Prior to taking her current position as director of codes and standards at Copperweld, Robinson worked as an engineer with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL), and a physical scientist at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). At NIST, she was responsible for leading the development of documentary standards and coordinating with other federal agencies, industry, and relevant stakeholders in the development of standards and conformity-assessment systems.