Remote Senior Applications Engineer Manager - Player-Coach

Standard Bots; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock options

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Job summary

Standard Bots seeks a Senior Applications Engineering Manager who combines hands-on automation skills with people leadership. You will guide a regional AE team, stay hands-on on robot programming and PLC work, and drive successful customer engagements.

You'll travel up to 25% domestically, report to the VP, and help scale processes, playbooks, and training materials while partnering with sales and product teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on applications engineering, systems integration, or automation engineering.
• 2+ years of people management or team lead experience.
• Strong customer-facing presence with ability to manage escalations.
• Experience leading distributed teams across a territory.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% domestically.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a team of Applications Engineers across your territory.
• Own capacity planning and workload distribution for your team.
• Set the technical and cultural standard for the group.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance conversations, and development planning.
• Own the applications engineering function from pre-sales to post-install success.
• Be the senior escalation point for complex integrations and customer situations.
• Travel to customer sites up to 25% for escalations and key installs.

Skills

PLC programming

Ladder logic

Pneumatics

Robot programming

Python scripting

CAD

People management

Customer-facing

Distributed team leadership

Domestic travel readiness

Education

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

Tools

UR/FANUC/KUKA/ABB robots

Job description

Standard Bots seeks a Senior Applications Engineering Manager who combines hands-on automation skills with people leadership. You will guide a regional AE team, stay hands-on on robot programming and PLC work, and drive successful customer engagements.

You'll travel up to 25% domestically, report to the VP, and help scale processes, playbooks, and training materials while partnering with sales and product teams.