Senior Applications & Solutions Engineer Autonomous Manipulative Mobile Robots; AMMR

Job Overview

At ABB, we help industries outrun – leaner and cleaner. Progress is an expectation for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. This position sits within ABB’s Robotics business, a leading global robotics company. We are entering an exciting new chapter as Soft Bank Group announces its plan to acquire ABB Robotics.

Joining now means shaping the future of robotics with world‑class experts in a fast‑moving, innovation‑driven environment.

This is a global role. The work model is hybrid. Up to 50% travel will be required.

• Define and drive the validation, verification, and technology readiness strategy for AMMR solutions, including KPIs, acceptance criteria, and deployment milestones from pilot to commercial scale.
• Own the technical success of AMMR pilots and early deployments, leading troubleshooting, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement activities.
• Develop and maintain reference architectures, solution templates, and engineering standards for AMMR applications across key market segments.
• Translate customer requirements into scalable solution concepts, system specifications, and interface definitions, ensuring feasibility, performance, safety, and repeatability.
• Drive the development of new applications and solution variants through structured feedback to Product Management and R&D, accelerating product maturity and adoption.
• Act as the primary technical interface between Product Management, R&D, Global and Local Engineering teams, and customers, enabling successful deployments through best practices, documentation, and training.
• Lead and mentor AMMR Application Engineers, promoting engineering excellence, standardization, and reuse of validated solutions.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Automation, Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in robotics, industrial automation, autonomous systems, or complex electromechanical products, with a background in application engineering, systems engineering, solution architecture, or technical project delivery.
• Proven ability to translate customer requirements into scalable technical solutions, including system architectures, interface definitions, and deployment concepts.
• Strong systems engineering mindset with hands‑on experience integrating robotic systems, controls, software, safety systems, and industrial IT/OT environments.
• Experience supporting pilots, proof‑of‑concepts, and early product deployments, including validation, troubleshooting, and performance assessment.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across Product Management, R&D, engineering, operations, and customer teams, providing technical leadership and mentoring where required.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with willingness to travel up to 50% to support deployments, commissioning, testing, and validation activities.

ABB Benefit Summary for Eligible US Employees (excludes ABB E‑mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico). Go to  and click on “Candidate/Guest” to learn more.

• Choice between two medical plan options: a PPO Copay Plan or a High Deductible Health Plan with a Health Savings Account.
• Choice between two dental plan options:
  Core and Core Plus.
• Vision benefit.
• Company‑paid life insurance (2X base pay) and AD&D (1X base pay).
• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee‑paid up to maximums.
• Short‑Term Disability – up to 26 weeks, company‑paid.
• Long‑Term Disability – 60% of pay, company‑paid; ability to “buy‑up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee‑paid (accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance).
• Parental leave – up to 6 weeks.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation, virtual health, and infertility/adoption.
• Employee discount program.

• 401(k) Savings Plan with company contributions.
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).

Time‑off: ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and…