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Brief #61313Updated 18 SEP 2026BOSTON, MA, USYcY COMBINATOR
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Wireless Network Engineer

Nextera Robotics is an industrial robotics and AI company

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Boston, MA, US
Company size
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Wireless Network Engineer

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Job title
Wireless Network Engineer
Job location
Boston, MA, US
Job description
We are a fast-growing Physical AI company founded at MIT. We develop and deploy fleets of purpose-built industrial robots, building a future where AI-native robots handle all the repetitive and physically demanding work. We're looking for a wireless engineer to advance the RF side of that mission: a low-infrastructure, long-range mesh network that keeps autonomous mobile robots connected in some of the harshest RF environments there are - active construction sites and industrial facilities full of steel, concrete, heavy machinery, and constant change. Your effort will directly shape the next generation of our network technology - from link-level behavior and propagation, up through routing, monitoring, and security - and your decisions will directly shape how the fleet scales. **Responsibilities:** * Design, deploy, and optimize long-range sub-GHz mesh networks at industrial facilities and construction sites * Characterize and model RF propagation and coverage in cluttered, dynamic environments with mobile nodes * Conduct wireless site surveys; define antenna placement and link budgets; guide deployment engineers and technicians * Analyze link- and MAC-level behavior to troubleshoot and resolve field issues with minimal customer impact * Evaluate radio platforms, spectrum options, and mesh routing approaches as the fleet grows * Advance our network monitoring, remote administration, and network security capabilities * Document designs, experiments, and test results **Qualifications:** * Bachelor's + 3 years of industry experience, or Master's + 2 years, in EE/CE or a related field * Strong grounding in RF fundamentals and wireless communications - propagation, modulation, link budgets, PHY/MAC behavior * Hands-on experience installing, configuring, and maintaining wireless networks in the real world * Experience conducting wireless site surveys and turning them into working deployments * Comfortable working low in the stack and diagnosing problems from spectrum to packets * Strong analytical skills; able to work independently and with a small team * Willingness to travel occasionally for site surveys, deployments, and troubleshootings **Preferred but not required:** * Experience with sub-GHz or other long-range wireless protocols * Comfort with Linux, scripting, or C/C++ for test automation and tooling * Familiarity with network security monitoring * Wireless networking certifications We are a fast-paced, highly technical organization. Teams are small and agile, autonomy is expected, and every engineer sees their work go from idea to deployed, high-value product. The wireless layer is early enough that you won't be maintaining someone else's decisions - you'll be making them. We'll be excited to learn more about you and welcome you to the Team!
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Nextera Robotics headquarters

Boston, MA

Company size

1050 employees

Founded

2019

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