- Robot type
- Service and Consumer
- Location
- AustinTexasUSA
- Job type
- Business Operations
- Posted
- Sep 11, 2026
Lead Engineer, Issue Management & Triage
Job description
We are hiring a Lead Engineer, Issue Management & Triage to lead the systems, tooling, and team at the intersection of our Customers, Remote Operations Center (ROC), and Engineering. This is a highly technical, hands-on role focused on building the infrastructure that powers how we detect, triage, diagnose, and resolve issues across a deployed robotic fleet. You will work deeply with Engineering teams to design classification frameworks, build internal tools, and develop automation pipelines that improve reliability at scale.
Location: Austin preferred, Remote possible (U.S.) Travel: if remote up to ~50% travel to Austin, TX (especially in the your first 90 days)
Job responsibilities
- Design and own end-to-end systems for issue intake, triage, and escalation.
- Define severity frameworks, SLAs, and ensure issues are consistently structured for engineering prioritization.
- Develop automation and pipelines to ingest, process, and classify operational data, reducing manual triage effort.
- Contribute directly to codebases (Python, backend services) and partner with Engineering on system integrations (logs, telemetry, alerts).
- Act as the primary technical interface between the Remote Operations Center (ROC) and Engineering.
- Translate real-world issues into prioritized, categorized technical problems for resolution alignment.
- Develop systems and taxonomies to systematically measure and classify robot performance, failure modes, and degradation across the fleet.
- Build dashboards and reporting systems to track trends, severity, and impact.
Job requirements
- 7+ years in relevant technical or program management roles (e.g., engineering, incident management)
- 3+ years of people management
- Experience with complex, real-world systems (robotics, autonomous/distributed systems, or hardware-software products)
- Proven track record building operational tools, systems, or infrastructure for workflows
- Strong programming experience (Python preferred; backend or data systems experience a plus)
- Experience with:
- Data pipelines and telemetry systems
- Monitoring, alerting, and logging infrastructure
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