Junior Sensor Validation & Test Engineer

Junior Sensor Validation & Test Engineer Force/Torque Sensors
Location: Oerlikon Zürich Switzerland
Employment type: Full-time permanent position
Start date: Immediately

About Bota Systems
Bota Systems is a Swiss high-tech company developing and manufacturing cutting-edge force/torque sensors used in robotics and automation worldwide. Our products combine precision mechanics electronics and software to enable robots to interact with their environment with exceptional sensitivity and control. Trusted by leading organizations including Tesla Amazon Apple and top research universities we are a fast-growing ETH Zürich spin-off.

Your Role
We are looking for a Junior Sensor Validation & Test Engineer to join our engineering team in this position you will develop a deep technical understanding of our force/torque sensor products and take ownership of designing and executing qualification test campaigns and manufacturing processes. You will assess key sensor performance characteristics including accuracy repeatability temperature stability measurement range and calibration and contribute to building and maintaining the test and manufacturing equipment required to do so.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop thorough knowledge of Bota Systems force/torque sensor products working principles and specifications
• Design and execute qualification test plans covering accuracy repeatability linearity temperature stability hysteresis and measurement range
• Design build and maintain test fixtures rigs and automated test setups to support sensor characterization
• Apply calibration methods and mathematical models (including linear algebra and regression techniques) to analyze and improve sensor performance
• Process and interpret measurement data produce structured technical reports and present findings to the engineering team
• Collaborate with mechanical electronics and software engineers to resolve performance issues identified during testing
• Support continuous improvement of test methodologies and contribute to the development of internal qualification standards

Your Profile

• Bachelors or Masters degree in mechanical engineering mechatronics robotics or a closely related field
• Solid understanding of linear algebra and its application to measurement systems sensor calibration or robotics a background in robotics is a strong plus
• Some hands-on experience designing or operating test equipment measurement setups or instrumentation even from a thesis internship or personal project
• Practical hands-on mindset: you enjoy building things debugging setups and getting to the bottom of unexpected results
• Ability to write structured test plans and present data-driven conclusions clearly
• Comfortable working in Python for data processing and analysis
• Good written and spoken English

What We Offer

• A technical deep-dive into force/torque sensing a niche and high-value domain at the frontier of robotics
• Ownership of a critical engineering function from early in your career
• A dynamic innovative and international team of engineers with deep expertise in robotics precision mechanics and electronics
• Modern workplace in Zürich-Oerlikon with state-of-the-art equipment
• Direct contribution to products used by the worlds leading robotics companies and research institutions