Senior Robotics Pre-Sales Engineer - Demos & Scoping

Inbolt; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock-options

Prime office location

Team-building events

Bring-your-dog-to-work

Health coverage

Travel — customer site visits

Job summary

Inbolt is seeking a Senior Pre-Sales Robotics Application Engineer in Detroit, US. You will be the technical partner of Account Executives from discovery through PO, qualifying use-cases, running demos, and validating feasibility on real robots from major brands.

You will scope solutions, lead proposals, and coordinate with Sales, R&D, and Product teams in Paris, while building the pre-sales function in the US and coaching junior engineers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in Sales/Pre-Sales, Applications Engineer, or Robotics Integrator in industrial automation.
• Customer-facing pre-sales exposure: scoping, demos, proposals, validation.
• Hands-on robotics programming and ability to set up a test cell.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Account Executives on discovery 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…).
• Scope solutions with reach studies, cycle-time and accuracy assumptions, layout and integration needs.
• Contribute to proposals, quotes, and RFI/RFP responses as technical lead with Sales.
• Make go/no-go calls and ensure realistic promises, handing over to RAE team.
• Mentor junior engineers and be the senior technical reference for Sales.
• Bring customer/market feedback to Product/R&D to shape roadmaps.
• Build pre-sales function in US: demo setups, test protocols, application notes, and Sales RAE process.

Skills

Hands-on robot programming

vision-guided robotics

English fluency

pre-sales experience

communication to engineers and execs

Tools

FANUC ROS?

CAD

Python scripting

Job description

Inbolt is seeking a Senior Pre-Sales Robotics Application Engineer in Detroit, US. You will be the technical partner of Account Executives from discovery through PO, qualifying use-cases, running demos, and validating feasibility on real robots from major brands.

You will scope solutions, lead proposals, and coordinate with Sales, R&D, and Product teams in Paris, while building the pre-sales function in the US and coaching junior engineers.