Field Service Engineer in Mountain View, California at Cyngn, Inc.

About Cyngn, Inc.

Based in Mountain View, CA, Cyngn is a publicly-traded autonomous technology company. We deploy self-driving industrial vehicles -specifically autonomous tuggers - to factories, warehouses, and other facilities throughout North America. To build this emergent technology, we are looking for innovative, motivated, and experienced leaders to join us and move this field forward. If you like to build, tinker, and create with a team of trusted and passionate colleagues, then Cyngn is the place for you. Key reasons to join Cyngn:

We are small and big.

With under 100 employees, Cyngn operates with the energy of a startup. On the other hand, we’re publicly traded. This means our employees not only work in close-knit teams with mentorship from company leaders—they also get access to the liquidity of our publicly-traded equity.

We build today and deploy tomorrow.

Our autonomous vehicles aren’t just test concepts—they’re deployed to real clients right now. That means your work will have a tangible, visible impact.

We aren’t robots. We just develop them.

We’re a welcoming, diverse team of sharp thinkers and kind humans. Collaboration and trust drive our creative environment. At Cyngn, everyone’s perspective matters—and that’s what powers our innovation.

About the role

• As Cyngn scales its production deployments of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), we are seeking a highly capable Field Services Engineer to join our growing team. This role is essential to the success of our customer deployment production operations and requires both technical skill and field service acumen.
• Based in Mountain View, CA, this role involves frequent travel to customer sites to support, maintain, and troubleshoot our deployed robotic systems.
• This position bridges hands-on hardware interaction, field maintenance, software updates, and close collaboration with engineering and operations teams. You will be a key player in keeping our production systems running smoothly in real-world customer environments.

What you'll do

• Travel to customer locations to perform installation, repair, upgrades, and calibration of production robotic systems.
• Conduct field-based diagnostics, perform root cause analysis, and execute corrective actions to maintain uptime.
• Collaborate with Engineering Services and Engineering teams to deploy software updates, log issues, and provide feedback from the field.
• Replace and configure hardware components, sensors, and subsystems as needed.
• Execute configuration and parameter changes, including network and system settings on deployed robots.
• Interface directly with customer teams to provide status updates, answer technical questions, and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Maintain logs of service activity, diagnostics data, and configuration changes in a structured and reliable format.
• Support initial site bring-up and commissioning efforts for new deployments.
• Assist with documentation development and service procedure refinement.
• Support weekend and after-hours troubleshooting on an on-call rotation basis.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a technical field service, robotics, or hardware support role.
• Ability and willingness to travel regularly (30–50% anticipated).
• Proficiency with Linux terminal, remote troubleshooting, and basic shell scripting.
• Strong hands-on skills with mechanical/electrical components and system-level debugging.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to lift up to 80 lbs and work in industrial or warehouse environments.
• Capable of interpreting schematics, wiring diagrams, and engineering documentation.

• Experience working with autonomous systems, mobile robots, or industrial automation platforms.
• Familiarity with Python, ROS, or other scripting and robotics platforms.
• Experience working in production environments with safety and compliance standards.
• Experience configuring WiFi, networking parameters, or embedded systems.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, or remote monitoring dashboards.

• Prolonged periods of sitting, standing, and walking, including time at a desk and in industrial or customer environments.
• Frequent bending, stooping, kneeling, climbing, and reaching to install, maintain, and repair robots.
• Ability to lift and maneuver objects up to 80 lbs.
• Ability to operate hand tools, power tools, and testing equipment.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to communicate clearly, hear, and respond effectively in noisy environments.

• Health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision) through Aetna, Kaiser Permanente, and Guardian, with multiple plan tiers to choose from
• Ancillary benefits including accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity plans (Voya)
• Company-paid basic life insurance, plus voluntary (supplemental) life for you and your dependents
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance plans, fully paid by Cyngn
• HSA and FSA (Health & Dependent Daycare)
• Employee Assistance Program
• 1:1 Health Concierge
• Company 401(k)
• Commuter Benefits
• Flexible PTO policy
• Sabbatical leave opportunity after 5 years with the company
• Paid Parental Leave
• Daily lunches for in-office employees and fully-stocked kitchen with snacks and beverages

• A real person will review your application
• We’ll kick off the process with a one-sided video interview where you’ll share a little more about yourself and we’ll get some basic questions out of the way
• A Recruiter touch point will go over the process in more detail and answer your questions
• A 45-minute interview with the hiring manager
• A full-loop interview process consisting of 3-4 additional conversations to gauge technical and soft skills and culture fit.
• A final onsite interview with the team.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cyngn is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, promotion, discipline, and termination.

If you require accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please let us know and we will work with you to provide reasonable accommodation

A Note on Recruitment Scams

We've seen an increase in fraudulent job offers and phishing attempts impersonating real companies, including Cyngn.

To protect yourself:

• All official communication from Cyngn recruiters and hiring managers will come from an email address ending in @cyngn.com. We will never contact you from a personal email (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) or via unsolicited text message or messaging app.
• Cyngn will never ask you to pay for equipment, training, background checks, or any other fees as part of the application or hiring process.
• We will never ask for sensitive personal or financial information (e.g., bank account or Social Security number) before you've been extended and have accepted a formal offer through official channels.
• If you receive a suspicious message claiming to be from Cyngn, please do not respond with personal information, and feel free to verify by reaching out to us directly through our official careers page.