Field Application Engineer
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Position: Field Application Engineer
Company: TerraWise
Company: TerraWise
Job Brief
about the job
terrawise builds fully autonomous inspection robots for utility-scale solar operations and maintenance (o&m). we’re scaling deployments across the u.s. and looking for hands-on engineers who thrive in the field, love solving real-world problems, and want to shape the future of autonomous solar operations.. what you’ll do
Experience
Career Successes and Contributions of 5 Years is required
Job Detail
- Travel to customer solar sites across the U
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- Lead on-site deployment, setup, and maintenance of TerraWise’s autonomous robot
- Interface directly with customers, technicians, and site managers to ensure smooth integration and training
- Diagnose mechanical, electrical, and network related issues in the field
- Collaborate with our autonomy, perception, and software teams to relay field feedback and drive product improvement
- Own the end-to-end deployment workflow
- From pre-site checks to full platform commissioning and post-deployment validation
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Requirements 3–5 years as a mechanical or electrical technician - Ability to travel frequently and work in challenging outdoor environments
- Strong hands-on troubleshooting skills with electro-mechanical systems (motors, batteries, sensors, embedded hardware)
- Excellent communication and customer-facing skills to represent TerraWise professionally during deployments
- Comfortable improvising and problem-solving in the field resourcefully
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Bonus Skills Experience on utility-scale solar construction or O&M sites - Experience using software and communication systems (Starlink, GPS, etc)
- Previous field service or startup experience where you wore multiple hats
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Compensation $70K – $85K
Location California (SF – Hybrid)
Why TerraWise You’ll join a rapidly growing startup, with a deeply technical team with a culture built on growth, transparency, collaboration, and impact - Every deployment you lead directly advances the autonomy and reliability of clean-energy infrastructure across the world
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Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we’d still love to talk - Especially if you’re passionate about engineering, robotics, renewable energy, and deploying things that actually work in the field
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