Field Applications Engineer in Campbell

Job DescriptionJob Description

As a Field Applications Engineer, you will serve as the critical link between our R&D team and customer production environments. You will deploy our systems at manufacturing sites, tune them for real-world conditions, and provide technical support when issues arise. This role requires strong troubleshooting skills, direct customer engagement, and the ability to work independently in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Install and validate our vision hardware/software at customer manufacturing sites

• Ensure reliable system operation on embedded platforms such as NVIDIA Jetson

• Diagnose, resolve technical issues remotely and on-site using logs, testing, and screen sharing

• Guide customers through configuration changes and verify successful implementations

• Document solutions and maintain an internal knowledge base of common issues and fixes

• Collaborate with engineering by submitting bug reports, translating customer challenges, and validating fixes

• Build, maintain internal test stations to validate features, configurations, and system updates

• Run experiments to evaluate system performance across parts, materials, and production conditions.

• Develop robotics applications, automation workflows, and data tools for robot setup, monitoring, calibration, tool paths, and AI workflows

• Maintain lab test systems to validate features, evaluate performance, and support demos and pre-release testing.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

• 5+ years of hands-on experience working with complex technical systems (automation, robotics, instrumentation, or similar).

• Proficiency with Linux and strong troubleshooting skills, with the ability to work independently and clearly communicate technical concepts to customers and internal teams.

• On-site in our Campbell facility

• 20–30% travel for installa*ons across the U.S., Europe, Korea, and Japan, with ongoing remote customer support.

Value Add

• Experience with robot programming (Fanuc, Kuka, UR, ABB, Omron)

• Familiarity/experience with calibra*on, metrology and CAD for designing fixtures or mounts.

• Industrial automa*on experience, including 3D sensing, point clouds, computer vision, or embedded/ARM

systems.

• Python application development and experience in customer-facing technical roles (field service, applications

engineering, or technical support)

• Proficiency in French, German, Korean, or Japanese

Company DescriptionSummer Robotics is building the next of vision-guided robotics, bringing a new standard of machine vision that outperforms today’s industry systems. As an early-stage startup, we move fast with ambitious, mission-driven work to deliver a step-change in performance and reliability. If you want to make a tangible impact on technology that is reshaping the industry, you belong here.Company DescriptionSummer Robotics is building the next of vision-guided robotics, bringing a new standard of machine vision that outperforms today’s industry systems. As an early-stage startup, we move fast with ambitious, mission-driven work to deliver a step-change in performance and reliability. If you want to make a tangible impact on technology that is reshaping the industry, you belong here.