
Deployment Engineer
Cyngn
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $90,000 - $112,000 per year
About the role
- Lead end-to-end deployment of autonomous robotic systems at customer facilities.
- Conduct site surveys and assess automation readiness, infrastructure constraints, and ODD requirements.
- Generate 3D and semantic maps and validate localization and navigation performance.
- Install, configure, calibrate, and commission robotic systems in live production environments.
- Train customer operators, maintenance teams, and site stakeholders; manage handoff to support.
- Work directly with the Customer Solutions Engineering team to take their designs in a handoff and perform a full implementation and betterment of these designs.
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Define and lead the final testing phase during the implementation, proving to the customer that the system meets all safety and throughput Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Perform the handoff and orientation of the vehicle with the customer as well as part of the handoff.
- Act as the primary technical point of contact during deployments and early operations.
- Work directly with customer IT teams to configure networks, resolve firewall/port issues, and ensure reliable connectivity.
- Run regular performance reviews with customers, using data to drive operational improvements and adoption.
- Head the deployment of the routes on site, and coordinate with the customer to make sure these routes remain optimized overtime.
- Analyze robot logs, sensor data, and system metrics using tools such as Foxglove, RViz, RQT_Bag, and PlotJuggler.
- Diagnose hardware, software, perception, and infrastructure issues in the field.
- Own incident resolution across Tier 1–3 support, ensuring fast MTTR and clear root-cause documentation.
- Monitor fleet health and KPIs using Grafana and internal dashboards.
- Provide structured feedback from the field to Product, Engineering, QA, and Perception teams.
- Support validation activities including FoV studies, data collection, and perception audits.
- Collaborate with OEM partners to integrate robotics hardware and software into new vehicle platforms.
- Build and maintain scalable deployment playbooks, checklists, and Jira-based workflows.
Requirements
- **Education:** Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Industrial Engineer, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- **Experience:** 3-5+ years in robotics, autonomous systems, or industrial automation. Experience as a Field Engineer, Customer Success Engineer, Integration Engineer, or similar is highly preferred.
- **Advanced Software Skills:Linux & ROS Proficiency:** Deep comfort with ROS tools (rviz, rosbag, tf) for visualizing and debugging vehicle thoughts.
- **Professionalism:** Exceptional communication skills. You must be able to explain "why the robot stopped" to a floor manager in a way that builds trust rather than confusion.
- **Physical Requirements:** Ability to work in industrial environments (warehouses, yards) and travel up to 50-70% of the time.
- **Deployment Skills with Robotics: **Robotics deployment, calibration, and troubleshooting
- Network configuration and customer IT environments
- Experience working directly at customer sites in manufacturing, logistics, or industrial environments
- Ability to analyze logs, metrics, and sensor data to diagnose complex system issues
- Comfortable with travel and working independently in the field
Benefits
- Health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA and FSA (Health & Dependent Daycare), Employee Assistance Program, 1:1 Health Concierge)
- Life, Short-term and long-term disability insurance (Cyngn funds 100% of premiums)
- Company 401(k)
- Commuter Benefits
- Flexible vacation policy
- Remote or hybrid work opportunities
- Sabbatical leave opportunity after 5 years with the company
- Paid Parental Leave
- Daily lunches for in-office employees and fully-stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages
- Monthly meal and tech allowances for remote employees
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
roboticsautonomous systemsindustrial automationLinuxROSnetwork configurationcalibrationtroubleshootingdata analysisUser Acceptance Testing
Soft skills
communicationprofessionalismcustomer engagementproblem-solvingteam collaborationtrainingperformance reviewincident resolutiontrust-buildingindependent work