# Applications Engineering Manager (West Coast) at Standard Bots

- Company: Standard Bots
- What the company does: The all-in-one, most intuitive, most affordable industrial robots. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://standardbots.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: US-West Coast (remote)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $140K to $180K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/standardbots/75e22912-268d-4d2a-9531-986fb5ba34cd
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/standard-bots-applications-engineering-manager-west-coast/

## 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

Tags: Applications Engineering