Senior Pre-Sales Robotics Engineer: Demos & Feasibility

Roboticsconnected; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock-options package

Team-building events & off-sites

Bring-your-dog-to-work policy

Health coverage

Travel — customer site visits

Job summary

Inbolt in Detroit seeks a Senior Pre-Sales Robotics Application Engineer to partner with Account Executives from discovery through purchase orders, qualifying applications, running demonstrations, and defining feasible solutions for real robots.

You will scope solutions, support proposals, and lead technical validation while collaborating with Sales, R&D, and Product teams. This US-based role requires relocation and frequent travel to customer sites and trade shows.

Qualifications

• Min. 4+ years in Sales/Pre-Sales or Applications in industrial automation.
• Hands-on robot programming experience with industrial robots.
• Experience presenting to engineers and executives.
• Ability to scope, propose and validate applications.
• Willingness to relocate to Detroit and travel.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Account Executives on discovery calls and customer meetings, from plant engineers to C-level, to qualify use-cases and drive technical confidence.
• Run demos, in-office tests and on-site proofs of concept on real robots (FANUC, KUKA, ABB, UR…) to validate feasibility.
• Scope solutions: reach studies, cycle-time and accuracy assumptions, cell layout and integration requirements.
• Contribute to proposals, quotes and RFI/RFP responses as the technical lead, together with Sales.
• Make go/no-go calls on new applications and be the voice that keeps promises realistic.
• Hand over well-scoped projects to the RAE team, and support small integrations and customer trainings when needed.
• Bring structured customer and market feedback to Product and R&D to shape the roadmap.
• Build and structure the pre-sales function in the US: reusable demo setups, test protocols, application notes and a clear Sales RAE process.
• Act as the senior technical reference for Sales and coach junior engineers on customer-facing work.

Skills

Pre-Sales Engineering

Industrial Robotics

Robot Programming

Customer-facing Communication

Demo & Prototyping

English Fluent

Travel Ready

Tools

FANUC

KUKA

ABB

UR

Vision Systems

Job description

Inbolt in Detroit seeks a Senior Pre-Sales Robotics Application Engineer to partner with Account Executives from discovery through purchase orders, qualifying applications, running demonstrations, and defining feasible solutions for real robots.

You will scope solutions, support proposals, and lead technical validation while collaborating with Sales, R&D, and Product teams. This US-based role requires relocation and frequent travel to customer sites and trade shows.