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Applications Engineering Manager (Boston)
$140K–$180K
Boston, MA · Remote · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jun 16, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in applications engineering, systems integration, or automation engineering; 2+ years in people management or team leadership.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience.
About the job
Leads a territory-based applications engineering team while providing hands-on technical support for industrial robot integrations, commissioning, and customer engagements.
What you'll do
- Manage, coach, and plan workloads for a team of Applications Engineers.
- Own territory customer support from pre-sales proof-of-concept through post-install success, including complex escalations.
- Review and deliver robot-cell solutions, commission installations, and establish consistent engineering standards and playbooks.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of hands-on applications engineering, systems integration, or automation engineering experience.
- 2+ years of people management or team lead experience.
- Fluency across mechanical, electrical, and software work, including PLC programming and ladder logic, pneumatics, DC power systems, robot programming, Python scripting, and CAD.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience.
Nice to have
- Prior experience with collaborative robots (UR, Fanuc, KUKA, ABB, or similar).
- Experience scaling an applications or field engineering function; vision systems, force/torque sensing, custom end-of-arm tooling, or listed automation applications are also nice-to-haves.
Pay
$140,000 to $180,000 USD base salary; $140K – $180K (base salary)
Tools
PLC programming, ladder logic, pneumatics, DC power systems, robot programming, Python, CAD, UR, Fanuc, KUKA, ABB
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