Actuator Test & Industrialization Engineer

Enact; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 90.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Visa sponsorship

Relocation benefits

Competitive compensation

Equity participation

Central Zürich R&D site

Zusammenfassung

Enact in Zürich is seeking a hands-on engineer to drive next-gen robotic actuators from prototyping to manufacturing and characterization.

You will design test setups, build rigs, and turn real-world feedback into the next evolution of actuation, with a focus on speed, reliability and measurement accuracy.

The role offers a world-class robotics environment in central Zürich and visa sponsorship for the right candidate.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in mechanical, mechatronic, or electrical engineering or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Experience in testing, characterization, or quality and reliability engineering.
• Hands-on design and build of test rigs (torque sensors, load cells, dynamometers, encoders, thermocouples).
• Fluency with measurement uncertainty and setup calibration.
• Data-driven approach to root-cause analysis and improving product and process.
• Strong CAD skills for fixtures and test hardware.
• Fluency in English; international team.

Aufgaben

• Motor Test & Characterization: design and build actuator test setups and rigs, and characterize motor performance, torque-ripple, cogging, efficiency, and thermal behavior.
• Quality & Reliability: own motor quality and reliability, including FMEA and life and thermal-cycle testing.
• Root-Cause Analysis & Improvement: investigate failures and performance drift, drive corrective actions, feed findings back into design and production.
• Data, Reporting & Acceptance Criteria: run systematic data collection and technical reporting, define acceptance criteria and KPIs for each unit shipped.

Kenntnisse

Test rig design

Quality & reliability engineering

Data-driven analysis

CAD skills

Measurement uncertainty

English fluency

Ausbildung

BSc/MSc in mechanical/mechatronic/electrical engineering

Tools

Torque sensors

Load cells

Dynamometers

Encoders

Thermocouples

Jobbeschreibung

About Enact

The next defining technological breakthrough will be in the physical world. We stand at a historical inflection point: bringing general-purpose intelligence into robotics.

About Enact

The next defining technological breakthrough will be in the physical world. We stand at a historical inflection point: bringing general-purpose intelligence into robotics. At Enact we rethink the entire robotic tech stack from model architectures and data pipelines, to the actuators and sensors that feed the model. Pushing beyond pure vision and language approaches, we build a proprioceptive nerve system, and the cortex that makes sense of it, to solve dexterity through whole-body force-awareness and deploy robots for thousands of tasks in industry and beyond. We are shaping a company where brilliant and unconventional people thrive together on solving the hardest challenges of our time. We are truth seekers. We reason from first principles, test our beliefs against reality, and trust that the best ideas can come from anyone. We move fast. We care deeply about our work and colleagues and are driven by passion to change the status quo. If this resonates, we're excited to hear from you.

In This Role

You will drive our next-gen robotic actuators from prototyping to manufacturing and characterization, working together with our team to turn real-world insights and design feedback into the next evolution of robotic actuation. You'll be hands-on, developing test setups and process improvements, turning ideas into working systems fast.

• Motor Test & Characterization: You will design and build our actuator test setups and rigs, and characterize motor performance: parameters, torque-ripple, cogging, efficiency, and thermal behavior, for our actuators.
• Quality & Reliability: You will own motor quality and reliability: FMEA, and life and thermal-cycle testing to prove our actuators survive real use.
• Root-Cause Analysis & Improvement: You will investigate failures and performance drift, drive corrective actions, and feed findings back into our design and production process.
• Data, Reporting & Acceptance Criteria: You will run systematic data collection and technical reporting, and define the acceptance criteria and KPIs that gate every unit we ship.

What We're Looking For

• Degree (BSc/MSc) in mechanical, mechatronic, or electrical engineering/equivalent hands-on experience.
• Experience in testing, characterization, or quality and reliability engineering.
• Hands-on design and build of test rigs: torque sensors and load cells, dynamometers, encoders, thermocouples etc.
• Fluency with measurement uncertainty and setup calibration
• A rigorous, data-driven approach to root-cause analysis and improving both product and process.
• Strong CAD skills for fixtures and test hardware.
• Language: We are an international team, fluency in English is a must have.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Supplier quality experience: incoming inspection
• Familiarity with motor control, motor drives and current sensing
• Familiarity with high degree of freedom robotic systems
• Applied statistics in production context

What We Offer

• The opportunity to make a real impact working on some of the biggest challenges of our time
• A fast-paced learning environment alongside an outstanding, driven team
• Ownership from day one, with the ability to iterate quickly and see your impact firsthand in an early-stage startup
• Visa sponsorship & relocation benefits to hire the best in the world
• A world-class in-person setup in central Zürich, with excellent prototyping, robotics, and technical infrastructure for hands-on builders
• Competitive compensation and meaningful equity participation