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# Robot Deployment Technician at Cosmic Robotics

- **Company:** Cosmic Robotics
- **Location:** Field
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cosmic-robotics/0ad1d68d-8d44-4539-b85e-6f17e228e642

## Job description

Robot Deployment Technician Location: Field (jobsites across the US; Cosmic HQ in SF optional) Full time, in person. Up to 100% travel.

Company Overview Our mission is to accelerate the construction of critical infrastructure on Earth while pioneering technologies to enable humanity to build beyond. Starting with Cosmic-1 – a system that installs solar panels 10x faster than today's methods, helping us transition to a clean energy future and laying the groundwork for the future of autonomous construction.

## The Role

You'll be Cosmic's leader in the field, deploying and running Cosmic-1, our solar module installation robot, on utility-scale solar sites across the US. On some projects you'll run the robot yourself full-time. On others, you'll train and support our customer crews running a fleet of robots. You'll stay on site for the full length of each project, learn how our customers build, and make sure the robots deliver value every day. You'll be the main link between the field and engineering: reproducing bugs, supporting hardware testing, and bringing back critical feedback from the field.

## Responsibilities

- Operate Cosmic-1 safely and productively on customer jobsites
- Train customer crews to operate the robot and support their operations
- Perform daily inspections, preventive maintenance, and field repairs on mechanical, electrical, and sensor systems
- Send daily reports on production, uptime, issues, and safety
- Serve as Cosmic's on-site safety representative
- Find, reproduce, and document bugs with engineering, and help test new features in the field and at our facility
- Install, swap, and calibrate sensors and other components
- Help build best practices for field ops, maintenance, and customer training
- Learn solar construction in depth, and complete trip and expense reports

Schedule & Travel

- Up to 100% travel, based on a jobsite for the full length of a project (typically weeks to months)
- Onsite hours match our customer's site schedule. Typically 5 days per week, but could extend to weekend work during peak times
- Travel and lodging covered

## Requirements

- Strong mechanical and electrical skills: hand and power tools, wiring, multimeter diagnostics
- Clear communicator who can work with customer construction teams and an ability to teach others
- Detail-oriented, safety-first, and resourceful
- Valid US driver's license and clean driving record; able to drive trucks and operate heavy equipment
- OSHA 30 Construction training required. Cosmic will provide the training if you don't have it.
- Must pass a background check, drug screen, and meet any other customer screening requirements

Bonus

- 2+ years of hands-on experience operating, maintaining, or repairing heavy equipment, industrial machinery, robotics, or field-deployed electromechanical systems
- Utility-scale solar construction experience, especially module installation or trackers
- Experience training crews or leading a small field team
- Construction, oil and gas, mining, agriculture, or military background
- Working fluency in Spanish (enough to talk through tasks and safety on a jobsite)

Work Environment & Physical Requirements The work happens outdoors on active solar sites around heavy equipment, often in remote areas in the elements.

- Lift and carry up to 45 lb repeatedly, including over uneven ground
- Stand and walk for 10 hours a day; bend, kneel, and climb onto equipment
- Wear required PPE (hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, high-vis, steel-toe boots)

## About Cosmic Robotics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cosmic Robotics builds autonomous construction equipment for critical infrastructure, starting with a robot that installs solar panels on utility-scale farms.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Pre-Seed stage, $4M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: ~2024
- **Founders**: James Emerick (Co-founder & CEO) and Lewis C Jones (Co-founder, CTO)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Robotics Engineering, Autonomous Construction Equipment, Solar Energy Infrastructure
- Target customers: Solar farm developers, data center operators, general contractors building grid-scale renewable energy, storage, and other critical infrastructure.
- Mission: "Build tools to unlock essential progress on critical infrastructure" by creating rugged, reliable autonomous systems that amplify human capability on the job site. [cosmicrobotics.com](https://www.cosmicrobotics.com/careers)

## Products & Services
- **[Cosmic-1A]**: An autonomous eight-wheeled vehicle equipped with a robotic arm, suction cups, high-accuracy GPS, and cameras. It tows a trailer of solar panels, lifts and places each panel (weighing up to 90 lbs) onto racking with millimeter precision at a rate of one panel every 30–40 seconds—matching the speed of the fastest human installers but sustaining that pace longer without fatigue. Workers still oversee and fasten panels. [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/cosmic-robotics-is-building-robots-to-speed-solar-power-deployments-for-data-centers/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: **Total Funding** – $4.0M across two pre-seed rounds (2024-2025)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lead investor Giant Ventures; Participating investors HCVC, MaC Ventures; Angel investors include Azeem Azhar, Aarthi Ramamurthy, and Nate Williams. [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/cosmic-robotics-is-building-robots-to-speed-solar-power-deployments-for-data-centers/)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Headcount grew 100% YoY to 9 employees (as of mid-2025). [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cosmic-robotics)
  - Robot performance equals fastest human installers with higher endurance; plans to manufacture several production units by end of 2025.
  - Awarded NASA funding to develop "Particle AI" for lunar construction, indicating cross-planetary ambitions. [cosmicrobotics.com](https://www.cosmicrobotics.com/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Real‑world focus**: The robot is engineered for harsh outdoor conditions (rain, snow, mud, 120°F heat) and iterated directly with customers on actual job sites rather than in simulation. [cosmicrobotics.com](https://www.cosmicrobotics.com/careers)
- **Team pedigree**: Founders and early engineers come from SpaceX, NASA, Google, Built Robotics, Nuro, and other industry leaders, bringing aerospace rigor and startup speed. [cosmicrobotics.com](https://www.cosmicrobotics.com/careers)
- **Timely market need**: A severe labor shortage in solar installation (expected 48% growth in installer demand by 2033) combined with surging data center electricity demand makes automation a critical enabler. [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/cosmic-robotics-is-building-robots-to-speed-solar-power-deployments-for-data-centers/)

## Strategic Focus
- Current priorities: Scaling from prototype to production – manufacturing multiple Cosmic-1A units and deploying them in live solar construction environments.
- Long‑term direction: Expand to other critical infrastructure (grid‑scale storage, data centers, transportation) and eventually support off‑world construction (NASA collaboration). [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/cosmic-robotics-is-building-robots-to-speed-solar-power-deployments-for-data-centers/)

## Why Work Here
- Culture emphasizes speed with integrity: "Move with urgency, but build with care." The team values tangible impact over feature bloat, working directly on physical systems that solve real problems. [cosmicrobotics.com](https://www.cosmicrobotics.com/careers)
- Work is hands‑on: Design, test, and deploy robots in the field (rain, snow, deserts); not a simulation‑only environment.
- Office/hybrid policy: Likely on‑site in San Francisco (headquarters with multiple offices in the city), with active hiring for in‑person robotics roles.
- Currently posting one opening for **Robotics Software Engineer** (as of July 2025). [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cosmic-robotics)
- Notable perks for engineers: Chance to work on end‑to‑end autonomy, mechanical design, and productionization with a small, fast‑moving team; direct exposure to co‑founders and customers.

## Sources
1. [cosmicrobotics.com – Official Website](https://www.cosmicrobotics.com/)
2. [cosmicrobotics.com – Careers Page](https://www.cosmicrobotics.com/careers)
3. [linkedin.com – Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cosmic-robotics)
4. [techcrunch.com – “Cosmic Robotics’ robots could speed up solar panel deployments”](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/16/cosmic-robotics-is-building-robots-to-speed-solar-power-deployments-for-data-centers/)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com – Cosmic Robotics Job Board](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cosmic-robotics)

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