Engineering Manager, Tier 2 Support New Columbus, Ohio

Path Robotics; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily free lunch

Flexible PTO

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Parental leave (12–14 weeks)

401(k) retirement plan

Employee referral bonuses

Job summary

Path Robotics is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Tier 2 software support team, driving advanced troubleshooting and durable resolutions across production systems.

You will partner with Product, Systems Integration, Robotics, and Customer Operations to improve reliability and customer satisfaction, mentoring engineers and guiding incident response and postmortems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading and mentoring software or support engineering teams.
• Experience in production-critical, distributed software environments.
• Proven ability to balance people leadership with hands-on technical work.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a highly motivated L2 Software Support team for advanced troubleshooting.
• Own the escalation path from L1, ensure timely root-cause analysis and durable fixes.
• Collaborate with engineering, systems integration, and product teams to resolve issues and improve stability.
• Establish and refine support processes, tooling, and incident response practices.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance on complex production issues.
• Improve monitoring, alerting, runbooks, and documentation for faster recovery.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and customer impact.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Production-critical support

Hands-on engineering

System reliability

Root-cause analysis

Mentoring engineers

Job description

At Path Robotics, we're building the future of embodied intelligence. Our AI-driven systems enable robots to adapt, learn, and perform in the real world closing the skilled labor gap and transforming industries. We go beyond traditional methods, combining perception, reasoning, and control to deliver field-ready AI that is risk-aware, reliable, and continuously improving through real-world use.

Big, hard problems are our everyday work, and our team of intelligent, humble, and driven people make the impossible possible together.

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Tier 2 support team. In this role, you will manage a team responsible for diagnosing, resolving, and preventing complex software issues across our production systems. You will work closely with Product, Systems Integration, Robotics, and Customer Operations to ensure high system reliability and customer satisfaction.

What You'll Do

• Lead and grow a highly motivated L2 Software Support team responsible for advanced troubleshooting and resolution of complex software issues
• Own the escalation path from L1 support, ensuring timely root-cause analysis and durable fixes
• Partner closely with engineering, systems integration, and product teams to drive issue resolution, reduce recurrence, and improve system stability
• Establish and refine support processes, tooling, and operational best practices (e.g., SLAs, incident response, postmortems)
• Act as a hands-on leader, mentoring engineers and providing technical guidance on complex production issues
• Drive improvements to monitoring, alerting, documentation, and runbooks to enable faster diagnosis and recovery
• Build a strong support engineering culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and customer impact

Who You Are

• 5+ years of experience leading and mentoring software or support engineering teams
• Strong skill in organizing, prioritizing, and motivating teams in fast-paced, production-critical environments
• Proven experience supporting and maintaining large-scale, distributed, or production software systems
• Comfortable balancing people leadership with hands-on technical involvement when needed
• Bring a systems-thinking mindset and care deeply about reliability, quality, and operational excellence

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Daily free lunch to keep you fueled and connected with the team
• Flexible PTO so you can take the time you need, when you need it
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 6 weeks fully paid parental leave, plus an additional 6-8 weeks for birthing parents (12-14 weeks total)
• 401(k) retirement plan through Empower
• Generous employee referral bonuses - help us grow our team!

Who We Are

At Path Robotics we love coming to work to solve interesting and tough challenges but also because our ideas are welcomed and valued. We encourage unique thinking and are dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.