Role Overview & Mission

We are looking for an engineer who loves being where the "rubber meets the road"– or in our case, where the robot meets the construction site.

At Sitegeist, we don't just build robots in a lab; we deploy them into complex, real-world environments. We need someone with a hands-on, technical mindset who can operate our systems with precision, but more importantly, translate the messy reality of physical operations into actionable engineering requirements. You will be the vital link between our customers' operational needs and our development team’s technical roadmap.

What you’ll do (Responsibilities)

• Mission Control: Lead the on-site and remote operation of our robotic systems, ensuring high uptime and peak performance during deployments.
• Operational Intelligence: Observe and document how the hardware and software behave in the wild. Identify edge cases, friction points, and "unwritten" requirements that only surface during real-world use.
• The Feedback Loop: Act as the primary technical interface for the development team. You will translate field observations into structured engineering feedback to improve the product.
• Requirement Advocacy: Work with Mechanical, Electrical, and Software teams to ensure that the next version of our design solves the real-world operational bottlenecks you’ve identified.
• Deployment & Debugging: Perform on-site troubleshooting, sensor calibration, and minor hardware adjustments to keep missions on track.

What we’re looking for (Requirements)

• Comfortable in the Field: You're okay with the physical side of the job — being on-site, getting your hands dirty, and dealing with the dust, noise, and mess of a real construction environment. That's where you're at your best.
• Technical Understanding: You have a solid feel for how machines and technical systems work. A formal engineering degree is a plus but not required — what matters is that you can "speak the language" of the devs you're feeding back to.
• Hands-on Intuition: You aren't afraid to pick up a wrench or a multimeter and figure out how something works.
• Analytical Communication: The ability to take a vague problem (e.g., "the robot struggles in low light") and turn it into a clear, structured technical requirement the team can act on.
• Operational Grit: You thrive in dynamic environments and are comfortable traveling to deployment sites to see the work through.
• Tools: Familiarity with Linux/ROS and project management tools (like Notion or Jira) is helpful. Basic scripting knowledge (Python or C++) for script-level debugging is a plus.

Bonus / Nice to Haves

• Experience in industrial automation or field testing for autonomous vehicles/drones.
• Touch points with construction.

Benefits & Perks