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title: 'Field Software Engineer at Gritt Robotics Inc'
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# Field Software Engineer at Gritt Robotics Inc

- **Company:** Gritt Robotics Inc
- **Location:** South San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/gritt/92f467ce-7e71-448f-8860-4e5321e09db6

## Job description

[Gritt](https://www.gritt.ai/) is an intelligent system that combines robotics and AI to build the infrastructure that pulls society forward. Gritt deploys via simple attachments to common equipment found on construction sites and autonomously performs labor-intensive tasks, verification, and planning. Gritt systems are already building critical infrastructure in the harshest outdoor environments, starting with large-scale solar. The [founding team](https://www.gritt.ai/team) includes experts in robotics and AI from Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, and MIT. Gritt is backed by Obvious Ventures, Union Square Ventures, First Round Capital, Climactic, Congruent Ventures, and other leading firms.

Role: Field Software Engineer Location: SF Bay Area (in-person), with regular travel to active job sites within the US

## About the role

We're looking for a Field Software Engineer to be the bridge between our autonomy stack and the real-world job sites where it runs. You'll deploy, tune, and troubleshoot our robots' software directly in the field, working hands-on with perception, planning, and control systems as they encounter the unpredictability of live construction environments. This is a hybrid role: part software engineer, part on-site problem solver. You'll need to be as comfortable debugging a planner in the field under time pressure as you are writing production code back at HQ. Ideally, you have experience deploying robotics software in real-world conditions and enjoy owning a problem from root cause to shipped fix.

## What you'll get to work on

- Deploy and support our autonomy stack directly on robots at active construction sites.
- Perform on-site troubleshooting and root cause analysis when robots misbehave in the field, and drive fixes back into the codebase.
- Tune and calibrate sensing systems (LIDAR, cameras, IMU) for site-specific conditions and terrain.
- Build and maintain tools for remote monitoring, telemetry, and diagnostics so issues can be caught and understood before they reach the field.
- Act as the technical liaison between hardware, software, and site operations teams, translating field feedback into engineering priorities.
- Author clear documentation and SOPs to support field deployments, operator training, and smooth site hand-offs.
- Contribute improvements directly to the autonomy stack based on real-world deployment learnings.
- Help optimize system performance and reliability under real field constraints (connectivity, power, weather, terrain).

## What we look for

- Degree in computer science, robotics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or other engineering disciplines (or equivalent experience).
- 2+ years of hands-on experience deploying software for robotics or autonomous systems in real-world or field environments.
- Experience with ROS2 and working across the autonomy stack (perception, planning, control).
- Proficient in Python and C++.
- Comfortable with on-site troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and operating under time pressure in unstructured environments.
- Strong communication skills, with experience acting as a liaison across hardware, software, and operations/customer-facing teams.
- Willingness to travel regularly to job sites, most commonly outdoor environments.
- Should be comfortable taking ownership of tasks with light supervision.
- Legally authorized to work in the US.

## About Gritt Robotics Inc

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Gritt Robotics Inc builds physical AI systems that mount to existing construction hardware to automate labor-intensive tasks on infrastructure-scale job sites, starting with solar farm construction.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed/Grant Stage)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Puneet Puri (CEO), Vishal Dugar (Co-Founder), Anirudh Vemula (Head of AI)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Construction robotics / Renewable energy infrastructure
- Target customers: Large-scale solar farm developers and general contractors in the energy infrastructure space
- Mission or purpose: To turn chaotic jobsites into automated production systems, making construction simple, fast, and predictable

## Products & Services
- **Gritt AI**: A physical AI platform that mounts to existing construction machinery (excavators, loaders, etc.) to automate pick-and-place, assembly, transport, and oversight tasks. Handles hundreds of SKUs of construction components and materials. Designed to work with a customer's current workforce, claiming a 4X productivity boost.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $500,000 (Grant from US Department of Energy, September 2024)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: US Department of Energy (grant provider, won Round 7 of the American-Made Solar Prize); Team has alumni from Aurora, Google, Tesla, and Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute
- **Growth Signals**: 200% headcount growth YoY (from ~3 to 13 employees); Won a multi-million dollar DOE competition (American-Made Solar Prize, chosen from 800+ startups); Named a Top U.S. Solar Innovator by the Department of Energy; Rapidly expanding from solar into other construction types

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep technical moat**: Founded by AI and robotics experts from Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute, Stanford, and MIT, with prior experience building autonomous trucks, self-piloting aircraft, and inspection drones
- **Hardware-agnostic approach**: Mounts to proven, existing construction machinery rather than requiring new custom hardware, lowering adoption barriers
- **Data flywheel**: Spatial and operational data from deployments continuously improve the AI across environments and tasks
- **Early government validation**: DOE award provides both funding and credibility in the energy infrastructure space

## Strategic Focus
- Starting with solar farm construction (a massive, growing market driven by renewable energy mandates)
- Rapidly expanding into other types of infrastructure construction and additional steps in the construction process
- Growing the engineering team (multiple open roles in robotics, AI, perception, and mechanical engineering)
- Scaling from pilot deployments to broader commercial adoption

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven**: Directly addresses the global labor shortage in construction while accelerating renewable energy deployment
- **World-class team**: Work alongside experts from CMU Robotics Institute, Stanford, MIT, Aurora, Google X, and Tesla
- **Early-stage impact**: With only 13 employees, new hires will have outsized influence on product direction and company culture
- **Technical depth**: Heavily engineering-focused (53% of team is technical); strong emphasis on robotics, AI, perception, and mechanical engineering
- **Location**: New York City headquarters with a presence in India; likely hybrid/office given the hardware focus
- **Traction**: Backed by the US Department of Energy with a proven product that already delivers 4X productivity gains to customers

## Sources
1. [gritt.ai](https://gritt.ai/)
2. [gritt.ai/team](https://www.gritt.ai/team)
3. [linkedin.com/company/gritt-robotics](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gritt-robotics)
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/gritt](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/gritt)

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