Support Engineer - Robotics & Sensing

Startupvalleys; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Key role between customers and eng

Hands‑on work with sensors/robots

Small technical team in Zurich

Job summary

Bota Systems AG in Zurich is seeking aSupport Engineer to help customers diagnose and fix issues with force/torque sensors, software stacks, and ROS 2 APIs. You will own tickets, assist with integration, and contribute to documentation in a small, highly technical team.

Ideal candidates have a Robotics/Engineering degree and hands-on Linux, Python, and C++ experience, with fluency in English and good written communication. German is a plus.

Qualifications

• Degree in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or related field.
• 1–3 years in technical support, field application engineering, or customer-facing roles.
• Experience explaining complex issues clearly to researchers and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own incoming support tickets end to end: triage, reproduce, diagnose, and resolve issues.
• Help customers integrate sensors with robots and software stacks (ROS 2, Python/C++ APIs).
• Escalate bugs and feature requests to engineering and follow them through to resolution.
• Create documentation, FAQs, and examples to enable self-help for customers.
• Join customer calls for setup and debugging; feed learnings back to product.

Skills

Linux

Python

C++

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Robotics / Engineering / CS / Mechatronics

Tools

ROS 2

EtherCAT

Job description

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At Bota Systems, we build force/torque sensors and the software that lets robots sense and learn from touch. Our customers range from research labs to industrial integrators, and they rely on us when something doesn’t work as expected. We’re looking for a Support Engineer who can get to the bottom of technical problems and leave customers more capable than before.

Position: Support Engineer - Robotics & Sensing
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Start Date: As soon as possible

What you’ll do:

• Own incoming support tickets end to end: triage, reproduce, diagnose, and resolve issues across sensors, communication interfaces, drivers, and software tools
• Help customers integrate our sensors with their robots and software stacks (e.g. ROS 2, Python/C++ APIs, industrial fieldbuses)
• Escalate well-documented bugs and feature requests to engineering, and follow them through to resolution
• Turn recurring questions into documentation, FAQs, and example code so customers can help themselves
• Join customer calls for setup, debugging, and onboarding, and feed what you learn back into the product

What you bring:

• A degree in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or a related field, ideally 1–3 years of experience in technical support, field application engineering, or customer-facing engineering
• Solid hands‑on skills with Linux, Python, and ideally C++, and comfort debugging hardware-software systems
• The ability to explain technical issues clearly, in writing and on calls, to both researchers and industrial engineers
• A structured way of working: you keep tickets organized, document what you find, and close the loop
• Fluent English; German is a plus

Nice to have:

• Experience with ROS 2, PLC programming, EtherCAT or other industrial communication protocols, and robot arms from major manufacturers
• Familiarity with force control or sensor integration
• Experience with ticketing and documentation tools

What we offer:

• A key role between our customers and engineering team, with direct influence on product quality
• Hands‑on work with state‑of‑the‑art sensors, robots, and teleoperation setups
• A small, highly technical team in Zurich

About this startup

Bota Systems AG

Employees 11–50

Founded 2020