Robotics Solutions Engineer

About the role

Agile Robots, a global leader in industrial and humanoid robotics and physical AI, is expanding its North American team. It is looking for a hands-on Robotics Solutions Engineer to act as the technical reference for its US sales organization, partnering with sales teams and key account managers as the front-facing technical expert for customers. The role covers customer consulting, proof of concept and simulation work, and contributes to the company's open-source code.

Key responsibilities

• Support sales teams and key account managers as technical expert throughout the sales cycle, qualifying opportunities and scoping technical closure.
• Visit customers on site and remotely to recommend hardware, software interfaces (Desk, FCI, ROS 2) and ecosystem components.
• Design, build and demonstrate proof-of-concept applications that validate customer use cases.
• Build and present simulation models of customer applications (cell layouts, reachability studies, cycle-time estimates, virtual demos).
• Plan and support hackathons, workshops, trade shows and technical demos, with on-site coaching and demo setups.
• Develop customer-facing solutions, sample applications and integration tools, and contribute code to the Franka Robotics GitHub repositories (libfranka, franka_ros2).
• Pass customer requirements and field insights back to Product Management and R&D in Munich.
• Create demos, documentation, tutorials and training material for customers, partners and internal sales colleagues.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in applications engineering, solutions engineering, pre-sales or robotics development.
• Proven ability to build demos or prototypes quickly and present them to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to travel regularly to customer sites, hackathons and trade shows across the US.
• Nice to have: prior customer-facing technical sales or consulting experience, and existing open-source contributions or a public robotics portfolio.

Required skills

• C++ programming.
• ROS / ROS 2 and robot manipulators (collaborative robots a strong plus).
• 3D manufacturing/robotics simulation (OLP solutions) for layout, feasibility and virtual commissioning.
• Git/GitHub and open-source code contribution.
• Nice to have: Franka platform experience, motion planning, control, machine learning, teleoperation, other simulators (Gazebo, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Visual Components), real-time control and Linux.

What we offer

• Full-time, exempt position with a salary of $155,000 to $195,000 USD per year depending on experience and location in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Performance-based bonuses.
• Health, dental and vision insurance, and a 401k plan.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Professional development opportunities.