Founding Field Robotics & Deployment Engineer

GappAI GmbH; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

GappAI GmbH in Berlin is seeking a deployments engineer to translate lab robot platforms into safe, scalable field operations.

You will own the end-to-end deployment lifecycle—from site survey and integration to commissioning, data capture and handover—working with ROS 2, Linux, Python, and C++. The role starts project-based with potential for a founding full-time position as deployments scale, with hybrid work and European travel.

Qualifikationen

• Hands-on robotics deployment and systems integration experience.
• Strong Linux, ROS 2, Python, and C++ abilities.
• Experience with sensors, networks, and field wiring.
• Excellent communication and willingness to travel across Europe.

Aufgaben

• Own deployment layer; diagnose issues across software, hardware, networks, sensors, and ops.
• Assess sites, translate workflows into technical requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Integrate and commission robot platforms, sensors, edge compute, networks, and teleoperation.
• Configure ROS 2, Linux, Python/C++ interfaces.
• Calibrate, test, validate and hand over field deployments.
• Capture telemetry and failures to improve operations.
• Prepare deployment docs and train on-site users.
• Travel to customer sites in Germany and Europe.

Kenntnisse

Robotics deployment

Systems integration

Industrial automation

Linux

ROS 2

Python

C++

English communication

Willingness to travel

Tools

ROS 2 tooling

Edge compute

Industrial networks

Jobbeschreibung

Turn selected robot platforms into safe, measurable and repeatable customer operations—from site survey and systems integration to commissioning, data capture and fleet readiness.

Berlin / customer sites Germany & Europe Project-based or contract to start Applications open

Own the last mile between a capable robot and a dependable operation.

GappAI is building vendor-neutral Physical AI infrastructure through Capture → Skills → Workforce: governed human expertise and robot operational data become reusable skills that can be deployed across robot platforms.

As we move from platform evaluation into funded industrial pilots, you will connect the laboratory, robot manufacturer and customer site. Your work makes each deployment safe, observable and ready to scale.

The initial engagement is tied to funded pilot work. As deployments become recurring, the role can develop into a founding full-time engineering position.

02 / What you will own

From site survey to operational handover.

You will take technical responsibility for the field deployment layer and close issues across software, hardware, networks, sensors and operations.

• Assess customer sites and translate workflows into technical requirements, constraints and acceptance criteria.
• Integrate and commission robot platforms, sensors, edge compute, networks, charging and teleoperation systems.
• Configure and extend ROS 2, Linux, Python/C++ and manufacturer SDK/API interfaces.
• Run calibration, safety checks, performance validation, failure testing and operational handover.
• Diagnose field issues with GappAI, the robot manufacturer and the customer’s technical team.
• Capture telemetry, interventions and failure modes so field evidence improves GappAI Skills and Workforce operations.
• Produce deployment documentation, train on-site users and provide structured first-line support.
• Travel to customer sites in Germany and, as projects expand, elsewhere in Europe.

03 / What you bring

Systems judgment under real-world constraints.

Core requirements

• Hands-on experience with robotics deployment, systems integration, industrial automation or advanced mechatronics.
• Strong Linux, ROS 2 and Python capability; practical C++ working knowledge.
• Experience integrating networks, cameras, depth sensors, LiDAR, IMUs or force/tactile sensing.
• Disciplined commissioning, troubleshooting, testing and technical documentation habits.
• Professional English, willingness to travel and current authorisation to work in Germany or the EU.
• Calm ownership in ambiguous field situations and direct communication with customers and engineering teams.

Strong advantages

• NVIDIA Isaac Sim/Lab, Isaac ROS, Jetson or related edge-compute experience.
• Teleoperation, robot data collection, evaluation or learning-from-demonstration workflows.
• PLC, OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus or industrial IT/OT integration.
• CE documentation, machinery risk assessment, functional safety or cybersecurity work.
• Humanoids, manipulators, AMRs, quadrupeds or multi-robot fleet operations.
• Working German; additional European languages are welcome.

04 / Engagement

Model

Project-based or contractor engagement at the start.

Location

Berlin-based, with hybrid work and customer-site travel.

Scope

Funded pilots, deployment engineering and field validation.

Growth

Path to a founding full-time role as deployments scale.

We assess evidence of ownership, systems thinking and field execution. A conventional career path is less important than the ability to make complex robotic systems work reliably in the real world.