5.24 Senior Systems Administrator

Field AI is transforming how robots interact with the real world. We are building risk-aware, reliable, and field-ready AI systems that address the most complex challenges in robotics, unlocking the full potential of embodied intelligence. We go beyond typical data-driven approaches or pure transformer-based architectures, and are charting a new course, with already-globally-deployed solutions delivering real-world results and rapidly improving models through real-field applications.

Job Summary:

As a Senior System Administrator, you will be responsible for maintaining a robust, secure, and high-performance IT infrastructure that powers our R&D, simulation, and deployment environments. You will support a hybrid workforce of developers, roboticists, ML engineers, and hardware teams working with large datasets, compute-heavy workloads, and real-time systems.

What You'll Get To Do:
• Administer and support workstations, servers, network devices, and IT systems in a Linux-heavy environment.
• Manage user accounts, access controls, and permissions across local and hybrid environments.
• Maintain on-prem and integrated storage systems, version control infrastructure (e.g., Git, GitLab), and build environments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to support dev environments (e.g., Docker, ROS, CI/CD tools)
• Monitor and tune system and network performance, ensuring high availability and reliability.
• Support endpoint protection, system hardening, vulnerability scanning, and patch automation.
• Manage remote access using modern zero trust and secure web gateway solutions (e.g., Cloudflare)
• Assist with user onboarding/offboarding and handle IT service tickets.
• Ensure backup routines, disaster recovery readiness, and alignment with IT security policies.
• Support lab environments and help set up specialized or embedded hardware.

What You Have:
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or equivalent hands-on experience
• 5+ years of technical experience in Linux system administration (Ubuntu preferred)
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Bash, Python, Ansible)
• Solid grasp of networking (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs) and LAN/WAN configuration
• Familiar with development toolchains: Git, Docker, Jupyter, VSCode, and continuous integration workflows
• Strong communication, documentation, and troubleshooting skills.
• Mentoring and coaching junior engineers
• Must be a U.S. Citizen (Federal Projects).

What Will Set You Apart:
• Familiarity with security and IT operations platforms for endpoint detection and response, device management, threat monitoring, application control, and firewall security
• Experience with network segmentation and switch-level VLAN management
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, or high-performance compute clusters
• Certifications such as Linux Professional Institute (LPI), CompTIA Linux+, or Security+

Our salary range is generous and we take into consideration an individual's background and experience in determining final salary; base pay offered may vary considerably depending on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Why Join Field AI?
We are solving one of the world’s most complex challenges: deploying robots in unstructured, previously unknown environments. Our Field Foundational Models™ set a new standard in perception, planning, localization, and manipulation, ensuring our approach is explainable and safe for deployment.

You will have the opportunity to work with a world-class team that thrives on creativity, resilience, and bold thinking. With a decade-long track record of deploying solutions in the field, winning DARPA challenge segments, and bringing expertise from organizations like DeepMind, NASA JPL, Boston Dynamics, NVIDIA, Amazon, Tesla Autopilot, Cruise Self-Driving, Zoox, Toyota Research Institute, and SpaceX, we are set to achieve our ambitious goals.

Be Part of the Next Robotics Revolution
To tackle such ambitious challenges, we need a team as unique as our vision — innovators who go beyond conventional methods and are eager to tackle tough, uncharted questions. We’re seeking individuals who challenge the status quo, dive into uncharted territory, and bring interdisciplinary expertise. Our team requires not only top AI talent but also exceptional software developers, engineers, product designers, field deployment experts, and communicators.

We are headquartered in always-sunny Mission Viejo (Irvine adjacent), Southern California and have US based and global teammates.

Join us, shape the future, and be part of a fun, close-knit team on an exciting journey!

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Candidates and employees are always evaluated based on merit, qualifications, and performance. We will never discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.