Senior Commissioning Engineer – Robotics & Automation

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