About the Team

Droyd builds autonomous robotic systems that automate repetitive manual work in real environments. We design and manufacture our hardware in-house, which means iteration, fabrication, and execution all happen under one roof.

Our software doesn't just run in the cloud — it has to deploy reliably across real robots, Jetsons, and internal systems used for testing and demos. Our engineering team works across robotics, embedded systems, and edge infrastructure, and we need strong operational foundations to support fast iteration and reliable releases.

About the Role

As a DevOps Engineer at Droyd, you will own the systems that make software deployment reliable across our robots and edge infrastructure. You will build release processes, improve deployment confidence, and create operational tooling that supports both engineering velocity and fleet reliability.

A central part of this role is dealing with the realities of Jetson-based systems: cross-compilation from x86_64 to aarch64, JetPack quirks, OTA workflows, and the infrastructure needed to keep a distributed hardware fleet working.

This role is based on-site in San Francisco, CA.

In This Role, You’ll

Release & Deployment

Build and maintain release and deployment pipelines for robots and edge systems
Own operational workflows across local development, Jetson devices, and production environments
Improve deployment confidence, reproducibility, and rollback safety across the fleet

Fleet & Edge Infrastructure

Improve OTA and fleet management workflows for deployed hardware
Handle cross-compilation workflows from x86_64 to aarch64 for Jetson-based systems
Work on the infrastructure behind certs, JWKS, QUIC, and other reliability-critical systems

Process & Collaboration

Work closely with robotics and software teams to standardize release, update, and system management practices
Drive process improvements in messy real-world systems

Work Environment & Schedule

On-site in San Francisco, CA
Full-time

We’re Looking For Candidates Who

Have strong DevOps or infrastructure engineering experience
Have deep Linux and Ubuntu experience
Have hands-on experience with JetPack and Jetson-based systems
Have experience with Docker Compose, systemd, fleet management, or OTA workflows
Can design practical deployment systems for hardware and edge environments
Have strong technical judgment and can drive process improvements in messy real-world systems

Nice to Have

Experience with Balena or Balena Etcher
Experience with embedded Linux or robotics deployments
Experience supporting cert, auth, or transport infrastructure in production systems

About Droyd

Droyd builds autonomous robotic systems that operate in real production environments. We design the hardware, develop the control stack, and generate the data that enables generalist robotics.

If we do this right, robots stop being demos and start being infrastructure.

Join us and help build the systems that make it real.

About the company

Droyd Robotics builds autonomous, precision robotic systems for industrial environments, focusing on autonomous construction such as data center build-out and maintenance. It designs and manufactures hardware in-house, runs the control stack, and collects real-world data to train generalist AI models that guide perception, planning, and action. The robots use low-cost arms and integrated hardware-software systems to operate autonomously in production settings, turning repetitive manual tasks into infrastructure. The company differentiates itself through vertical integration and by creating realistic test environments that mirror real deployments, using data-driven AI to scale autonomous capabilities for enterprise customers.

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Headquarters

San Francisco, California

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

Jobs posted in 2026 show 25 open roles and active scaling.
Droyd's site and Ashby postings emphasize autonomous construction and data center buildout.
Equity-backed hiring across robotics, ML, and manufacturing suggests committed product execution.

What critics are saying

No disclosed customers or revenue make a 2026 go-to-market failure existential.
Twenty-five San Francisco hires signal heavy burn before proving repeatable deployments.
Teleoperation-heavy systems face safety, reliability, and liability shocks during real construction jobs.

What makes Droyd Robotics unique

Vertical integration spans hardware, control stack, and training data in San Francisco.
Droyd targets repetitive construction and operations work, not toy demos, in production environments.
Teleoperation plus proprietary fleet data creates a compounding autonomy loop inside deployment.

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DevOps Engineer