Applied R&D Engineer—Robotics & AI Tools (On-site, Barcelona)

THEKER Robotics; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% on-site in Barcelona

Job summary

THEKER Robotics is seeking an Applied R&D Engineer to join Internal Engineering in Barcelona. You will test new hardware before others touch it, and build internal software our engineers rely on daily, while pushing AI models to improve robotic learning.

You will decide which new sensors, actuators, or tools deserve time, and contribute to faster adoption of proven technologies across the company.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical, Mechatronics, Physics or a related engineering field, or equivalent proof of what you have built.
• Strong software engineering in Python, with experience shipping and maintaining tools that other people rely on.
• Hands-on experience with hardware: integrating sensors, cameras, actuators or embedded boards and getting them to work on a real setup.
• Practical experience training, fine-tuning or deploying modern AI models (deep learning, computer vision, LLMs or VLMs).
• The judgment to design a fast, honest test for a new technology and report a clear go or no-go.
• Based in Barcelona or willing to relocate (100% on-site role).

Responsibilities

• Scout new hardware and products (sensors, cameras, grippers, compute, robot platforms) that could improve THEKER's robots.
• Design and run test campaigns on new hardware, then deliver a clear recommendation to the engineering teams.
• Track what the best robotics and AI labs are releasing, and share short, actionable findings with the team.
• Research and develop recent AI models and techniques, and prototype the ones that could apply to our robots or our internal workflows.
• Build internal software used across the company, from engineering tools to operations dashboards and automations.
• Own the maintenance of the internal tools you ship: monitoring, bug fixes, documentation and user support.

Skills

Python

Robotics

Cameras & sensors integration

AI model deployment

Hardware testing

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science / Robotics or related field

Tools

ROS2

Embedded systems

DL frameworks

Job description

THEKER Robotics is seeking an Applied R&D Engineer to join Internal Engineering in Barcelona. You will test new hardware before others touch it, and build internal software our engineers rely on daily, while pushing AI models to improve robotic learning.

You will decide which new sensors, actuators, or tools deserve time, and contribute to faster adoption of proven technologies across the company.