Senior Applications Engineer (West Coast)

- Travel to customer sites to install, program, wire, and commission robotic cells

- Own the integration from mechanical setup through software configuration -- fixtures, I/O, PLC handshakes, safety, test, sign-off

- Troubleshoot on-site when things don't go as planned (and sometimes they don't) -- you stay until it works

- Train customer operators and technicians on Standard Bots hardware and software -- both on-site and at our facility

- Support customers post-install as they find new applications and push the limits of what the robot can do

- Be a trusted technical resource for the accounts you've worked with -- they'll call you when something comes up

- Represent Standard Bots at industry events and trade shows -- build the demo, run it live, talk shop with engineers and plant managers on the floor

- Help develop and maintain demo systems that show the breadth of what Standard Bots hardware can do

- Feed real-world integration learnings back to our hardware and software engineering teams -- you're on the front lines and your input shapes the product

- Assist in-house engineering with testing new features, peripherals, and integrations as we expand the platform

- 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

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline -- or equivalent hands-on experience that tells the same story

- Prior experience with collaborative robots (UR, Fanuc, KUKA, ABB, or similar)

- Familiarity with machine tending, palletizing, welding, or assembly automation applications

- Experience with vision systems, force/torque sensing, or custom end-of-arm tooling

- Background in a manufacturing or production environment -- you've worked on or near a factory floor before