Robotics Diagnostics Engineer
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
08-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Nimble
Nimble is a robotics and AI company inventing and scaling autonomous logistics with intelligent robots to enable fast efficient and sustainable commerce. Were developing generalized robot intelligence and building general-purpose mobile manipulator robots the first in the world capable of performing all core warehouse functions. Weve recently closed a $106M Series C funding round at a $1 billion valuation and were continuing to grow our all-star team.
Our mission is to empower and inspire mankind to accomplish legendary feats by inventing robots that liberate us from the menial.
Our long-term vision is to invent the Autonomous Supply Chain everything from the inside of factories and warehouses to your front door using next-gen intelligent robotics to deliver faster more efficient and more sustainable commerce.
We were founded from the AI labs at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon. Were backed by the Worlds most prestigious investors and Nimbles Board of Directors includes AI and robotics legends like like Marc Raibert (Founder of Boston Dynamics) Fei-Fei Li (Chief Scientist of AI at Google Director of Stanfords AI lab) and Sebastian Thrun (Founder of Google X Waymo Kitty Hawk and Udacity)!
Join us to leave your mark on the future of robotics AI and logistics!
Why Join Nimble
At Nimble we are committed to building legendary products a legendary team and a legendary legacy. Join us and become part of an ambitious humble and resourceful culture where your work will leave a lasting impact on the future of robotics and commerce.
Nimbles Core Values:
Be relentlessly resourceful - Challenge the status quo. Make the impossible possible. Do whatever it takes.
Be legendary - Be the best at whatever it is that you do. Leave your mark. Motivate and inspire others.
Be humble - Leave your ego behind. Have a growth mindset. Learn and improve yourself every day.
Be dependable - Take ownership and deliver. Be loyal to your team and Nimbles mission.
About the Role
You will own the development and architecture of our next-generation robotics diagnostic system which is crucial for improving the reliability and maintainability of the robotic fleet. This system must proactively detect and surface anomalies across the entire robot stackfrom low-level firmware glitches to complex hardware failureseither automatically during operation or upon manual trigger. You will be the architect of the diagnostic data structure translating complex sensor readings and error logs into actionable easy-to-read health reports that accelerate root cause analysis for engineering manufacturing and support teams. This role requires tight collaboration with our Embedded Software and Infrastructure teams and the Operations team to build a robust scalable data pipeline.
Key Responsibilities
- Design implement and maintain the on-robot diagnostic framework enabling both autonomous background checks and on-demand manual diagnostic scans.
- Define the diagnostic data schema ensuring efficient standardized and human-readable reporting of fault codes event logs and status checks. This data structure must be scalable and optimized for use by both on-robot systems and cloud-based analytics tools.
- Work closely with embedded software and hardware teams to develop sophisticated diagnostic routines that surface hardware issues abnormal sensor behavior (e.g. drift noise and communication failures) motor anomalies and transient firmware glitches.
- Collaborate with the Infrastructure team to architect and build the data pipeline responsible for reliably collecting storing (e.g. S3 or data lake) and processing high volumes of diagnostic data from the robot fleet.
- Ensure diagnostics generate clear prioritized and contextualized reports that summarize the state of the robot enabling engineers to quickly understand the root cause of an abnormality without extensive log diving.
Qualifications
- BS or MS in Computer Science Electrical Engineering Robotics or a related technical discipline.
- 3 years of professional experience in developing diagnostics monitoring or telemetry systems for complex electro-mechanical devices robotics or embedded systems.
- Proficiency in software development (e.g. C Python) with specific experience in writing testable robust code for embedded environments or robotics middleware.
- Experience with data structuring schema design and working with data ingestion pipelines (e.g. utilizing message queues time-series databases or cloud data storage).
- Deep understanding of common robotics hardware and firmware failure modes including motor control systems sensor interfaces (e.g. CAN I2C Serial USB) and power management systems.
- Technical triaging skills familiarity with Ishikawa diagram are big plus.
- Familiarity with interpreting hardware schematics and leveraging low-level system logs to identify failure points.
$145000 - $190000 a year
The range listed above is the salary range. This position will also receive generous equity!
Culture:
We embrace challenges and strive to make the impossible possible each day. Were not in this to do whats easy or to be mediocre. We want to create something legendary and leave our mark on the world. Were ambitious were gritty were humble and were relentlessly resourceful in pursuit of our goals. If this sounds like you then you might be a great fit!
Press:
Link: Nimble Closes $106 Million Series C Funding Round Scales Fully Autonomous Fulfillment with FedEx
Nimble Robotics Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions based solely on merit. We provide equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees without discrimination on the basis of race color religion national origin ancestry disability medical condition genetic information marital status sex gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation age military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable state federal or local laws.
Nimbles Benefits
Paid Time Off
Enjoy the time you need to travel rejuvenate and connect with friends and family.
Health Insurance
Nimble provides medical dental and vision insurance through several premier plans and options to support you and your family.
Paid Parental Leave
Enjoy paid bonding time following a birth.
Commuter Benefits
Take the stress out of commuting with access to fully-paid parking spots.
Referral Bonus
Get a cash bonus for any friend or colleagues that you refer to us that we end up hiring.
401k
Contribute towards a 401k for retirement planning.
Equity
Be an owner in Nimble through our equity program
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