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Senior Robotics Engineer, Support Engineering Lead

Columbus, Ohio

Build the Path Forward

At Path Robotics, we’re attacking a trillion dollar opportunity - doing things that have never been done before to support an industry hurting from a lack of skilled labor. Big, hard problems are what Path tackles every day and our people are our greatest asset to get that job done. Our intelligent, hardworking team of people do the impossible every single day, yet remain incredibly kind, humble, and always ready to support one another. 

The Support Engineering Lead will serve as a vital bridge between our Robot Fleet Operations team (“Mission Control”) and development teams, ensuring effective resolution of technical issues while driving long-term improvements in support processes, tooling, and documentation.  This is a hybrid hands-on individual contributor and leadership role that will help establish and grow Path’s support engineering team.  This role will be crucial for enhancing operational efficiency, reducing developer context-switching, and building scalable support systems. You will work directly with an international fleet of AI-driven welding robots operating in the hands of paying customers.

What You’ll Do

Support and Resolution

  • Act as the L2 support layer, handling escalated issues from L1 (Robot Fleet Operations, also known as “Mission Control”), directly resolving issues where able, and collaborating with L3 (feature developers) as needed.
  • Perform root cause analysis to ensure thorough understanding and resolution of recurring issues.
  • Develop proficiency and eventually expertise with all sub-systems that comprise our product.
  • Identify opportunities for improvement and influence the technical roadmap.

Process and Tool Development

  • Develop tooling, processes, documentation, and SOPs to minimize support escalations.
  • Build playbooks and solutions that enable Mission Control to resolve issues independently.
  • Create automated solutions, bug fixes, and workarounds to proactively prevent support issues and reduce the number of support escalations.
  • Create and maintain a comprehensive database of documentation and playbooks for common technical issues.
  • Work to make our code more supportable: drive software best practices including instrumentation, traceability, repeatability, testing, and software QA/QC

Collaboration and Reporting

  • Work closely with Mission Control & Operations to establish and refine SOPs for ticket triage, handling, and communication.
  • Track and analyze support metrics and SLOs for response and resolution times.
  • Report frequent and resource-intensive support cases to developers, providing actionable insights.
  • Collaborate with developers and test engineers to ensure adequate test coverage for recurring issues.
  • Communicate constantly with a wide array of teams spanning Engineering, Operations, and Customer Success. 

Leadership and Mentorship

  • Help establish and grow the Support Engineering team, mentoring more junior incoming members.
  • Define team SOPs and best practices.  
  • Depending on background and skillset, develop over time into a full-time Manager role as the team grows.

Who You Are

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Documented ability to execute immediate fixes in production systems AND to perform in-depth root cause analysis and produce high quality, long-term system improvements
  • Experience with robotics, path planning, and point cloud processing.
  • Experience with computer vision methods, vision sensors, and data analysis (2D and 3D).
  • Exposure to machine learning concepts and applications.
  • Experience with Docker
  • Strong proficiency in Python and C++.
  • Proven ability to develop top-notch documentation, including SOPs and playbooks for operational efficiency.
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with technical and non-technical teams.
  • Expertise in triaging and prioritizing issues based on impact and urgency.
  • Exceptional time management and a self-directed approach to finding high-value work.
  • Excellent communication skills: able to communicate equally well with technical and nontechnical audiences. 
  • Strong commitment to maintaining and enhancing documentation.
  • Experience leading teams is a big plus.

Who We Are

At Path Robotics we love coming to work to solve interesting and tough challenges but also because our ideas are welcomed and valued. We encourage unique thinking and are dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Why You'll Love It Here

  • Free lunch every day
  • Flexible PTO
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
  • 6 weeks 100% paid parental leave plus an additional 6-8 weeks maternity leave for the birthing parent (12-14 weeks total)
  • 401K through Empower
  • Paid Referral Bonus

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