Applications Engineering Manager — Remote (West Coast)

Standard Bots; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock options

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Standard Bots is seeking an Applications Engineering Manager for the West Coast, a hands-on leader who can coach a team while staying connected to the factory floor. You'll manage a distributed team of Applications Engineers across the territory, own capacity planning, and serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex integrations, with up to 25% domestic travel.

We value a leader who combines practical engineering with people leadership, and who can drive standardization, customer

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Development: coach a team across territory, manage capacity, and set high standards.
• Territory & Customer Ownership: own applications engineering for the territory from pre-sales to post-install success.
• Hands-On Technical Work: stay hands-on with design, integrations, and complex deployments.
• Standards & Continuous Improvement: define playbooks, templates, and training for repeatable deployments.

Skills

PLC programming and ladder logic

Pneumatics

DC power systems

Robot programming

Python scripting

CAD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or related engineering

Job description

Standard Bots is seeking an Applications Engineering Manager for the West Coast, a hands-on leader who can coach a team while staying connected to the factory floor. You'll manage a distributed team of Applications Engineers across the territory, own capacity planning, and serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex integrations, with up to 25% domestic travel.

We value a leader who combines practical engineering with people leadership, and who can drive standardization, customer