Hardware Operations Engineer – Robotics, Real-World Test Lab

Niantic Spatial, Inc.

. Manage the fleet of capture devices, sensors, and robots, including inventory, calibration, firmware, maintenance, logistics, and spares .

Posted 9/29/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $142,200 - $193,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates hands-on engineering expertise in robotic hardware management, including integration, teleoperation, and maintenance. Proficient in designing structured physical experiments and automating hardware configurations for accurate data capture and analysis.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Robotic Hardware IntegrationPython ProficiencySensor CalibrationTest Rig DevelopmentSafety Procedure Management

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Hard Skills

Robotic Hardware ManagementTeleoperationTroubleshootingData Offload AutomationMulti-Sensor SynchronizationGround-Truth MethodologyQuantitative MeasurementFirmware ManagementCalibration ChecksStructured Experiment Design

Soft Skills

DocumentationCoordinationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

ROSROS 2NVIDIA Isaac SimIsaac LabProfessional Capture Hardware

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Relevant Field

Industry Keywords

Mobile PlatformsWheeled PlatformsSafety Operating ProceduresTest OperationsPhotogrammetry3D Reconstruction

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage the fleet of capture devices, sensors, and robots, including inventory, calibration, firmware, maintenance, logistics, and spares
Characterize platform capabilities and limitations
Design, build, and operate physical test environments with controlled layouts, lighting, markers, obstacles, and ground-truth references
Create rigs, mounts, references, and measurement setups for trajectory ground truth, positional accuracy, timing, synchronization, and condition logging
Integrate physical-run results into the automated evaluation system through data offload, run metadata, and structured condition capture
Execute robot runs and device-in-the-loop tests, including robot bring-up, teleoperation, scripted trials, and repeatable test sessions
Engineer and execute physical counterparts to simulated scenarios for valid sim-to-real comparisons
Define and maintain safe operating procedures for robots and powered equipment
Coordinate access and safety requirements with workplace services, IT, Legal, and site owners
Automate configuration, calibration checks, data offload, and condition logging
Report to the Director of the Real-World Test Lab

Requirements

What you’ll need

Hands-on engineering experience with robotic hardware, including bring-up, integration, teleoperation, troubleshooting, and maintenance
Experience with mobile or wheeled platforms preferred
Experience building test rigs, fixtures, or instrumentation producing quantitative physical-system measurements
Experience designing and running structured physical experiments, including ground-truth methodology
Ability to document conditions rigorously for reproducibility
Experience with sensor calibration, multi-sensor synchronization, and coordinate frame conventions
Strong Python and command-line proficiency
Track record automating hardware configuration, data offload, or test execution
Experience managing hardware fleets, including inventory, firmware, calibration schedules, logistics, and repair coordination
Practical safety experience operating powered equipment or robots around people
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience
ROS or ROS 2 experience preferred
NVIDIA Isaac Sim or Isaac Lab experience preferred
Experience with professional capture hardware preferred
Survey-grade or motion-capture ground truth experience preferred
Photogrammetry, Gaussian splat, or 3D reconstruction capture workflow experience preferred
Experience running test operations at customer or partner sites preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual bonus
Equity
Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
401(k)
Comprehensive benefits package