Robotics Applications Engineer — Hybrid, Impactful Deployments

USTBC ABB Installation Products Inc.; Sant Quirze del Vallès; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch Allowance

Company Mobile Phone

Employee Parking

Benefits Platform

Learning & Training

Career Development

Flexible Work Practices

Job summary

ABB's Sevensense unit seeks an experienced Robotic Applications Engineer in the Robotic Systems team, based in Sant Quirze del Vallès (Barcelona) and Zurich. You will bridge product development and real-world deployments, working hands-on with robotic platforms to validate features and reproduce field issues.

The role emphasizes root-cause analysis, collaboration across R&D and project teams, and creating scalable diagnostics and integration tools.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of industrial experience in robotics, autonomous systems, systems engineering, applications engineering, technical support engineering, or related fields.
• Strong software engineering and debugging skills in Python, with experience troubleshooting complex software systems.
• Experience working with Linux-based systems and networking fundamentals.
• Familiarity with robotics concepts such as localization, mapping, navigation, perception, or autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Experience with ROS/ROS2.
• Proven ability to investigate complex technical issues, perform root-cause analysis, and drive problems to resolution across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across engineering, project, support, or customer-facing teams.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to customer sites when required.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).

Responsibilities

• Work closely with ABB Robotics Project Teams, Support Teams, and internal R&D Teams to investigate field issues and improve product robustness.
• Develop and validate new features by working hands-on with robotic platforms and deploying deployments.
• Collect field feedback to identify product gaps and drive future product development.

Skills

Python

Linux

ROS/ROS2

Localization

Root Cause Analysis

Collaboration

Tools

ROS/ROS2

Job description

ABB's Sevensense unit seeks an experienced Robotic Applications Engineer in the Robotic Systems team, based in Sant Quirze del Vallès (Barcelona) and Zurich. You will bridge product development and real-world deployments, working hands-on with robotic platforms to validate features and reproduce field issues.

The role emphasizes root-cause analysis, collaboration across R&D and project teams, and creating scalable diagnostics and integration tools.