Engineering Manager, Tier 2 Support
Path Robotics
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Description
Build the Path Forward
At Path Robotics, we’re building the future of embodied intelligence. Our AI-driven systems enable robots to adapt, learn, and perform in the real world closing the skilled labor gap and transforming industries. We go beyond traditional methods, combining perception, reasoning, and control to deliver field-ready AI that is risk-aware, reliable, and continuously improving through real-world use.
Big, hard problems are our everyday work, and our team of intelligent, humble, and driven people make the impossible possible together.
We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Tier 2 support team. In this role, you will manage a team responsible for diagnosing, resolving, and preventing complex software issues across our production systems. You will work closely with Product, Systems Integration, Robotics, and Customer Operations to ensure high system reliability and customer satisfaction.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and grow a highly motivated L2 Software Support team responsible for advanced troubleshooting and resolution of complex software issues
- Own the escalation path from L1 support, ensuring timely root-cause analysis and durable fixes
- Partner closely with engineering, systems integration, and product teams to drive issue resolution, reduce recurrence, and improve system stability
- Establish and refine support processes, tooling, and operational best practices (e.g., SLAs, incident response, postmortems)
- Act as a hands-on leader, mentoring engineers and providing technical guidance on complex production issues
- Drive improvements to monitoring, alerting, documentation, and runbooks to enable faster diagnosis and recovery
- Build a strong support engineering culture focused on accountability, continuous improvement, and customer impact
Who You Are
- 5+ years of experience leading and mentoring software or support engineering teams
- Strong skill in organizing, prioritizing, and motivating teams in fast-paced, production-critical environments
- Proven experience supporting and maintaining large-scale, distributed, or production software systems
- Comfortable balancing people leadership with hands-on technical involvement when needed
- Bring a systems-thinking mindset and care deeply about reliability, quality, and operational excellence
Why You’ll Love Working Here
- Daily free lunch to keep you fueled and connected with the team
- Flexible PTO so you can take the time you need, when you need it
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 6 weeks fully paid parental leave, plus an additional 6–8 weeks for birthing parents (12–14 weeks total)
- 401(k) retirement plan through Empower
- Generous employee referral bonuses—help us grow our team!
Who We Are
At Path Robotics we love coming to work to solve interesting and tough challenges but also because our ideas are welcomed and valued. We encourage unique thinking and are dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Benefits
- health insurance
- vision insurance
- 401(k)
- paid time off
- parental leave
About this role
Path Robotics is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead their Tier 2 support team in Columbus, working on-site to manage the escalation and resolution of complex software issues across production systems. You'd oversee a team responsible for diagnosing problems, performing root-cause analysis, and collaborating with Product, Systems Integration, Robotics, and Customer Operations teams to maintain system reliability and customer satisfaction. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll balance mentoring engineers with direct involvement in troubleshooting production issues.
The ideal candidate has 5+ years leading software or support engineering teams and proven experience maintaining large-scale, distributed production systems. You'll establish support processes, SLAs, incident response protocols, and postmortems while driving improvements to monitoring, alerting, and documentation. The role demands someone comfortable in fast-paced, production-critical environments who thinks systemically about reliability and operational excellence, and who can motivate teams while staying technically engaged.
Path Robotics offers in-office work in Columbus with benefits including daily free lunch, flexible PTO, comprehensive medical/dental/vision coverage, six weeks paid parental leave (12–14 weeks for birthing parents), a 401(k) plan, and employee referral bonuses.
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