- Robot type
- Industrial Automation
- Location
- ChicagoIllinoisUSA
- Job type
- Customer Success
- Posted
- Aug 11, 2026
Full-time
Product Support Engineer
Job description
Formic is on a mission to reshape American manufacturing by making automation accessible to every factory. As labor constraints rise, costs increase, and global competition intensifies, automation is no longer optional for manufacturers that want to stay competitive.
Job responsibilities
- Own technical escalations for your assigned system types
- Support FSEs with complex troubleshooting and root cause identification
- Review logs, system data, configurations, drawings, and failure history to determine next steps
- Reproduce field failures on equipment in the office
- Test PLC, robot, software, electrical, and configuration changes to prove or disprove a theory
- Build clear troubleshooting plans that FSEs can execute in the field
- Identify repeat failures and trends across the fleet
- Escalate systemic product issues to Product Engineering with clear data, testing, and recommendations
Job requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field
- Experience supporting automation deployed across multiple customer sites
- Experience building technical support documentation or knowledge bases
- Experience working between field service and product engineering teams
- Experience using failure and service data to reduce repeat issues and repeat site visits
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