The posting
About Doodle Labs
Doodle Labs builds the connectivity backbone of the autonomous systems revolution - resilient wireless mesh networks that let drones, robots, and unmanned platforms operate reliably in the world's most demanding environments. We sit at the intersection of defense, robotics, and next-generation autonomy, powering the machines that are changing how militaries, first responders, and industries operate in the field. Our core purpose is simple: connect anyone and anything, at any time, in any place.
For over 25 years, our team has been at the forefront of mesh networking, partnering with leading defense programs, robotics manufacturers, and system integrators worldwide. The work here doesn't sit in a slide deck - it ends up in the field, in the hands of people for whom failure isn't an option.
About the Role
The Solutions Engineer is responsible for supporting customer deployment success across unmanned systems and wireless networking integrations and will play a key role in enabling customers to successfully deploy Doodle Labs radios in real-world autonomous systems.
In this role, you will work closely with robotics engineers, autonomy teams, field operators, firmware engineers, and customer program teams to integrate, validate, troubleshoot, and optimize wireless networking solutions across drones, UGVs, USVs, and other robotic platforms. This position will help shape customer deployment success, technical validation workflows, and field-driven product improvements as Doodle Labs continues to scale.
This is an opportunity to directly impact the future of autonomous systems by helping customers deploy robotics platforms that operate reliably in mission-critical environments.
What You'll Do
- Become a technical expert in Doodle Labs radios, firmware, configuration tools, and deployment architectures
- Support customer integrations, platform testing, field evaluations, and troubleshooting efforts
- Test newly developed hardware and software against customer use cases including connected teams, UAVs, and unmanned systems
- Develop repeatable validation workflows for firmware updates, new features, and customer deployment scenarios
- Analyze wireless link performance, networking behavior, throughput, interference, mobility, and routing under real-world conditions
- Build and maintain software utilities, scripts, and troubleshooting tools that help customers configure and integrate radios
- Recreate customer deployment conditions in lab environments to validate configurations and replicate issues
- Maintain and improve customer-facing technical documentation including technical library articles, datasheets, configuration guides, and user documentation
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering and firmware teams to provide structured product feedback based on customer field experience
- Deliver technical reports summarizing findings, deployment recommendations, risks, and known issues
- Become a trusted technical advisor for high-value customers and support teams during mission-critical deployments and evaluations
What Success Looks Like
- Become a go-to technical expert on Doodle Labs radio systems, networking behavior, and deployment architectures within the first 3 months
- Successful customer platform integrations and field evaluations across unmanned systems deployments
- Improved product reliability through repeatable validation frameworks and structured testing workflows
- High-quality technical documentation and deployment guidance that reduce customer integration friction
- Effective collaboration with engineering and firmware teams to improve usability, configurability, and deployment tooling
- Measurable improvements in customer deployment success, troubleshooting efficiency, and field performance validation
Who You Are
- 3+ years of experience working with wireless communications, RF networking, embedded systems, or robotic platform integration
- Excited by autonomy, robotics, and defense missions that have real-world impact
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, routing, switching, and troubleshooting
- Comfortable working in Linux environments and administering embedded or networking systems
- Knowledgeable in wireless fundamentals including RF propagation, antennas, link budgets, and Wi-Fi systems
- Experience building software utilities, scripts, or automation tools to support technical workflows
- Skilled at diagnosing complex system interactions across RF, networking, compute, and control systems
- Comfortable working directly with customers in collaborative, high-pressure field environments
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical complexity into actionable guidance
- Curious, self-driven, and motivated by solving difficult real-world engineering problems
- Ability to work cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with drones, robotics, autonomy systems, or defense technologies
- Experience supporting field deployments, flight testing, or robotic platform integration
- Familiarity with wireless mesh networking and unmanned system communications architectures
- Experience developing customer-facing technical documentation and deployment guides
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field
Why Join Doodle Labs
- Work on cutting-edge technology powering the future of autonomous systems
- Collaborate with engineers and innovators building industry-leading connectivity solutions
- Ensure soldiers, operators, and robotics teams have safer and more reliable autonomous capabilities
- Influence the design and performance of wireless systems operating in mission-critical environments
- Make a meaningful impact in a fast-growing company shaping the next generation of robotics and wireless networking
- Join a high-ownership, high-trust engineering culture where your work is visible and meaningful
Travel Expectations
This role may require occasional travel within the United States and North America for customer meetings, field testing, integration support, deployment evaluations, and on-site troubleshooting.
Compensation: Final base pay is determined based on the successful candidate's country of employment and experience level, in addition to other job-related qualifications.
