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Field Service Engineer

Meta
Posted 5 months ago, valid for 16 days
Location

Burlingame, CA 94011, US

Salary

$144,000 - $204,000 per year

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Meta is looking for a Field Service Engineer with at least 3 years of hands-on experience in troubleshooting and repairing electro-mechanical systems, particularly in robotics or automation.
  • The role involves traveling to customer sites to diagnose and repair robotics systems, ensuring minimal downtime and effective service documentation.
  • Key responsibilities include performing failure analysis, owning fleet upgrades, and collaborating with engineering teams to drive improvements.
  • Candidates should have a strong understanding of electro-mechanical system architecture and experience in analyzing service data to identify reliability drivers.
  • The salary for this position ranges from $144,000 to $204,000 per year, in addition to bonuses, equity, and benefits.
Meta is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Field Service Engineer to support our robotics fleet deployments. As a Field Service Engineer, you will travel to customer and partner sites to diagnose, repair, and return robots to service quickly and safely. In addition to hands-on field repairs, you will own structured failure reporting, identify top reliability drivers, and partner with engineering to drive corrective actions and fleet-wide improvements.

Responsibilities

  • Travel to field sites to install, troubleshoot, repair, and validate robotics systems and supporting infrastructure
  • Diagnose electro-mechanical failures across robot subsystems (mechanical, electrical, firmware/software interfaces, sensors/actuators, power, networking as applicable)
  • Execute repairs, part replacements, and upgrades to return robots to operational status with minimal downtime
  • Own fleet upgrades and repairs across deployed platforms
  • Capture and communicate high-quality service documentation, including failure symptoms, reproduction steps, logs, photos, and replaced components
  • Perform structured failure analysis and triage:
  • Identify patterns and top drivers of downtime/returns
  • Distinguish between usage, environment, process, and design contributors
  • Escalate critical issues with clear severity, impact, and containment recommendations
  • Produce recurring reporting on field health (top failures, MTBF/MTTR inputs, parts consumption, repeat offenders, and site readiness gaps)
  • Partner with design, reliability, manufacturing, and suppliers to drive design corrective actions (DCA) and verification of fixes (including validation plans and regression checks)
  • Support Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and serviceability feedback loops by providing “what failed / what was hard to service / what would prevent recurrence” insights
  • Coordinate with on-site technicians, contract partners, and vendors to scale service operations and ensure consistent repair quality
  • Maintain service readiness: tools, spares strategy, repair procedures, training materials, and safety/compliance requirements
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of service workflows, documentation, and field deployment playbooks


Minimum Qualifications

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience troubleshooting and repairing electro-mechanical systems in the field (robotics, automation, consumer electronics, industrial equipment, or similar)
  • Proven understanding of electro-mechanical system architecture, including how subsystem interfaces impact fault isolation
  • Demonstrated experience to perform failure analysis and root cause analysis, including translating field symptoms into actionable engineering problem statements
  • Hands-on experience with mechanical assembly and manufacturing processes (torque practices, fasteners, harnessing, connectors, rework, fit/finish, basic metrology)
  • Experience applying DFM / DFA principles and providing feedback to improve manufacturability and serviceability
  • Experience analyzing service data, summarize trends, and produce clear reporting on top issues and reliability drivers
  • Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, technicians, vendors, and operations to execute repairs and scale field support
  • Willingness to travel as required (including multi-day trips) and support off-hours/urgent escalations when needed
  • Experience working in ambiguous environments with rapidly evolving hardware and processes


Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting deployed robotics fleets (preventative maintenance programs, spare parts planning, and field readiness)
  • Experience creating service procedures, training technicians, and establishing repair QA standards
  • Familiarity with reliability metrics and operational reporting (e.g., failure rates, MTTR, repeat repairs, parts burn-down)
  • Experience driving corrective actions through validation (A/B fixes, pilot rollouts, regression testing, and documentation updates)


$144,000/year to $204,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits



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