Who You Are- 2-6 years in systems engineering, robotics software, backend engineering, infrastructure, or field engineering.
- Comfortable being paged off-hours and traveling on short notice - see schedule expectations above.
- Can operate independently in ambiguous, high-pressure environments without perfect specs.
- Calm under pressure, direct with customers, strong ownership mentality.
Technical SkillsRequired- Strong Python or C++.
- Hands-on Docker/Docker Compose experience (build, deploy, debug, image versioning).
- Linux/server administration: command line, logs, processes, systemd, firewalls.
- Networking fundamentals: DHCP, DNS, VLANs, static IP reservations, TLS/certificates.
- API and comm protocol experience (REST, WebSockets, MQTT).
Strongly Preferred- AMR/warehouse automation/fleet management experience.
- Cloud deployment experience, ideally GCP.
- Observability tooling: Grafana, Prometheus, time-series databases.
- WMS/WES/ERP integration experience.
Nice to Have- Robot task allocation/scheduling/routing.
- Experience with wearables, scanners, or warehouse hardware.
