Robotics Engineer III

JOB SUMMARY

Location: Rochester, NY 

Reporting to: Chief Robotics Engineer

Role Overview: The Robotics Engineer III is responsible for owning the design, development, and optimization of robotic applications within complex automation systems. This role leads the implementation of coordinated motion, system integration, and collision avoidance strategies, ensuring solutions meet performance, reliability, and cycle-time objectives.

The position plays a key role in system startup, debugging, and acceptance activities, driving issue resolution and improvement initiatives. In addition to technical ownership, the engineer mentors junior team members, collaborates across disciplines and with external partners, and contributes to standards and best practices to support consistent, high-quality execution across projects. 

The position plays a key role in system startup, debugging, and acceptance activities, driving issue resolution and improvement initiatives. In addition to technical ownership, the engineer mentors junior team members, collaborates across disciplines and with external partners, and contributes to standards and best practices to support consistent, high-quality execution across projects. 

JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own robotic applications with coordinated motion and recovery

• Lead reach/clearance validation and collision avoidance

• Integrate tooling, fixtures, vision/peripherals as required

• Execute debug and support factory/site acceptance

• Analyze performance and optimize cycle-time

• Review peers’ programs and enforce standards

• Create training/operations documentation

• Mentor junior engineers and support planning/estimation

• Coordinate with suppliers on technical interfaces

• Communicate risks and mitigations to stakeholders

• Up to 30% travel required.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering discipline or equivalent experience

• 4–7 years owning robotic applications with coordinated motion

• Experience integrating tooling, fixtures, and vision/peripheral

• Leadership in acceptance and cycle-time optimization

• Standards enforcement and peer review experience

• Mentoring junior engineers and planning support

• Owns robotic applications with coordinated motion and collision avoidance

• Leads reach/clearance validation and cycle-time optimization

• Integrates tooling/fixtures and 2D/3D vision or sensing; supports acceptance

• Leads root-cause investigations for subsystem issues and drives corrective actions

• Applies lean principles to improve workflow, quality, and cycle-time

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced technical depth; decomposes complex work

• Mentors junior engineers; conducts reviews

• Root cause analysis and continuous improvement leadership

• Customer/stakeholder communication and expectation management

• Sound judgment under time/ambiguity constraints

• Mentors early-career engineers in methods and standards

• Leads structured problem-solving and contributes reusable assets

SUCCESS METRICS

• On-time delivery vs. plan (milestones met)

• Quality of deliverables (defect/rework rate; review findings)

• Documentation completeness and accuracy

• Issue resolution effectiveness and cycle time

• Standards compliance and reuse of templates/libraries

• Stakeholder/customer satisfaction feedback

• Knowledge transfer contributions (training, guides, code/modules)

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the wage range for this role is $95K-$110K. The rate range provided is a general guideline. When extending an offer, Adaptec Solutions considers factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. Adaptec Solutions also offers a variety of benefits including generous paid time off (PTO), 11 paid company holidays including your birthday, generous health plans, dental and vision insurance, HSA/FSA accounts, generous 401(k) match and immediate vesting, short-term/long term disability coverage and basic life/AD&D insurance and education assistance.

Adaptec Solutions, LLC is an equal opportunity organization. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.