--- title: 'Sales Application Engineer at Apera AI Inc' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/sales-application-engineer-apera-ai-inc-detroit-8psps5qtxqd3' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-04' --- # Sales Application Engineer at Apera AI Inc - **Company:** Apera AI Inc - **Location:** Detroit, MI - **Posted:** 2026-10-01 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/aperaaiinc/jobs/5251048007 ## Job description Apera is an innovative, Vancouver-based company at the forefront of robotics, AI, and machine vision — recognized with the 2025 Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Leadership Award and the 2024 BC Tech "Company of the Year, Growth" award. We're on a mission to redefine AI-driven robotic vision. Apera AI helps manufacturers make their factories more flexible and productive. Robots enhanced with Apera's software have 4D Vision — the ability to see and grasp objects with human-like capability. Challenging applications such as bin picking, sorting, packaging, and assembly are now open to fast, precise, and reliable automation. We work with the world's leading automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. Our portfolio spans Vue (our 4D Vision software), Forge (a no-code simulation and AI training studio where customers build, validate, and de-risk robotic cells before any hardware is bought), and VuePod, our new turnkey, productized bin-picking cell. Are you a solution-driven engineer who loves translating complex technical problems into powerful, real-world outcomes? We’re looking for Sales Application Engineers to join our growing team. Individuals who thrive at the intersection of technology, customer success, and industrial automation. ## What You’ll Do As the technical arm of our Sales team, you’ll: - Deliver high-impact technical demos and proof-of-concept solutions - Translate customer requirements into tailored proposals that win deals - Act as a trusted advisor on robotics systems, machine vision platforms, and automation solutions - Drive shorter sales cycles and improved win rates - Support strategic account planning, pre-sales materials, and cross-functional collaboration What Makes This Role a Career Move This isn’t just another pre-sales engineering role, it’s a platform to: - Work on high-visibility automation projects with global manufacturers - Influence customer adoption of cutting-edge robotics and vision systems - Develop reusable tools, demos, and content that drive impact - Build a career path in technical sales, product, or solution architecture - The satisfaction that comes from empowering users via knowledge transfer so that they own their path to success ## What We’re Looking For You’re a hands-on technical expert with: - 3 - 5+ years in application engineering, solutions engineering, or technical pre-sales - Strong background in robotics, machine vision, or factory automation - The ability to clearly communicate value to developers, engineers, and executives - A verifiable and proven track record of leading POCs, demos, and technical proposals that close deals What do we offer? - A chance to make a difference. Aperians are friendly, smart, and driven to build amazing products; we tackle challenges as a team, we are close-knit and scrappy. Our teams are motivated, talented, hardworking and have both an intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial spirit. We enjoy making a large impact, solving challenging problems rooted in real-world robotic vision optimization using science, imagination, creativity, and persistence. - Build your skills. Build your career. We don’t just promise opportunities—we back them with personalized development plans, learning budgets, and time dedicated to innovation. Come for the mission, stay for the mastery. - Equity that empowers. As an employee-owned company, every Aperian receives a meaningful stock-option package, because we succeed together. You don’t just contribute; you get a share of the upside. - Straightforward compensation. At Apera AI, we believe that transparency and fairness are key to building a thriving team. For this Sales Application Engineer role, we offer a competitive base salary range of $90,000–$110,000 USD per year, with a target OTE of $99,000 to $121,000 USD. This range reflects the base salary for a highly qualified candidate. The final offer will depend on a range of factors including your unique skills, experience, contributions to team intellectual diversity, and the value you bring to our vision of transforming industrial automation with AI-powered vision systems. #SalesEngineer #RoboticsJobs #VisionSystems #IndustrialAutomation #MachineVision #AutomationEngineering #TechnicalSales #PresalesEngineer #SmartManufacturing #FactoryAutomation #Industry4.0 ## About Apera AI Inc ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Apera AI develops 4D Vision technology that uses proprietary AI and machine learning to power object recognition, robotic pose estimation, and path planning for industrial automation. - **Entity Type**: Private, venture capital funded - **Headquarters**: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Gastown district) - **Founded**: Year not publicly disclosed - **Founders**: Sina Afrooze (CEO) and Armin Khatoonabadi ## Core Business - Primary industry: Industrial robotics automation, AI/ML/DL, and advanced manufacturing - Target customers: B2B, Enterprise — world’s leading automotive manufacturers, Tier 1 suppliers, and other major manufacturing brands - Mission or purpose: To transform robotic automation with best-in-class 4D Vision, making manufacturing more reliable and productive through AI-powered vision guidance ## Products & Services - **4D Vision Technology**: Proprietary AI-powered technology that controls object recognition, robotic pose estimation, and path planning. Gives robots faster decision-making and resilience to changes in lighting conditions. - **Apera Vue Robotic Vision Software**: Complete robotic guidance software that is robot-agnostic and compatible with leading robot brands. Runs 4D Vision through robotic workcells. - **Apera Forge (Forge Lab)**: AI-powered robotic vision training portal and simulation environment that helps customers prove out applications and gain certainty of ROI before deployment. **Applications served**: Assembly, Robotic Bin Picking, Sorting, Packaging & Kitting, Machine Tending ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Private company; funding details not publicly disclosed - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly listed; company describes itself as "venture capital funded" - **Growth Signals**: Experiencing rapid growth in a large, global addressable market; actively hiring across multiple roles (Senior Accountant, Senior ML/CV Applied Scientist, Marketing, Sales, Business Development); customers include world’s top automotive manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers ## Competitive Advantages - **4D Vision technology**: Proprietary AI that delivers exceptional speed and accuracy (reported ~99% accuracy) with resilience to varying lighting conditions — a key differentiator from traditional vision systems - **Robot-agnostic software**: Vue works with leading robot brands, reducing lock-in risk for customers - **Simulation-first approach**: Forge Lab reduces deployment risk and increases customer confidence in ROI - **Deep technical team**: Founders and engineers come from high-growth companies like Avigilon (sold for $1.2B to Motorola) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) - **10+ patents** held by the founding team in AI, digital imaging, image processing, and media streaming ## Strategic Focus - Expanding globally with a dedicated sales team across North America (Detroit, Alabama, South Carolina) and LATAM (Mexico) - Scaling marketing and demand generation to drive adoption in automotive and industrial manufacturing - Continuing to advance 4D Vision technology and simulation capabilities to reduce barriers to automation adoption - Targeting labor shortage challenges in manufacturing with vision-guided robotics solutions ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Highly technical engineering environment at the intersection of manufacturing and AI/ML/DL. The team collaborates closely and is close to customer needs with a clear roadmap. Values include continuous learning, problem-solving, and rewarding ability with growth opportunities. - **Impact**: Employees can affect the path of the company and see their work implemented by the world’s leading manufacturers. - **Compensation & Benefits**: - Generous stock option package - Competitive compensation - Comprehensive health, dental, and life insurance - 3 weeks paid vacation - Flexible working hours and work from home options - Great Vancouver location in Gastown, close to public transit - **Team**: Strong engineering team working on robotics, 3D math, simulation, computer vision, deep learning, software engineering, cloud computing, and UI. Described as a “technically rich environment” where work crosses boundaries. - **Diversity**: Welcomes people of all ages, genders, religions, ethnicities, and abilities. ## Sources 1. [apera.ai](https://apera.ai/about-apera-ai/) 2. [apera.ai](https://apera.ai/) 3. [apera.ai](https://apera.ai/careers/) 4. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/aperaaiinc) 5. 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