Senior Industrial Automation Engineer

Success Criteria

• Identify and map the types of tasks that are already well-served by traditional automation systems, and where gaps remain.
• Guide our team on best practices for automating physical work in environments like manufacturing, logistics, and packaging.
• Help us benchmark and validate the performance of our robotic systems against industrial-grade alternatives.
• Work with the engineering team to ensure task replicas in the lab accurately capture the essence and constraints of real-world customer tasks.
• Identify and lead the development of hybrid customer solutions that integrate both Sanctuary's AI and traditional automation tools (e.g., PLCs, sensors, and robotic arms) to maximize real-world effectiveness.
• This role is hands on and field oriented, and requires regular travel to customer sites for integration, testing, and commissioning.

Your Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechatronics, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 15+ years in application engineering, factory automation, or systems integration
• Deep working knowledge of automation systems including PLCs, HMIs, sensors, and actuators
• Strong background in task design and throughput optimization
• 15+ years designing or integrating factory automation systems using PLCs, vision systems, and robotic arms.
• Experience working with integrators, OEMs, or directly on plant floors.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently for customer site work, including travel across the United States and internationally, based on deployment needs without limitation.

Skills

• Effective communicator with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Skilled in root-cause analysis and system-level debugging
• Familiar with both low-level control and high-level system orchestration
• Comfortable working cross-functionally in fast-paced environments

Traits

• Above all else, a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do whatever it takes to create robust solutions to mission objectives.
• Successful candidates will be a proponent of personal responsibility for themselves and their teammates.
• Empathetic listener with conflict resolution capabilities.
• Consistent bias for action, communication, and interpersonal savvy.
• Self-motivated and able to solve problems independently.
• Mission driven and passionate about bringing human-like intelligence to machines.