Senior Mechanical Engineer - Humanoid (human)

The role

You will lead the development and optimization of mechanical systems for humanoid robots from concept through serial production. You will design subsystems like joints and actuators while driving industrialization and manufacturing efforts.

What you will do

• Lead the development and optimization of mechanical systems for humanoid robots from concept through serial production.
• Design and improve structures, joints, actuators, gearboxes, housings, and other critical subsystems.
• Drive Design for Manufacturing, Design for Assembly, Design for Serviceability, and Design-to-Cost activities.
• Own product industrialization efforts with manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and production engineering teams.
• Define and manage mechanical architecture, component specifications, tolerances, and critical interfaces.
• Conduct structural, fatigue, thermal, tolerance, and reliability analyses.
• Lead root-cause analyses and implementation of corrective actions.
• Support supplier selection, qualification, and technical reviews.
• Develop validation strategies and oversee testing activities.
• Mentor junior engineers and help establish engineering best practices.

Required qualifications

• Master's or Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or a related discipline.
• Typically 8–15+ years of industry experience developing complex mechanical or mechatronic products.
• Proven track record of bringing products from development into serial production.
• Strong expertise in mechanical design, machine elements, tolerance engineering, and technical product development.
• Demonstrated experience with DfM, DfA, industrialization, product cost optimization, and production ramp-up.
• Extensive CAD experience (Creo, SolidWorks, Siemens NX, or equivalent).
• Experience working with manufacturing processes such as CNC machining, sheet metal, die casting, injection molding, composites, and precision assemblies.
• Strong understanding of structural mechanics, dynamics, fatigue, and reliability engineering.
• Hands-on experience with prototype development, testing, debugging, and product validation.
• Ability to drive technical decisions in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.
• Fluent English communication skills.

Nice to have

• German is a plus.
• Experience developing robotic systems, automation equipment, humanoid robots, exoskeletons, mobile robots, or advanced mechatronic products.
• Expertise in actuator systems, gearbox design, lightweight structures, and high-performance mechanical systems.
• Experience scaling products from prototype to low-volume and high-volume production.
• Familiarity with supplier management, quality systems, FMEA, risk analysis, and design reviews.
• Experience leading mechanical engineering teams or major subsystem developments.
• Understanding of reliability growth testing, field failures, and continuous product improvement processes.

About the company

neura-robotics-gmbh aims to bring humanoid robots from advanced prototypes into reliable, scalable serial production.