Hardware Operations Engineer - Robotics, Real-World Test Lab
- Countries
- USA, Hybrid
- Job Types
- software & tech, operations
- Experience
- mid
- Organization Types
- startups
- Location
- San Francisco - Hybrid
- Posted Date
- Company
- Niantic Spatial
- Salary
- $142.2K – $193K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
AI Summary
Job Description
Own the physical layer of evidence for Niantic Spatial's Real-World Test Lab. Manage and characterize capture devices and robots, engineer test environments and instrumentation, support data capture programs, and run physical test sessions. Build fixtures, ground-truth references, and calibration tooling to ensure reproducible and quantifiable results.
Hard Requirements
- Hands-on engineering experience with robotic hardware (bring-up, integration, teleoperation, troubleshooting, maintenance)
- Built test rigs, fixtures, or instrumentation for quantitative measurements
- Designed and run structured physical experiments with ground truth methodology
- Worked with sensor calibration, multi-sensor synchronization, and coordinate frame conventions
- Strong Python and command-line proficiency for automation
- Managed hardware fleets operationally (inventory, firmware, calibration, logistics, repair)
- Practical safety experience operating powered equipment or robots
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
Soft Requirements
- Worked with ROS or ROS 2
- Operated NVIDIA Isaac Sim or Isaac Lab
- Worked with professional capture hardware (terrestrial laser scanners, NavVis, Leica, LiDAR, 360 cameras, drones)
- Established survey-grade or motion-capture ground truth
- Supported photogrammetry, Gaussian splat, or 3D reconstruction capture workflows
- Run test operations at customer or partner sites