(EN/FR) Robotic Application Engineer

Gobano Robotics; Nantes; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gobano Robotics in Nantes, France, seeks a Robotic Application Engineer to improve real-world robot performance across Europe. You’ll work at the intersection of AI, robotics, and industrial operations, deploying and calibrating robotic systems at customer sites while collaborating with AI researchers to translate cutting-edge ideas into reliable products.

You’ll develop internal deployment and debugging tools, adapt the platform to new applications, and travel regularly through Europe.

Qualifications

• Must have strong Python skills and solid robotics fundamentals.
• Fluent English and willingness to travel regularly across Europe.
• Experience deploying robotic systems and working with robotic arms.
• Ability to debug hardware and software.
• Hands-on experience with robotic manipulators.
• Exposure to AI for robotics and motion planning is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work hand-in-hand with our AI team to validate new capabilities and improve robot behavior.
• Investigate failures and engineer solutions to improve robustness, reliability, and performance.
• Deploy, commission, and optimize robotic systems at customer sites across Europe.
• Adapt our robotic platform to new customer applications and industrial environments.
• Develop internal tools for deployment, debugging, monitoring, and data collection.
• Apply robotics expertise to optimize system integration, calibration, sensing, and manipulation.

Skills

Strong Python skills

Robotics fundamentals

Fluent English

Willing to travel across Europe

Hands-on experience with robotic manip

Debug hardware and software

Builder mindset

Job description

As a Robotic Application Engineer, your mission is simple: make our robots perform better in the real world.

Working at the intersection of AI, robotics, and industrial operations, you’ll use your robotics expertise to continuously improve the performance of our robots in real-world environments. From our lab to customer sites across Europe, you’ll help transform cutting-edge AI into reliable industrial products.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Work hand-in-hand with our AI team to validate new capabilities and continuously improve robot behavior.

• Investigate failures and engineer solutions to improve robot robustness, reliability, and performance.

• Deploy, commission, and optimize robotic systems at customer sites across Europe, including some data collection

• Apply your robotics expertise to optimize system integration, calibration, sensing, and manipulation.

• Develop internal tools for deployment, debugging, monitoring, and data collection.

• Adapt our robotic platform to new customer applications and industrial environments.

What we offer

• Work on one of Europe’s most ambitious Physical AI startups.

• Build robots that are deployed with real industrial customers.

• Work alongside AI researchers while staying close to the real world.

• Significant ownership from day one.

• A small, highly technical founding team.

• A great working environment in our lab with our robots

Must-HaveStrong Python skillsGood robotics fundamentalsComfortable working with physical robots, especially robotic armsAble to debug hardware and softwareFluent EnglishWilling to travel regularly across Europe Nice to haveHands-on experience with robotic manipulatorsAbility to work on the low-levelExposure to AI for robotics (Imitation Learning, VLAs etc)Experience deploying robotic systemsExperience in motion planning assisted with camerasCuriosity and a builder mindsetOptional language: French, German