[All remote jobs](https://jobicy.com/jobs.md)[![Standard Bots logo](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2026/11/7df6d2a60c87-221.webp)](https://jobicy.com/company/standard-bots.md)[Standard Bots](https://jobicy.com/company/standard-bots.md) # Applications Engineering Manager (West Coast) AI Summary Standard Bots is seeking a hands-on Applications Engineering Manager to lead a West Coast team supporting industrial robot deployments. The role combines people leadership, capacity planning, customer escalation management, and direct technical work on robotic cells and integrations. Candidates need deep industrial automation expertise spanning PLCs, ladder logic, robotics, mechanical and electrical systems, Python, and CAD. The manager will partner with sales, oversee solution quality from pre-sales proof of concepts through installation, and travel domestically up to 25%. This is a remote, territory-based US role requiring residence on the West Coast.[Apply for this job](#job-application)[View company](https://jobicy.com/company/standard-bots.md)ShareRemote from[USA](https://jobicy.com/job-region/usa.md)SalaryUSD 140k–180k / yrDepartment[Product & Operations](https://jobicy.com/categories/management.md)EmploymentFull TimeExperienceDirectorPublished12 Nov 2026Apply before12 Dec 2026Listing views42Application actions1Application toolkit ## Make your next move. Prepare your resume, explore your fit, and draft a cover letter for this opportunity. Opportunity details ## About this role. About [Standard Bots](https://jobicy.com/company/standard-bots.md) Standard Bots is building the next generation of industrial robots — hardware that’s powerful, affordable, and designed to scale. We’re the largest U.S. industrial robotics company by robots shipped, and our robots are showing up on factory floors everywhere from independent machine shops to NASA and Lockheed Martin. Someone has to make sure those robots actually work — and someone has to build the team that makes that happen at scale. That’s this role. Note: This position is technically remote, but is territory based and requires you to live on the West Coast. This role also requires up to 25% domestic travel. You’re still in the field — just not living out of a suitcase 2-3 days a week. Also note: Like every Applications Engineer at Standard Bots, this is not a software engineering role. You are a hands-on industrial automation engineer who also happens to lead people. If you’ve never commissioned a robotic cell, this isn’t the right seat. The Role The Applications Engineering Manager is a player-coach. You still know your way around a factory floor — fixtures, I/O, ladder logic, robot programming, all the things — and you use that expertise every day, both to stay sharp and to earn the respect of the team you’re leading. You’ll manage a team of Applications Engineers across your territory, owning their development, their workload, and the quality of every customer engagement they touch. You’ll be the escalation point when installs get complicated, the person who jumps on a plane when a customer situation needs senior eyes, and the one who sets the standard for what great applications engineering looks like at Standard Bots. This is still a hands-on role. You’re not managing from a desk. You’re leading from the front. You’ll report directly to the VP of Applications Engineering. What You’ll Do Team Leadership & Development – Manage and develop a team of Applications Engineers across your territory — setting expectations, coaching on technical and customer-facing skills, and building a team that executes at a high level – Own capacity planning and workload distribution across your team — making sure the right engineer is on the right job and nobody is drowning – Be the technical and cultural standard-setter for your team; the bar you hold yourself to is the bar your team rises to – Conduct regular 1:1s, performance conversations, and development planning — you invest in your people’s growth, not just their output Territory & Customer Ownership – Own the applications engineering function for your territory — from pre-sales POC support through post-install customer success – Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex integrations, difficult customer situations, or installs that aren’t going as planned – Partner closely with your Regional Sales Manager on territory priorities, pipeline, and customer strategy — you’re the technical counterpart to their commercial leadership – Maintain strong relationships with key customer accounts in your territory; they should know you by name and trust your judgment Hands-On Technical Work – Stay sharp and stay in it — you’re still designing solutions, reviewing integrations, commissioning cells, and supporting installs when the situation calls for it – Lead or co-lead technically complex or strategically important customer engagements yourself – Review and sign off on solution designs, POCs, and integration plans produced by your team – Travel to customer sites as needed — up to 25% domestically — for escalations, key installs, and customer relationship moments Standards & Continuous Improvement – Define and enforce the standard for how applications engineering work gets done in your territory — documentation, handoffs, commissioning checklists, customer training quality – Feed territory-level learnings back to the broader applications engineering organization and to product and engineering teams – Help build the playbooks, templates, and training materials that make every AE on your team better and every deployment more repeatable What We’re Looking For – The same trifecta as our Applications Engineers — you’re genuinely fluent across mechanical, electrical, and software: PLC programming and ladder logic, pneumatics, DC power systems, robot programming, Python scripting, CAD – 5+ years of hands-on applications engineering, systems integration, or automation engineering experience — you’ve done the field work and done it well – 2+ years of people management or team lead experience — you’ve led engineers, given hard feedback, and helped someone grow – Strong customer-facing presence — you can manage a difficult customer conversation, set expectations clearly, and represent Standard Bots credibly at a senior level – Experience managing a distributed team or territory; you know how to lead people you don’t see every day – Comfort with up to 25% domestic travel for escalations, key customer engagements, and team support – Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline — or equivalent hands-on experience that tells the same story Nice to Have – Prior experience with collaborative robots (UR, Fanuc, KUKA, ABB, or similar) – Background scaling an applications engineering or field engineering function — you’ve helped build something, not just inherited it – Experience with vision systems, force/torque sensing, or custom end-of-arm tooling – Familiarity with machine tending, palletizing, welding, or assembly automation applications Compensation and Benefits The salary range for this role is $140,000 to $200,000, depending on experience. We are open to a variety of seniority levels for this role and will build compensation packages that are commensurate with seniority and skill level. Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at Standard Bots. All Full-Time Employees are eligible for Employee Stock Options. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. 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This job listing has been manually reviewed by the Jobicy Trust & Safety Team for compliance with our posting guidelines, including verification of the company's legitimacy, accuracy of job details, clarity of remote work policy, and absence of misleading or fraudulent content. ## Role DNA A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description. ### Job Complexity 5/5EasyHard ### Pace & Pressure 5/5RelaxedFast-paced ### Autonomy Level 5/5GuidedFull ownership ### Communication Load 5/5IndependentCollaborative AI insightThis is a senior player-coach position requiring both proven people management and broad, practical industrial automation expertise. The manager must resolve complex customer escalations while maintaining delivery quality across a distributed field team. ## Salary analysis Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles. Estimated job median (per year)Market rate$160,000US market range (per year)$145k–$210k0$231.00k AI insightThe employer discloses a base salary range of $140,000 to $200,000 USD per year, with a midpoint of $170,000. The ATS confirms an annual pay cadence; the description's stated upper bound of $200,000 is used because it is the explicit compensation text for this role. Estimated US market compensation for a senior industrial automation applications engineering manager is approximately $145,000 to $210,000 USD per year, excluding equity and benefits. ## Core skills Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity. [Industrial automation](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Industrial%20automation.md)[Robotics integration](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Robotics%20integration.md)[Applications engineering](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Applications%20engineering.md)[People management](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=People%20management.md)[PLC programming](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=PLC%20programming.md)[Ladder logic](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Ladder%20logic.md)[Robot programming](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Robot%20programming.md)[Systems integration](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Systems%20integration.md)[Pneumatics](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Pneumatics.md)[DC power systems](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=DC%20power%20systems.md)[Python scripting](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Python%20scripting.md)[CAD](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=CAD.md)[Customer escalation management](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Customer%20escalation%20management.md)[Capacity planning](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Capacity%20planning.md)[Technical leadership](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Technical%20leadership.md) Sample interview questionsDescribe a complex robotic-cell commissioning issue you resolved in the field.I would explain the symptoms, safety constraints, diagnostic process, and cross-functional coordination involved. A strong example should show how I isolated mechanical, electrical, PLC, robot-program, or fixture-related causes, restored production safely, and documented preventive actions. How do you lead a distributed applications engineering team while preserving consistent technical quality? I establish clear design and commissioning standards, regular one-to-ones, workload reviews, peer reviews for high-risk integrations, and measurable customer-outcome metrics. I also use field learnings to improve playbooks, training, handoffs, and escalation procedures across the territory. How would you handle a customer escalation when an installation is not meeting expectations? I would quickly establish facts, confirm safety and production impact, communicate a realistic recovery plan, and deploy the right technical resources. I would provide frequent updates, separate immediate containment from root-cause correction, and conduct a post-install review to prevent recurrence. What factors do you consider when reviewing a proposed automation solution or proof of concept? I assess application feasibility, cycle-time requirements, part variation, fixturing, end-of-arm tooling, safety, I/O architecture, PLC and robot integration, maintainability, and customer operating constraints. I also validate risks early so the commercial and technical teams set appropriate expectations. How do you balance your own hands-on engineering work with leadership responsibilities? I reserve direct involvement for strategic deployments, technical escalations, and coaching opportunities while delegating routine work with clear ownership. This lets me stay technically credible, develop the team, and focus leadership time on prioritization, quality systems, and customer outcomes. Next step ## Apply now. Follow the employer’s application method and review Jobicy’s safety guidance before sharing personal information. 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