Robotics Sales Engineer — Onsite Demos, Deployments & ROI

Civ Robotics inc.; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity / stock options

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Competitive salary + incentives

Job summary

Civ Robotics, a San Francisco-based robotics startup, is seeking a Sales Engineer to lead technical discovery, run product demos, and support evaluations and deployments across customer sites. You will collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, Operations, and Engineering to ensure successful adoption of our autonomous robotics solutions on real‑world construction projects.

The role is in‑office in San Francisco with regular travel to customer job sites.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a Sales Engineer / Solutions Engineer / Field Engineer / Technical Account / Robotics Field Ops type role (or similar customer-facing technical role).
• Hands-on experience with hardware + software systems (robotics, IoT, industrial automation, construction tech, etc.).
• Strong troubleshooting instincts and comfort working on-site in messy real-world environments.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to translate technical details into business outcomes.
• Ability to work cross-functionally (Sales, CS, Product, Engineering) in a fast-moving startup.
• Willingness to travel to project sites as needed (typically ~30–35%).

Responsibilities

• Pre-Sales / Technical Selling: Lead technical discovery, run product demos (office + on-site), support evaluations and technical validation, act as a trusted technical advisor.
• Deployment, Training, and Customer Success Enablement: Support deployments, train customer teams, troubleshoot integration issues, document interactions and contribute to playbooks.
• Expansion & Strategic Support: Collaborate on renewals and upsells, attend QBRs, share field insights with Product/Engineering, drive customer advocacy.

Skills

Sales engineering

Technical account management

Robotics/industrial automation

On-site customer interaction

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel 30-35%

Tools

GNSS/GPS

RTK

Total stations

Job description

Civ Robotics, a San Francisco-based robotics startup, is seeking a Sales Engineer to lead technical discovery, run product demos, and support evaluations and deployments across customer sites. You will collaborate with Sales, Customer Success, Operations, and Engineering to ensure successful adoption of our autonomous robotics solutions on real‑world construction projects.

The role is in‑office in San Francisco with regular travel to customer job sites.