Physicalintelligence

Robot Integration Engineer

San Francisco. Posted 6 months ago

The role

The Robot Integration Engineer will own the successful integration of robot platforms into the fleet. This role involves driving closure on system issues, defining acceptance criteria, and improving platform reliability.

What you will do

  • Own robot platform integration into the fleet
  • Drive closure on system issues across electrical, mechanical, and software interfaces
  • Define acceptance tests, criteria, and passing metrics
  • Execute fleet acceptance testing and assess results
  • Monitor and maintain platform health and performance in the fleet
  • Create bring-up procedures and troubleshooting guides
  • Own MTBF for integrated platforms and lead design improvements
  • Engage with hardware and software teams to close interface gaps

Required qualifications

  • B.S. in Robotics, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of experience with robot systems integration across multiple hardware and software disciplines
  • Experience with system verification and validation testing
  • Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, and software interactions in robotic systems
  • Strong understanding of robotics hardware and electromechanical systems including actuators, PCBs, cameras, wiring harnesses, and communication hardware
  • Software proficiency to build integration tooling, scripts, and automated tests
  • Test execution and data analysis skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • High ownership and ability to thrive in a highly dynamic startup environment

Nice to have

  • Prior experience integrating mobile manipulators, humanoid platforms, or other complex multi-DOF robotic systems
  • Familiarity with Python, ROS, and tooling for automated test execution and data pipelines
  • Experience operating in a zero-to-one or early-stage fleet/operations environment

Before you apply

  • Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records

About the company

Physical Intelligence is developing foundation models and learning algorithms to power robots and physically-actuated devices. The company is bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world.

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