About the role

Forward Deployed Engineer deploying robotic systems in manufacturing settings. Collaborating with various teams to ensure successful integration and operation of robotic systems.

Responsibilities

Deploy Sunrise robotic systems in live manufacturing environments, ensuring successful customer go-lives
Translate real-world production constraints into structured feedback that improves product capabilities and deployment workflows
Identify opportunities to reduce non-recurring engineering effort and improve delivery scalability
Contribute to the refinement of Sunrise’s tools, processes, and system architecture to enable repeatable deployments
Collaborate closely with AI, robotics, product, and commercial teams to align customer needs with product evolution
Support pilot launches and early deployments, ensuring systems meet defined performance and operational success criteria
Act as a technical partner to customers during integration, building trust and ensuring long-term success
Provide technical support to customers during troubleshooting and maintenance of deployed robotic systems
Investigate and respond to operational incidents or anomalies in robotic systems, ensuring timely resolution and system reliability

A genuine drive to reinvent how flexible automation solutions are delivered and scaled across manufacturing environments
Hands-on experience deploying robotic systems and automated machinery in real-world industrial settings
Strong understanding of robotics fundamentals and familiarity with deep learning models, including how they can be adapted or re-trained for specific applications
Working knowledge of synthetic data generation concepts, simulation environments such as NVIDIA Isaac Sim / Omniverse, and structured quality assurance processes
Experience with ROS 2 and Behaviour Tree programming for robotic system control
An abstract, systems-level thinker who can view problems from multiple perspectives and generalise solutions across different applications
Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams across AI, mechanical, electrical, and software engineering
Strong communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
A deep passion for robotics, automation, and building intelligent systems that transform manufacturing
Experience in collaborative applications.
Experience with ABB SafeMove.
Experience with TIA portal.
Experience with radar-based safety.
Experience with safety analysis tools.

Career acceleration: High ownership, deep cross-functional exposure, and the opportunity to shape how a category-defining robotics company scales globally.
Real impact: Your work won’t stay in simulation or design reviews - it will run on real factory floors, directly influencing product evolution, customer success, and company trajectory.