Pre-Sales Robotics Application Engineer US (Senior Level)

Join Inbolt, a fast-growing robotics company, as a Senior Pre-Sales Robotics Application Engineer. In this role, you will partner with Account Executives to qualify use-cases, run demos, and scope solutions. You will also contribute to proposals, make go/no-go calls on new applications, and hand over well-scoped projects to the RAE team. This position is based in Detroit, Michigan, and requires relocation.

• Partnership with Account Executives on discovery calls and customer meetings to qualify use-cases and drive technical confidence.
• Running demos, in-office tests, and on-site proofs of concept on real robots to validate feasibility.
• Contributing to proposals, quotes, and RFI/RFP responses as the technical lead, together with Sales.

Inbolt values end-to-end ownership, high rigor, and a hands-on curiosity. We move fast while staying precise, with a proactive, autonomous, results-driven mindset and strong collaboration with engineering teams.

🔎 Preferred experience

• Min. 6+ years of experience as a Sales/Pre-Sales Application Engineer, Applications Engineer or Robotics Integrator in industrial automation, with several years in a customer-facing pre-sales role.

• Ideally from a robot OEM (FANUC, KUKA, ABB, Yaskawa…) or a robotics integrator, with real pre-sales exposure: scoping, proposals, technical validation, demos.

• Hands-on industrial robot programming (FANUC strongly preferred), able to set up and run a test cell yourself.

• Experience with vision-guided robotics: bin picking, pick & place, 2D/3D vision systems.

• Excellent communication skills: comfortable presenting to both engineers and executives, and challenging sales when needed.

• Fluent English; able to work with teams in France.

💫 Additional plus

• Robot simulation and CAD for reach and feasibility studies.

• PLC / industrial communication (EtherNet/IP, PROFINET) basics.

• Python scripting.

• Experience leading or mentoring a small technical team.

• Automotive / Tier-1 manufacturing background.

• French is a plus.