Field Applications Engineering Leader - Remote, West Coast

Standard Bots; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock options

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Standard Bots is seeking an Applications Engineering Manager to lead a field-based team of Applications Engineers, staying hands-on with fixtures, I/O, ladder logic, and robot programming.

You will own territory development, manage workload, and serve as escalation point; travel up to 25% domestically to customer sites. This role blends leadership with practical engineering and reports to the VP of Applications Engineering.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on applications engineering, systems integration, or automation engineering experience.
• 2+ years of people management or team lead experience.
• Strong customer-facing presence with ability to manage difficult conversations.
• Experience managing a distributed team or territory; able to lead people you don't see daily.
• Travel up to 25% domestically for escalations and key engagements.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or related engineering discipline (or equivalent hands-on experience).

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of Applications Engineers across your territory, setting expectations and coaching on technical and customer-facing skills.
• Own capacity planning and workload distribution across your team to ensure the right engineer is on the right job.
• Set and uphold the standard for how AE work gets done in your territory, including documentation and training quality.
• Travel to customer sites up to 25% domestically for escalations and critical deployments.

Skills

PLC programming

Ladder logic

Pneumatics

DC power systems

Robot programming

Python scripting

CAD

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Standard Bots is seeking an Applications Engineering Manager to lead a field-based team of Applications Engineers, staying hands-on with fixtures, I/O, ladder logic, and robot programming.

You will own territory development, manage workload, and serve as escalation point; travel up to 25% domestically to customer sites. This role blends leadership with practical engineering and reports to the VP of Applications Engineering.