IT Systems Engineer

Summary

GrayMatter Robotics is a well-capitalized Physical AI company headquartered in Los Angeles, building Factory SuperIntelligence (FSI) through systems that learn, adapt, and develop genuine process intelligence across every part they touch. Our robots take on the tedious, hazardous, and ergonomically demanding work that has kept manufacturing dependent on a shrinking skilled workforce, delivering superhuman performance. Robotics has a demo problem. GMR doesn't. Our systems are in active production today, adapting autonomously to real geometries, real materials, and real process variation without reprogramming. We deliver our system through a Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) model that converts capital expenditure into an operating subscription, making Physical AI accessible to the manufacturers who need it most. We hire people who want to solve hard physical problems at an industrial scale.

The Role

GrayMatter Robotics runs physical robots at customer production sites, maintains a growing government enclave, and supports an engineering team that moves fast. Right now, too much of the IT work that keeps all of that running is falling on a DevOps engineer who should be focused on infrastructure, a QA engineer who shouldn't be configuring machines at all, and senior engineers who are getting pulled into IT requests they shouldn't have to touch.

We need one person to own that surface. Someone who can walk into an ambiguous IT situation, figure out what needs to happen, and drive it to resolution without needing to be managed through it.

That is the IT Systems Engineer. You will be the go-to for IT across the organization, covering internal infrastructure, fleet management, customer site support, and government enclave compliance. The role spans a wide range of domains on purpose. The right person is not a deep specialist. They are someone a few years into their career who has built real range across Linux, networking, and scripting, and who gets energy from variety rather than being slowed down by it. Think less "I own the firewall" and more "whatever IT problem lands here, I will figure it out."

What You Will Do

Shadow and document existing systems in the first few weeks, then take increasing ownership across:

Serve as the primary IT escalation point, reducing reliance on DevOps and engineering teams for routine and recurring IT requests

Own PC fleet management, including provisioning, imaging, Ansible-based configuration, and Teamviewer enrollment for both internal and customer site machines

Troubleshoot and resolve GPU driver issues and kernel update problems that cause production downtime at customer sites, then build SOPs so the fix is never tribal knowledge again

Support internal IT requests from all teams, including tool integrations, access management, onboarding and offboarding provisioning, and network configuration

Assist with government enclave maintenance, including compliance logging, access control, and working with our enclave contractor to reduce the admin overhead that currently falls on senior engineers

Own the IT intake process, including standing up a clear ticketing workflow and making it easy for anyone within the organization to know where to route a request

Work with DevOps on DevOps-adjacent tasks (CI runner uptime, VPN setup, DNS, internal tooling deployments) without needing hand-holding

Field customer site IT support, especially for activation machines, license servers, and network misconfigurations that require fast turnaround

Eventually reduce and potentially replace our reliance on our current external IT contractor for day-to-day tasks

Export Control Requirements

In order to comply with the export regulations of the United States Government, it is required that the applicant must fall under one of the following categories: (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (i.e. current green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158.

Minimum Qualifications

2 to 5 years of hands-on experience in IT systems administration, infrastructure, or a related technical role

Strong working knowledge of Linux (Ubuntu preferred)

Networking fundamentals, including ability to diagnose and resolve common configuration issues

Some experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible

Basic scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for task automation and workflow improvements

Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Ability to troubleshoot independently, communicate blockers clearly, and drive issues to resolution without being asked twice

Comfortable working onsite at our Carson, CA office with some travel to customer sites

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting both internal employees and external production environments

Familiarity with MDM or RMM tools such as NinjaOne, JAMF, or Kandji

Exposure to AWS (even light usage like storage, EC2, IAM basics)

Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as CMMC, NIST 800-171, or ITAR, particularly in enclave or government IT contexts

Experience with monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK

Track record of writing documentation and SOPs that other people can actually follow cold

GrayMatter Robotics provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage and embrace applicants of all backgrounds to apply!

GrayMatter Robotics is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodations during the recruiting process, please contact [email protected] to submit your request.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Depending on the position and if listed, compensation may include the base salary range, bonus or commission, and equity. We also provide comprehensive benefits and perks which include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, unlimited PTO, 401(k) plan + employer match, regular offsite events, a discretionary fund for enhancing productivity and so much more! The range listed on job postings reflect the minimum and maximum new hire salary across levels in Los Angeles, CA.