Robotics Engineer

Rainmaker

El Segundo, CA, United States

Posted on: 2025-07-11

Category: sustainability

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Rainmaker provides water for farms, watersheds, and ecosystems, fortifying growth and stewarding the natural world. We are Making Earth Habitable.

Rainmaker is pioneering a modern cloud seeding system to solve water scarcity and inclement weather problems. We develop and incorporate radar validation, weather-resistant UAS, numerical weather modeling, and sustainable cloud seeds into an effective precipitation enhancement solution.

We're developing the next generation of weather modification technology through autonomous cloud seeding operations. Our robotics team is building sophisticated drone nest systems that can deploy, maintain, and coordinate fleets of UAVs for precision atmospheric intervention. You'll be instrumental in creating the robotics stack that makes autonomous weather modification scalable and reliable.

What You'll Do

Design and implement robotic automation cells for drone maintenance, battery swapping, payload loading, and fleet coordination

Develop core software libraries for autonomous nest operations including mission planning, resource management, and fleet orchestration

Build end-to-end robotics solutions from conceptual design through field deployment and remote monitoring

Create robust software systems for coordinating multiple UAVs in complex weather environments

Work closely with our mechanical and electrical engineering teams to integrate software with physical systems

Implement fault detection, diagnostics, and recovery systems for autonomous operations in remote locations

Develop simulation and testing frameworks to validate system performance before field deployment

Required Qualifications

Degree in Computer Science, Mechatronics, Robotics, or equivalent experience

Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++ with Linux development experience

Proven experience building and deploying robotic automation systems

Understanding of robotics fundamentals: kinematics, path planning, sensor integration, and control systems

Experience with ROS (Robot Operating System) or similar robotics frameworks

Demonstrated ability to think through complete robotics projects from requirements to deployment

Experience troubleshooting and maintaining remotely deployed robotic systems

Preferred Qualifications

MS or PhD in Robotics, Aerospace, or related field

UAV/drone development and operations experience

Experience with multi-robot coordination and swarm robotics

Knowledge of weather systems and atmospheric science

Rust, Go, or other systems programming languages

Experience with computer vision and sensor fusion

Background in industrial automation or manufacturing robotics

Familiarity with aviation regulations and autonomous vehicle compliance

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