Founding Robotics Engineer (Hardware)

Job Description

TRC Talent Solutions is partnering with a highly disruptive, Atlanta Ventures-backed startup to secure their founding engineering team.

The Client

This seed-stage company currently operates the largest fleet of autonomous robotic security quadrupeds in the United States. They are moving fast, scaling aggressively, and making a massive pivot: they are bringing their hardware manufacturing entirely in-house. This is a ground-floor opportunity to join a fast-moving, heavily backed robotics startup and build a physical product from the absolute ground up.

Founding Robotics Engineer (Hardware)

Location: South Downtown Atlanta, GA (5 Days Onsite - Atlanta Tech Village Sylvan)

Compensation: $80,000 - $120,000 / yr + 0.15% - 0.25% Equity

The Reality

Our client is migrating away from off-the-shelf platforms and bringing robotic manufacturing in-house. They do not need a theoretical researcher; they need a hands-on mechanical and hardware builder to design, prototype, and manufacture physical platforms at scale. You will be turning wrenches, living in CAD, and getting your hands dirty to build a US-made robotic fleet.

The Mission

Lead the hardware development of an in-house 4-wheeled security rover, and eventually, architect a custom, fully integrated quadruped.

Immediate Objectives

• Drive the end-to-end design, build, and testing of a 4-wheeled security rover engineered specifically for unstructured industrial sites.
• Transition rapid prototypes into rugged, manufacturable, and easily maintainable hardware deployable at scale.
• Design, fabricate, and build custom payloads and automated "dog houses" (charging/deployment stations) for the existing robotic fleet.

Technical Stack & Requirements

• Mechanical: Deep CAD expertise. You must have a proven track record of taking complex projects from raw concept to a working, physical product.
• Mechatronics: Heavy experience integrating cameras, motors, and sensors with embedded systems (expert-level wiring, soldering, and assembly).
• Bonus Multipliers: PCB design (schematic capture, layout), complex hardware manufacturing experience, and embedded software exposure (Raspberry Pi/Arduino).

The Mindset

You are not confined to a pristine research lab. You build for real-world, gritty deployments and take ultimate, uncompromising ownership of the physical product from the machine shop to the field.