Field Robotics Technician - Southeast Region - Temp to Hire

Field Robotics Technician at Scythe 

Scythe is looking for a Field Robotics Technician based out of Fort Pierce, FL to help repair and maintain our fleet of autonomous robots supporting the next chapter in Scythe's journey: ramping up from dozens of units to tens of thousands. We've developed an industry-changing machine and have customers knocking down our door for units, so we're looking to scale our production quickly and get thousands of reliable autonomous machines out into the world where they can change how we take care of all our outdoor space.

You'll be responsible for vehicle troubleshooting, repair, and customer vehicle health at Scythe. You will work closely with our engineering and customer operations teams to keep our vehicles operating in the customer’s hands.

Our main headquarters is located in Longmont, CO with operating facilities in both Dallas, TX and Fort Pierce, FL. Scythe is currently operating in several states within this region and will continue to expand throughout 2025/26.

Temp-to-Hire Details

This position begins as a temporary role with a 90 day evaluation period. During this time, your performance, attendance, and overall fit for the role will be assessed. Upon successful completion of the temp period, candidates may be offered a permanent role with benefits.

Some details about this position

• This is a hybrid (in-office/travel) role based out of our Fort Pierce, FL location. Travel to our customer sites, HQ, and satellite facilities will be required for this position for up to 50% of the calendar year.
• Candidates must be able to pass a medical DOT evaluation.

What you’ll do at Scythe  

• Maintain our large fleet of autonomous vehicles including predictive, preventative, and corrective maintenance
• Actively monitor our entire fleet using live data streaming from the vehicles
• Recover vehicles to optimize customer's uptime should a vehicle in the field experience a failure
• Follow standard work procedures for maintenance activities and ensure they are completed in a timely fashion according to defined schedules
• Hands on support to troubleshoot, establish root cause, and perform the various types of maintenance activities required to keep the fleet healthy

What you know well

• Experience as a jack of all trades with a well-rounded set of mechanical, electrical, and troubleshooting skills
• Experience working in an outdoor environment in adverse conditions
• Experience building, maintaining, and/or troubleshooting complex electro-mechanical systems including, but not limited to; PCBAs, actuators, GPS systems, industrial automation, etc.
• Experience reading and interpreting electrical schematics
• Experience using complex tools such as an oscilloscope, voltmeter, precision inspection equipment (calipers, micrometers, etc), and/or software monitoring programs

What you’ve maybe done

• Experience in a Field Service environment traveling to various customer locations to provide firsthand troubleshooting and repairs
• Moderate to extensive work with diagnostic tools
• Moderate to extensive work and troubleshooting with electric or hybrid vehicles
• Moderate to advanced level PCBA and/or electrical troubleshooting
• Dashboard navigation using Tableau, Grafana, or similar

Scythe is a total compensation company, which provides employees a comprehensive salary, equity, and benefit package. However, only the minimum salary amounts are listed here. Scythe carefully considers a wide range of compensation factors, including education, years of experience, competencies and other relevant business considerations. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary along with your compensation mode preferences. The Field Technician position has an expected minimum hourly rate of $28. The actual pay may be higher depending on your skills, qualifications, and experience. Equity and benefits packages are NOT included in this estimate. Please note that this information is provided for those hired in Colorado only.

Salary : $28