# Senior Applications Engineer (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: $150K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/standardbots/0f10edc9-c87b-4c9e-b0ab-f6cc5be6af91
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/standard-bots-senior-applications-engineer-west-coast/

## About the role

The Senior Applications Engineer is one of the rarest profiles in industrial automation -- and one of the most important roles at Standard Bots. You're not a mechanical engineer. You're not an electrical engineer. You're not a software engineer. You're all three, and you know how to make them talk to each other. You can look at a customer's production line, understand what's broken or slow or manual, and figure out how to fix it with a robot. Then you build the proof of concept, get on a plane, and go install it.

## What they're looking for

- - A genuine trifecta: you're comfortable with mechanical systems, electrical systems, and software -- not just one of the three
- - 6+ years of hands-on experience with industrial automation fundamentals: PLC programming and ladder logic, pneumatics, DC power systems (you know the difference between NPN and PNP), robot programming (any platform), and Python scripting
- - Proficiency with CAD -- SolidWorks preferred, but we care more that you can design and think in 3D than which tool you use
- - Customer-facing experience -- you can explain a technical integration to an engineer, a plant manager, and an ops director in the same conversation and land differently with each one
- - A genuine bias for getting things done in the field, not just in theory -- you'd rather build it than write about it
- - Comfort with up to 50% domestic travel, this role is hands-on and on-site by nature

Tags: Applications Engineering