Maintenance Supervisor

Soft Bank Robotics America (SBRA), a member of the Soft Bank Group, develops and deploys intelligent robotics solutions at the intersection of artificial intelligence, automation, and real-world business applications. Our technology supports organizations across industries, including hospitality, retail, healthcare, logistics, facilities management and construction, in improving operational efficiency and enhancing customer experiences through robotics and automation. As we continue to scale our presence in physical AI and advanced automation, we are building a collaborative, high-performance environment that values curiosity, operational excellence, and disciplined execution.

Soft Bank Robotics America (SBRA) is seeking an experienced
Maintenance Supervisor
to lead maintenance execution and equipment reliability across automated systems, robotics, and supporting operational equipment. This role is responsible for supervising maintenance personnel, ensuring preventive and corrective maintenance is completed safely and effectively, minimizing equipment downtime, and continuously improving maintenance performance.

The Maintenance Supervisor will serve as a key connection between Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and other technical teams, ensuring equipment issues are addressed with the appropriate urgency while identifying opportunities to improve long-term reliability.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on maintenance leader with experience supporting complex mechanical, electrical, and automated equipment. They combine strong technical troubleshooting capabilities with effective people leadership and are comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

• Lead day-to-day preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities for robotics, automated systems, industrial equipment, and supporting infrastructure.
• Ensure preventive maintenance, inspections, repairs, and planned maintenance activities are completed safely, accurately, and on schedule.
• Coordinate response to equipment failures and operational issues to restore equipment safely and minimize downtime.
• Monitor equipment condition and recurring failures to identify reliability risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Lead or participate in root cause analysis for significant or repetitive equipment failures and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
• Support equipment commissioning, startup, upgrades, modifications, and operational handoffs to ensure systems are maintainable and service ready.
• Drive a proactive maintenance approach focused on equipment reliability rather than reactive repair.
• Provide daily leadership, work direction, coaching, and technical support to maintenance technicians and other assigned resources.
• Assign and prioritize maintenance work based on safety, equipment criticality, operational impact, and business needs.
• Develop technician capabilities through coaching, technical training, knowledge sharing, and hands-on troubleshooting support.
• Reinforce accountability for safety, work quality, documentation, and timely completion of assigned maintenance activities.
• Coordinate maintenance coverage to support planned maintenance, operational requirements, equipment outages, and urgent repairs.
• Foster a collaborative, safety-focused, and continuous-improvement culture within the maintenance team.

• Lead and support troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical, controls, automation, and electromechanical equipment issues.
• Use equipment history, technical documentation, maintenance data, and field observations to diagnose failures and determine appropriate corrective actions.
• Partner with Engineering and technical specialists when equipment issues require advanced troubleshooting, software or controls support, or design modifications.
• Support equipment including motors, sensors, drives, electrical systems, PLC-controlled equipment, robotics, and other automated technologies as applicable.
• Provide field feedback to Engineering and Operations to improve equipment reliability, maintainability, and future system designs.

• Ensure work orders, inspections, equipment history, repair information, and maintenance activities are accurately documented within the CMMS or applicable maintenance system.
• Monitor maintenance performance indicators such as preventive maintenance completion, equipment availability, downtime, recurring…