Robotics Automation Lead: Cobots & AMRs Onsite

Integrated Personnel Services Limited; Santa Rosa (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Integrated Personnel Services Limited is seeking a hands-on Robotics Engineering Lead to own the automation of targeted manufacturing processes from concept through production. You will evaluate operations for automation, select robotics technologies, and lead design, programming, integration, and commissioning of robotic systems.

This role focuses on cobots for assembly, material handling, machine tending, inspection, and testing, plus AMRs for intelligent material movement across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in robotics, CS, ECE, ME, or related field.
• 3+ years of industrial automation or robotics in live manufacturing.
• Strong software and mechanical engineering skill set.
• Hands-on experience programming and integrating collaborative robots like UR.
• Experience with end-effectors, grippers, and machine vision.
• Hands-on AMRs and material-handling automation deployment.
• Cobot simulation and offline programming for cell layout and cycle-time validation.
• Proven technical leadership, project ownership, and mentoring while remaining hands-on.
• Strong troubleshooting and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritize manufacturing processes suitable for automation and develop the technical and business case.
• Design, program, integrate, and commission cobots for assembly, material handling, machine tending, inspection, and testing.
• Deploy and integrate AMRs for material movement, including route planning, fleet coordination, and workstation handoffs.
• Own automation projects end-to-end, including requirements, concept design, simulation, build, FAT/SAT, validation, and production handoff.
• Integrate robots, sensors, machine vision, end-effectors, and existing factory equipment.
• Serve as the hands-on technical lead by establishing robotics standards, reviewing designs, and mentoring engineers and technicians.
• Evaluate robotics, cobot, AMR, and systems-integration vendors; lead pilots and scale successful solutions.
• Partner with safety teams on robotic-system design, risk assessments, and production readiness.
• Develop documentation, runbooks, operating procedures, and training materials for production teams.
• Troubleshoot and optimize deployed systems to improve throughput, quality, reliability, and operator experience.

Skills

Robotics

Automation

Software engineering

Mechanical engineering

Leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Robotics/CS/EE/ME degree

Tools

UR cobots

RobotStudio

RoboDK

Creo

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

ROS / ROS 2

Machine Vision

Job description

Integrated Personnel Services Limited is seeking a hands-on Robotics Engineering Lead to own the automation of targeted manufacturing processes from concept through production. You will evaluate operations for automation, select robotics technologies, and lead design, programming, integration, and commissioning of robotic systems.

This role focuses on cobots for assembly, material handling, machine tending, inspection, and testing, plus AMRs for intelligent material movement across the