Junior CAD Engineer

Cubiq Recruitment; München; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Cubiq Recruitment is helping a European humanoid robotics company find a design-focused engineer to convert concepts into CAD models, drawings, and BOMs. You will perform strength calculations and FEA, then build and test prototypes in the workshop, feeding results back into iterative design.

The role requires hands-on hardware experience, solid 3D CAD skills, GD&T basics, and familiarity with CNC, sheet metal, 3D printing, and molding processes. Munich, Germany-based position.

Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in mechanical engineering, mechatronics, aerospace or a related field.
• Around 2 years of hands-on experience in robotics or related hardware domains.
• Solid 3D CAD skills with clean drawings and basic GD&T understanding.
• Strong grounding in machine elements and strength of materials; some FEA experience; verify results by hand.
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes such as CNC, sheet metal, 3D printing and injection molding.

Responsibilities

• Translate senior engineers' concepts into detailed CAD models, production drawings and BOMs.
• Back designs with bearing, fastener and strength calculations; perform FEA studies.
• Visit the workshop to build and test prototypes and validate designs.
• Incorporate bench learnings back into design iterations.
• Ensure clean documentation and design handoffs for manufacturing.

Skills

Hands-on experience

3D CAD skills

GD&T basics

FEA experience

Prototype testing

Workshop assembly

Education

BSc or MSc in mechanical engineering, mechatronics, aerospace or related field

Tools

CNC

Sheet metal

3D printing

Injection molding

Job description

Most robots never leave the demo floor. This one is being built to work a full shift in a factory.

We’re working with a European humanoid robotics company whose alpha robots are already being tested in the lab. The founders built the actuators that many of today’s robots run on, helped write the first safety standards for humanoids, and lead AI research in data-efficient reinforcement learning.

The role:

You’ll take senior engineers’ concepts and turn them into detailed CAD, production drawings and BOMs. That covers structural parts, housings and actuator components. You’ll back your designs with bearing, fastener and strength calculations, run FEA studies, and then go to the workshop to build and test the prototypes yourself. Whatever you learn on the bench feeds straight back into the design.

What you will bring:

• A BSc or MSc in mechanical engineering, mechatronics, aerospace or a related field
• Around 2 years of hands-on experience. Internships, working student roles, a hardware thesis, Formula Student or robotics competitions all count
• Solid 3D CAD skills, including clean drawings and the basics of GD&T
• A strong grounding in machine elements and strength of materials, plus some FEA experience and the habit of checking results by hand
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes such as CNC, sheet metal, 3D printing and injection moulding
• Comfort in a workshop: assembling, measuring and making parts