Role Overview
Do you want to work on robotic systems in live production environments?
Prefer hands-on work bringing systems online at customer sites?
Comfortable owning performance, troubleshooting, and handoff?
Motive Workforce is supporting a robotics company seeking a Senior Commissioning Engineer to lead on-site system commissioning, ramp-up, and stabilization across warehouse deployments.
About the Company
Motive Workforce is supporting a robotics company building AI-powered systems for warehouse and logistics environments. Their technology focuses on intelligent picking and manipulation, combining robotics, software, and machine learning to solve real operational challenges.
- Systems deployed in live warehouse environments at scale
- Focus on automation for fulfillment and logistics operations
- Tight feedback loop between field performance and engineering
- Small team, high ownership, fast iteration
What You Will Do
- Lead on-site commissioning of robotic picking systems at customer facilities
- Bring systems from mechanical completion through first picks, ramp-up, and production handoff
- Validate integration across hardware, electrical, controls, and software systems
- Diagnose and resolve issues across mechanical, electrical, controls, and software domains
- Partner with remote engineering teams to troubleshoot and deploy fixes
- Execute test plans, acceptance criteria, and performance validation
- Train customer operators and maintenance teams during system handoff
- Document commissioning processes, site configurations, and lessons learned
- Feed field insights back to engineering and product teams
What You Bring
- 5-10+ years of commissioning or deployment experience in robotics or industrial automation
- Hands-on experience with robotic cells, automation systems, or warehouse environments
- Ability to work across mechanical, electrical, controls, and software interfaces
- Experience with industrial robots, ABB preferred
- Ability to read mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, and system layouts
- Strong troubleshooting skills in live production environments
- Willingness to travel up to ~75%
- Strong communication skills in customer-facing settings
- Self-driven and able to operate independently in the field
Nice to Have
- Experience in warehouse automation or intralogistics
- PLC or controls troubleshooting experience
- Familiarity with safety systems, including E-stops, scanners, and light curtains
- Experience in startup or scaling engineering environments
Compensation
Why This Role
- Direct ownership of systems in the field
- Work on real deployments, not simulations
- High autonomy with strong engineering support
