Group Lead Robotics Service & Maintenance - NEURAGym (human)

Neura Robotics; Stuttgart; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Neura Robotics is seeking a seasoned Robotics Service/Maintenance Leader to hire, develop, and supervise a high-performance team of technicians in Stuttgart. You will drive robot uptime by planning maintenance, coordinating repairs, and managing spare parts so that NeuraGym remains highly available.

You will serve as the final technical authority on complex assemblies and field issues, define assembly quality standards, and feed recurring problems back to design and engineering.

Qualifications

• Completed vocational training as an industrial mechanic, precision mechanic, mechatronics technician, or similar.
• 5+ years in prototype construction or assembly of complex mechanical systems.
• 2+ years as team lead, senior technician, or shift supervisor with direct responsibility for others' output.
• Deep understanding of mechanical assemblies, actuators, joints, and machine components; confident reading of technical drawings.
• Experience in robotics, automation, or special-machine construction.
• Strong communicator in German and/or English; able to bridge shop floor and engineering.
• Willingness to travel for customer installations and commissioning.
• Nice-to-have: Hands-on experience with actuators, gear systems, or mechatronic assemblies.
• Background writing or improving assembly SOPs and maintenance documentation.
• Basic knowledge of electrical/electronic topics (e.g., wiring, sensors).

Responsibilities

• Hire, develop, and hold a high bar for a team of Robotics Service/Maintenance Technicians
• Drive robot uptime as a measurable outcome: plan maintenance schedules, repair workflows, and spare parts inventory so the NeuraGym never stops for preventable reasons
• Be the final technical call on complex assembly issues, recurring faults, and hardware failures — and make sure those decisions are documented and learned from
• Define assembly quality standards and enforce them consistently across every technician and every shift
• Close the loop with engineering: turn recurring field issues into structured, actionable feedback for the mechanical design team
• Build and maintain SOPs, assembly documentation, and onboarding materials that make the team scalable
• Lead technicians on customer site installations and commissioning at trade fairs

Skills

Team leadership

Mechanical assembly

Reading drawings

German/English communication

Education

Industrial mechanic vocational training

Mechatronics technician training

Tools

Actuators

Electrical schematics

Job description

Your mission & challenges

• Hire, develop, and hold a high bar for a team of Robotics Service/Maintenance Technicians

• Drive robot uptime as a measurable outcome: plan maintenance schedules, repair workflows, and spare parts inventory so the NeuraGym never stops for preventable reasons

• Be the final technical call on complex assembly issues, recurring faults, and hardware failures — and make sure those decisions are documented and learned from

• Define assembly quality standards and enforce them consistently across every technician and every shift

• Close the loop with engineering: turn recurring field issues into structured, actionable feedback for the mechanical design team

• Build and maintain SOPs, assembly documentation, and onboarding materials that make the team scalable

• Lead technicians on customer site installations and commissioning at trade fairs

What we can look forward to

Must-have

• Completed vocational training as an industrial mechanic, precision mechanic, mechatronics technician, or similar

• 5+ years in prototype construction or assembly of complex mechanical systems

• 2+ years as team lead, senior technician, or shift supervisor with direct responsibility for others' output

• Deep understanding of mechanical assemblies, actuators, joints, and machine components; confident reading of technical drawings

• Experience in robotics, automation, or special-machine construction

• Strong communicator in German and/or English; able to bridge shop floor and engineering

• Willingness to travel for customer installations and commissioning

Nice-to-have

• Hands-on experience with actuators, gear systems, or mechatronic assemblies

• Background writing or improving assembly SOPs and maintenance documentation

• Basic knowledge of electrical/electronic topics (e.g., wiring, sensors)