Manager, Customer Support Engineering

Lumafield
San Francisco, CA
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior level customer success engineers who can manage technical and people challenges.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a strong background in both embedded systems and cloud software support
    — “Background supporting a product that spans embedded systems and cloud software rather than software alone
  • Individuals with experience managing technical support teams and driving process improvements
    — “Manager, coach, and develop the team, setting the bar for technical rigor and professionalism
  • Candidates who thrive in a fast-evolving engineering environment with a focus on innovation
    — “We’re building for greater intelligence, autonomy, and speed

Things to consider

  • The role demands a high level of technical troubleshooting across multiple domains
    — “Comfortable parsing logs, using debuggers, and triaging issues across firmware, Linux-based applications, and cloud services
  • Geographic flexibility may be required due to the company’s presence in San Francisco and Cambridge
    — “Lumafield is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. and has an office in Cambridge, MA.

How to stand out

  • Highlight your ability to build systems and processes that align with business needs
    — “A builder; experience setting up systems, processes, and data reporting aligned with the teams’ and business’ needs
  • Showcase your experience in resolving complex technical issues and escalating them effectively
    — “Take full ownership of customer issues and inquiries from first response to resolution
  • Emphasize your ability to bridge technical and business perspectives in customer interactions
    — “Exquisite communicator who is able to explain technical problems to customers clearly under pressure, manage tone and expectations
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • managing customer issues from first response to resolution
  • providing structured feedback to Product Management and Engineering
  • partnering with Customer Success Managers on escalations
Typical background
6+ years in customer success engineering or support2+ years of people management experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Managing Customer Support Engineering TeamCustomer Issue ResolutionRoot Cause InvestigationEscalation PathsData ManagementCommunication Skills

Preferred

Background Supporting A Product That Spans Embedded Systems And Cloud Software

Stack & domain

Customer SupportLinux-based ApplicationsCloud ServicesFirmwareData ManagementProduct ManagementEngineeringCommunicationLeadershipProblem-solvingManufacturingCT Scanning

About the role

Original posting from Lumafield via Lever

About Lumafield: 

Lumafield was founded in 2019 to upgrade manufacturing.

We are engineers with deep experience across the product development cycle, from initial ideas to shipping hardware, across industries and specializations, who became frustrated by the cost and complexity of modern manufacturing. So we decided to upgrade it.

Engineers make million-dollar decisions every day, and they need tools that give them the greatest possible insight into their products. By offering unprecedented visibility into products, as well as AI-driven tools that highlight problems and generate quantitative data, Lumafield promises to revolutionize the way complex products are created, manufactured, and used across industries. We started with industrial CT scanning, which for us was the most valuable but underutilized tool in the manufacturing toolbox, enabling us to rapidly inspect essential components non-destructively.

We rebuilt the whole system, from X-ray capture, to computer vision analysis, to web-based collaboration, to the entire business model, making the most advanced manufacturing tech more accessible to every industry. Our company, like our platform, is designed for upgrades. We’re building for greater intelligence, autonomy, and speed. For deeper vision, operational excellence, and powerful insights. And then we'll upgrade it all again.

Lumafield is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. and has an office in Cambridge, MA. 

What you'll do::

  • Manage, coach, and develop the team, setting the bar for technical rigor and professionalism and empathy in every customer interaction. This includes hiring responsibilities.
  • Take full ownership of customer issues and inquiries from first response to resolution, including driving root cause investigations, escalation paths, ownership handoffs, and close communication to customers.
  • Review and triage issues, which may include reviewing logs, debuggers, and reproduction environments to isolate root cause before escalating.
  • Maintain and continuously improve the support system, reporting, and data management. Use data to identify systemic issues early; customer support supplies data to multiple parts of the engineering team
  • Provide structured feedback to Product Management and Engineering on recurring issues, usability gaps, and reliability trends observed in the field.
  • Partner with Customer Success Managers on escalations, at-risk accounts, and the handoff between support interactions and broader account strategy.

About you::

  • 6+ years in customer success engineering, support or solution engineering, or a comparable customer-facing technical function
  • At least 2+ year of people management experience
  • A builder; experience setting up systems, processes, and data reporting aligned with the teams’ and business’ needs
  • Comfortable parsing logs, using debuggers, and triaging issues across firmware, Linux-based applications, and cloud services. 
  • Exquisite communicator who is able to explain technical problems to customers clearly under pressure, manage tone and expectations, and also represent the customer’s position credibly to internal engineering teams.
  • Comfortable working across commercial, product, and multiple engineering disciplines, and able to keep issues moving across team boundaries.

Bonus::

  • Background supporting a product that spans embedded systems and cloud software rather than software alone
  • Experience scaling a support function, including scaling coverage models.
  • Familiarity with industrial equipment, metrology systems, or particularly x-ray emitting equipment
  • Experience supporting customers in regulated industries such as medical devices, aerospace and defense, or automotive.

Lumafield offers both competitive cash and equity compensation, as well as a health & wellness stipend, 401k, parental leave, flexible PTO, commuter benefits, company wide events and more! 

Lumafield is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills, because the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Do you feel like your skills don’t meet every single requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway – If you’re excited about our technology, the opportunity, and are eager to learn more we’d love to hear from you!  

In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on: race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information or veteran status. 

Reach out if you want to be a part of what we are building.

Source: Lumafield careers (Lever)

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