Full-Time

Applications Engineer

Bradley, IL

Posted on 1/23/2026

Standard Bots

Standard Bots

51-200 employees

Robotic automation provider offering subscription-based RO1

Compensation Overview

$80k - $120k/yr

+ Stock Options

No H1B Sponsorship

Kankakee, IL, USA + 1 more

More locations: Manhasset, NY, USA

In Person

Travel up to 50% domestically; on-site in Bradley, IL when not traveling.

Category
Sales & Solution Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Python
SolidWorks
Requirements
  • Technical background or relevant educational experience in basic electrical, programming and mechanical systems
  • Comfortable with direct current power
  • Know the difference between NPN and PNP transistors
  • Ability to write Python scripts
  • Proficiency in navigating SolidWorks
Responsibilities
  • Work with sales and customers to design solutions around the Standard Bots RO1
  • Go into the field to install, program and verify Standard Bots solutions
  • Support customers as they find new and innovative ways to use Standard Bot’s RO1
  • Develop supporting materials such as sample code, white papers and application notes
  • Assist in-house engineering with the design and testing of an expanding list of features and integrations
  • Develop marketing collateral to assist with growing the Standard Bot’s customer base
  • Travel up to 50% domestically Monday to Friday to assist customers
  • When not traveling, work in the Bradley, IL office

Standard Bots provides robotic automation solutions for SMEs. Its RO1 is a collaborative robot with a camera that handles tasks such as machine tending, pick-and-place, packing, sanding, polishing, palletizing, inspection, deburring, gluing, and painting, without requiring programming knowledge. It uses a subscription model starting at $500 per month per robot, including the robot, hardware replacements, remote troubleshooting, and ongoing support. The goal is to make automation affordable and easy for businesses, differentiating itself with simple operation, transparent pricing, and comprehensive maintenance.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$87M

Headquarters

Glen Cove, New York

Founded

2016

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $63M Series B from General Catalyst expands engineering team.
  • New 30kg payload robot unveiled at Automate Show 2024.
  • 16,000 sq ft New York factory opens June 2025.

What critics are saying

  • Universal Robots' UR20i undercuts RO1 with lower costs.
  • Figure AI's Figure 02 obsoletes specialized arms in 2026.
  • RightHand Robotics erodes pilots in Amazon warehouses now.

What makes Standard Bots unique

  • RO1 cobot uses no-code programming for SMEs without expertise.
  • Subscription starts at $500 monthly, includes maintenance.
  • Integrates Cognibotics' CogniCal for precise AI calibration.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) Company Match

Employee Stock Options

Paid Vacation

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

-7%

2 year growth

-3%
Mynewsdesk
Jan 12th, 2026
Standard Bots selects Cognibotics' calibration for next-generation AI cobots

Standard Bots selects Cognibotics' calibration for next-generation AI cobots. Calibration for next-generation AI cobots. Standard Bots, an AI-driven robotics company building collaborative robot arms in the United States, has selected Cognibotics' CogniCal calibration for its next-generation cobot platform. CogniCal delivers world-class accuracy, making robots easier to integrate and commission across a wider range of tasks. With accurate robots, training of AI driven robot tasks becomes more efficient and transferable between robot individuals; Critical for scalable intelligence. Standard Bots is known for its RO1 cobot and a new 30 kg, 2 m reach model. Both combine 6-axis arms with integrated AI, 3D vision, and no-code programming. "Cognibotics delivered the most robust and production-ready calibration technology we tested, outperforming both open-source and commercial alternatives. Their solution becomes a key enabler in how we scale Standard Bots," said Evan Beard, CEO of Standard Bots. Precision that scales across robots and sites. Robot accuracy makes application building easier and integration of e.g. cameras more valuable. CogniCal limits the difference between robot individuals, caused by geometry deviations and payload influence; phenomena that otherwise introduces noise in the AI system training data, or require costly adaptations of the robot programs in the classical case. "AI is changing how robots are programmed, but factories still rely on precision, uptime, and predictability. That's where Cognibotics comes in. By combining Standard Bots' AI-first cobots with our calibration, manufacturers get robots that are as accurate and stable as traditional high-end systems, but deployable at software speed," said Fredrik Malmgren, CEO, Cognibotics For end-users, this means shorter commissioning times, better predictability and AI-trained skills that are easily transferred between robots and sites. About Standard Bots. Standard Bots is a leading American robot manufacturer dedicated to making robots simple so humans can do more. Headquartered in Glen Cove, NY, Standard Bots designs and assembles industrial robots in the USA that are bolstered by programming software and AI training models developed in-house to provide a robust physical AI platform to the world. The company has received over $63M in funding led by General Catalyst with participation from Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Samsung Next. For more information, visit: standardbots.com About Cognibotics. Cognibotics is a Swedish motion-technology company pioneering intelligent automation that enhances productivity, sustainability, and human work quality. Its modular tech stack closes the gaps between existing industrial technologies while also providing new high-performance motion control, novel arm kinematics, a dynamic real-time software platform, intuitive motion programming, and emerging motion intelligence. Together, these technologies enable partners and customers to build smarter and more flexible automation systems. For more information, visit: cognbotics.com

Design and Development Today
May 12th, 2025
Standard Bots Opening New Manufacturing Facility in New York

Standard Bots opening new manufacturing facility in New York.

BEAMSTART
May 9th, 2025
Standard Bots Expands Production Facility and Unveils New 30kg Payload Robot

At The Automate Show, Standard Bots will demonstrate its in-house-developed physical AI, a groundbreaking technology designed specifically for its robots and powered by the NVIDIA Isaac platform.

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Dec 3rd, 2024
Aws Offers Accelerated Robotics Simulation With Nvidia

Listen to this articleAWS and Isaac Sim can help accelerate robotics development, says NVIDIA. NVIDIA Corp. today announced at AWS re:Invent enhanced tools for robotics developers, as well as the availability of NVIDIA DGX Cloud on Amazon Web Services and offerings for artificial intelligence and quantum computing. The company said that NVIDIA Isaac Sim is now available on NVIDIA L40S graphics processing units (GPUs) in Amazon Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2) G6e instances. It said this could double scaling robotics simulation and accelerate AI model training. Isaac Sim is a reference application built on NVIDIA Omniverse for developers to simulate and test AI-driven robots in physically based virtual environments

AlleyWatch
Jul 15th, 2024
The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 7/15/2024

Standard Bots, an AI-powered robotics startup, has raised $39M in Series B funding from investors that include led by General Catalyst.

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