Forward Deployed Operator
TAR, San Francisco Bay Area
The role
TAR builds fully islanded solar and storage campuses that power AI data centers, and it builds the construction robots that install them. Our robotics program is developing GPS/RTK-guided machines that drive piles, install racking, and grade sites at construction pace, and every one of them has to prove itself in the field before it builds a power campus. As Forward Deployed Operator, you own the field test campaigns that put them through it.
You take each campaign from pre-test setup and checklists through launch, operation, recovery, and on-site troubleshooting, delivering the structured data engineering needs and making the go/no-go calls that keep testing safe and moving. This is a hands-on operator role based at our San Francisco robotics facility, with multi-week field deployments at our West Texas site.
What you will do
- Own end-to-end execution of field test campaigns for TAR's robotic systems, from pre-test setup and checklists through data collection and post-test reporting.
- Serve as the certified operator for testing that requires FAA Part 107 authorization, making go/no-go decisions and following safety-forward operating procedures on every test.