Robotics Engineering Lead - Cobot
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Robotics Engineering Lead - Cobot Location: Chicago, IL Work Setting: On site Employment Type: Full time A confidential robotics innovator is expanding its U.S. footprint and seeking a Robotics Engineering Lead - Cobot to help shape the next phase of growth.
Guide deployment and commissioning of collaborative robot and mobile manipulation solutions at customer sites. Partner with end users, researchers, and integrators to tailor robotic workflows for production and lab environments.
- Competitive base compensation with benefits and potential relocation support.
- High visibility within a growing U.S. team, with the opportunity to help define processes and best practices.
- Exposure to advanced collaborative robotics and emerging automation applications.
- Direct collaboration with technical leadership and global engineering teams.
- A role that combines hands-on deployment, customer interaction, technical problem solving, and application innovation.
Responsibilities
~1 min read- →Guide deployment and commissioning of collaborative robot and mobile manipulation solutions at customer sites.
- →Partner with end users, researchers, and integrators to tailor robotic workflows for production and lab environments.
- →Build, refine, and validate application programs for cobot cells, demonstrations, and proof of concept projects.
- →Serve as the senior technical resource for troubleshooting, training, and field issue resolution across U.S. accounts.
- →Work closely with product and R and D teams to translate field feedback into feature ideas, usability gains, and pilot enhancements.
- →Support presales evaluations by advising on robot selection, tooling concepts, cycle feasibility, and application fit.
- →Help establish best practices, documentation, and technical processes for a growing U.S. robotics organization.
- →Travel regularly to customer and partner locations for installs, support, training, and technical reviews.
- Several years of hands-on robotics engineering experience, including collaborative robot applications, deployment, and programming.
- Strong background working with cobot platforms in real-world environments.
- Experience with robotic applications engineering, commissioning, debugging, and workflow optimization.
- Proficiency in Python for scripting, integration, or application development.
- Familiarity with ROS or ROS2 is strongly preferred, especially for mobile manipulation or advanced robotic systems.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to support customers and internal stakeholders effectively.
- Comfort operating in a fast-growth environment where initiative, adaptability, and sound judgment matter.
- Bachelor’s degree in robotics, mechanical engineering, computer science, or a related field is preferred. Advanced education is a plus.
- Korean language capability is helpful, but not required.
This opportunity is well suited for a senior robotics professional who enjoys combining field work, technical leadership, and customer-facing problem solving. You may come from collaborative robotics, automation integration, advanced manufacturing, or applied robotics environments. Success in this role will come from balancing strong engineering depth with practical execution and the ability to represent technical solutions with confidence.
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- May 6, 2026
- Last seen
- May 10, 2026
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- May 6, 2026
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