# Hardware Operations Engineer - Robotics, Real-World Test Lab at Niantic Spatial

- Company: Niantic Spatial
- What the company does: Niantic Spatial builds real-world foundational models for physical AI, so people and machines can work efficiently and safely together. Backed by Javelin Venture Partners.
- Company website: https://nianticspatial.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $142K to $193K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-29
- Apply by: 2026-11-13
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/niantic-spatial/86243589-1bf3-477b-8163-e4f504d9576e
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/niantic-spatial-hardware-operations-engineer-robotics-real-world-test-lab/

## About the role

We're hiring a Hardware Operations Engineer with a robotics specialism, reporting to the Director of the Real-World Test Lab, to own the physical layer of our evidence. You'll manage our fleet of capture devices and robots, engineer the test environments and the instrumentation inside them, support the captures our data programs depend on, and run physical test sessions, including the real-robot side of our sim-to-real work.

Tags: Engineering