Director Technical Support & Field Service
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 22, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 20, 2026. Sereact scores A on the Alion truth index.
Who We Are:
We build the intelligence that lets robots sense, reason, and act in the real world, moving beyond the lab and into everyday industrial settings like warehouses and factories. Our technology closes the automation gaps that traditional systems can't solve. We are on a mission to redefine how physical work gets done, and we're looking for curious, bold thinkers to help shape the future of robotics with us.
Overview:
Our AI-driven pick-and-place and returns-handling cells combine robot arms, adaptive force-controlled grippers, AI vision and a safety cabinet, all driven by Cortex, our vision-language-action model. They run in live warehouse and logistics operations across the EU and US, and our deployed fleet is growing from around 50 cells to several hundred. Customer uptime now needs a dedicated owner. We're looking for a Director of Technical Support to build our customer-facing support function, covering everything from a customer opening a ticket to a cell back at target uptime. This is a player-coach role: you will stay hands-on technically while you hire the team and put the systems in place. You will work closely with our Hardware Product Engineering and Supply Chain leads.
Your Responsibilities:
Support Desk & Remote Diagnostics
Stand up the support desk, including ticket intake, triage, severity tiers, response and restore targets and an SLA framework
Define a coverage model for the EU and a plan for US time zones as the fleet grows
Build remote diagnostics on top of Cortex telemetry so most issues are triaged and fixed without a site visit
Escalation & Field Service
Run a closed escalation loop with Engineering, so field failures are triaged, root-caused and fixed in the product
Coordinate field service, including dispatch, on-site playbooks and third-party field technicians where needed
Identify the top recurring field failures and get them onto the product roadmap
Spares, RMA & Customer Enablement
Own the customer-facing RMA process and spare parts availability at customer sites, working with Supply Chain on procurement and logistics
Build customer onboarding, operator training, documentation and a knowledge base so customers can handle routine issues themselves
Metrics & Team
Own fleet uptime, MTTR, first-contact and first-visit resolution, SLA attainment and CSAT, and drive them up as the fleet grows
Hire and lead the first support and field engineers
Take front-line support duty off the founders and wider team
Qualifications:
Education and Experience
8+ years in technical support, field service or after-sales for complex hardware, including several years leading teams
A track record of building a technical support, field service or after-sales function from scratch for a deployed hardware product as the installed base grew from tens to hundreds of sites
Hands-on experience setting up remote diagnostics and telemetry, ticketing and SLAs, escalation to engineering, spares and RMA, and field service coordination
Degree in mechatronics, electrical or mechanical engineering, automation or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Skills
Technical depth in mechatronics, controls or robotics, plus comfort working with software and telemetry data
Strong command of service metrics such as MTTR, uptime, SLA attainment and first-contact resolution
Calm, structured escalation management with customers and internal teams
Fluent German and English
Willingness to travel to customer sites
Additional Skills / Nice to Have
Experience in robotics, warehouse automation, AMRs or industrial automation, or in service for other deployed complex hardware such as energy storage, drones, medical or lab equipment, semiconductor equipment or machinery
Experience with IoT fleet monitoring or remote telemetry tooling
Experience running service coverage across the EU and US
Background in application or commissioning engineering
What We Offer:
Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing Series B robotics company
Flexible PTO and a collaborative, high-ownership culture
Ownership of how our customers experience Sereact once their cells are live