--- title: 'Solutions Manager at UnitX' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/solutions-manager-unitx-hq-j2cw0rzdkv6z' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-10' --- # Solutions Manager at UnitX - **Company:** UnitX - **Location:** HQ - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-09-01 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/unitxlabs/dfc0c0b5-7334-41b3-b9f2-1840f4261092 ## Job description About Us: UnitX is building the robotic eyes & brain to accelerate human productivity in manufacturing. UnitX is a fast-moving startup with a team from Stanford and Google. Since inception, UnitX has shipped 2,500+ mission-critical systems across 200+ of the world's leading manufacturers' production lines. Every year, $15B dollar worth of products (think car parts and electronics) go through UnitX AI inspection system to ensure quality and yield. As a Solutions Team Lead at UnitX, you will be a key contributor to the design, development, and deployment of defect inspection automation solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of our clients involving robotic conveyance systems at high speed. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including sales, project management, and technical experts, to analyze requirements, design solutions, and oversee the implementation of defect inspection projects. What You'll Do: - Lead the solution team to: - Support the sales team to close deals by building solution proposals for vision inspection automation systems using UnitX technology. - Support the service team to deploy systems by working on hardware & software integration & customization needs during the deployment phase. - Build and grow a high-performing solution team include Solution Architects - Provide technical leadership and expertise in the development and implementation of vision inspection automation systems including motion, vision and software integrations. - Ensure that the delivered solution is robust and reliable. - Collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to gather and analyze project requirements. - Provide regular product feedback to the product engineering team for product improvements. Who You Are: - 7+ years of experience working on automated machine vision systems for manufacturing. - 3+ years of experience managing solution engineers & building solution team for manufacturing or machine vision automation companies. - Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related engineering disciplines. - Strong technical skills on automation system design and machine vision hardware and software. - Knowledge of common control systems and industrial robots. - Strong communication skills for collaborating with customers, internal stakeholders and solution team members. ## About UnitX ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: UnitX provides AI-powered visual inspection systems that automate inline defect detection for automotive, EV battery, and electronics manufacturing. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, $106M total funding) - **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, United States - **Founded**: 2018 - **Founders**: Keven Wang (CEO), Weixiong Zheng (CTO), Adam Yang (COO) ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Industrial Automation / AI-powered manufacturing inspection - **Target Customers**: B2B, Enterprise — automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, EV battery manufacturers, electronics manufacturers, PCBA, connector, and semiconductor producers - **Mission**: To elevate 20% of the world's GDP through intelligent automation, building the world’s best team in robotics ## Products & Services - **CorteX**: AI training and inference system — rapidly trains, deploys, and manages yield-optimized AI models to detect and classify variable defects with high-speed, inline decisions. - **OptiX**: Fully software-defined imaging system that captures 2D and 2.5D features inline for edge inference. - **FleX-Gen**: Turnkey inline inspection equipment for high-speed production lines. - **YieldX**: Analytics platform delivering data reports for AI-powered manufacturing optimization. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly available - **Total Funding**: $106M across four rounds (Seed: $2M, Series A: $12M, Series B (June 2023): $41M, Series B extension (Nov 2024): $46M) - **Lead Investors**: UP Partners (led Series A and most recent Series B), SE Ventures (led 2023 venture round) - **Key Metric**: Systems currently inspect more than **$6.1 billion worth of products annually**; deployed on **100+ production lines**. - **Customer Base**: Served 190+ customers, including 10 of the world’s top 50 automotive manufacturers, 10 of the top 30 Li Battery makers, 9 of the top 100 electronics manufacturers, and 2 of the top 4 EV manufacturers. - **Growth Signals**: +19.6% headcount growth year-over-year; +60% job posting growth quarterly; global operations across 8 countries (US, Mexico, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Kenya, Japan, Hong Kong). ## Competitive Advantages - **Superhuman defect detection**: AI models that detect and classify complex defects with accuracy exceeding human inspection, regardless of part, material, or position. - **Fastest deployment**: Small-sample AI that integrates with existing imaging systems; software-defined lighting enables rapid adaptation to new environments — claim of fastest-to-deploy inline inspection in the industry. - **Proven ROI**: Customers see a typical <12 month ROI with average $1.3M returned per production line and 3% scrap reduction. - **Track record**: 5.7 million+ continuous operating hours across deployed systems. ## Strategic Focus - Deepening penetration in high-growth verticals: EV battery manufacturing, automotive components, and consumer electronics. - Enabling global scale with a hardware + software + AI platform model (imaging, inference, and analytics). - Building synthetic defect generation capabilities to accelerate model training and improve yield outcomes for customers. ## Why Work Here - **Culture & Team**: Founded by engineers from Stanford, MIT, and Google; described internally as a robotics company with values of reliability, precision, transparency, and ambition. - **Growth Trajectory**: 78 employees with rapid expansion (+19.6% YoY); 8 active job openings including Embodied AI Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation Engineer, and Recruiter roles. - **Work Environment**: Santa Clara HQ with a global, cross-functional team (Sales 25%, Technical 24%, Operations 5%). Talent sourced from top companies (Keyence, Amazon, Stanford, Palo Alto Networks, Verkada) — suggests high-performance culture. - **Perks & Mission**: Direct impact on worldwide manufacturing quality; opportunity to work on full-stack robotics combining deep learning, imaging, and hardware deployed at scale. ## Sources 1. [unitxlabs.com](https://www.unitxlabs.com/about-us/) 2. [unitxlabs.com](https://www.unitxlabs.com/) 3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/unitxlabs) 4. [craft.co](https://craft.co/unitxlabs) 5. 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