The all-in-one, most intuitive, most affordable industrial robots. Backed by General Catalyst.
About the role
The Applications Engineering Manager is a player-coach. You still know your way around a factory floor -- fixtures, I/O, ladder logic, robot programming, all the things -- and you use that expertise every day, both to stay sharp and to earn the respect of the team you're leading.
What they're looking for
- - The same trifecta as our Applications Engineers -- you're genuinely fluent across mechanical, electrical, and software: PLC programming and ladder logic, pneumatics, DC power systems, robot programming, Python scripting, CAD
- - 5+ years of hands-on applications engineering, systems integration, or automation engineering experience -- you've done the field work and done it well
- - 2+ years of people management or team lead experience -- you've led engineers, given hard feedback, and helped someone grow
- - Strong customer-facing presence -- you can manage a difficult customer conversation, set expectations clearly, and represent Standard Bots credibly at a senior level
- - Experience managing a distributed team or territory, you know how to lead people you don't see every day
- - Comfort with up to 25% domestic travel for escalations, key customer engagements, and team support
More about this role
Standard Bots is building the next generation of industrial robots -- hardware that's powerful, affordable, and designed to scale. We're the largest U.S. industrial robotics company by robots shipped, and our robots are showing up on factory floors everywhere from independent machine shops to NASA and Lockheed Martin. Someone has to make sure those robots actually work -- and someone has to build the team that makes that happen at scale. That's this role.
Note: This position is technically remote, but is territory based and requires you to live on the West Coast. This role also requires up to 25% domestic travel. You're still in the field -- just not living out of a suitcase 2-3 days a week.
Also note: Like every Applications Engineer at Standard Bots, this is not a software engineering role. You are a hands-on industrial automation engineer who also happens to lead people. If you've never commissioned a robotic cell, this isn't the right seat.
The Applications Engineering Manager is a player-coach. You still know your way around a factory floor -- fixtures, I/O, ladder logic, robot programming, all the things -- and you use that expertise every day, both to stay sharp and to earn...
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