Senior Mechanical Engineer

Minerva Humanoids; München; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Very competitive base salary

Significant equity in Minerva Humanoid

Job summary

Minerva Humanoids is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to own key parts of the robot’s mechanical design, including structures, materials, and actuation integration. You’ll move from concept to prototyping and field testing in a fast-growing robotics startup.

This early hire will help scale the team, influence the mechanical architecture, and work with suppliers and manufacturing partners across Germany and Europe.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience in robotics or related field.
• Experience taking parts from concept through manufacturing to field-use.
• Strong CAD and structural FEA skills; experience with manufacturing methods.
• Experience designing for harsh environments and certification like ATEX/IECEx is a plus.
• Fluent English; German is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own structural design and material selection to meet stiffness, weight, thermal, environmental, and safety requirements.
• Own the integration of actuators and transmissions into the robot structure, and contribute to their selection.
• Design for hazardous environments from the start: sealing, ingress protection, and ATEX/IECEx certification.
• Design harness routing and protection with the electrical team.
• Contribute to the mechanical architecture, make-versus-buy decisions, and roadmap toward a certified, scalable product.
• Prototype, assemble, and test hardware yourself.
• Support field tests and customer demonstrations, and turn findings into design improvements.

Skills

CAD & FEA

Materials engineering

Industrial robotics

Concept to prototyping

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

ANSYS

Job description

Minerva Humanoids builds humanoid robots for the most dangerous jobs on the planet: offshore rigs, refineries, chemical plants, bomb disposal, and hazardous substance decontamination. Our robots operate in explosive atmospheres and extreme temperatures, so the mechanical platform has to be robust, serviceable, and certifiable from day one.

As Senior Mechanical Engineer, you own key parts of the robot's mechanical design: structures, materials, and the integration of actuators and transmissions. You work from concept through to hands-on prototyping and field testing. As an early hire, you can grow into leading an area such as structures or actuator integration as the team scales.

What you'll do

About the role

Minerva Humanoids builds humanoid robots for the most dangerous jobs on the planet: offshore rigs, refineries, chemical plants, bomb disposal, and hazardous substance decontamination. Our robots operate in explosive atmospheres and extreme temperatures, so the mechanical platform has to be robust, serviceable, and certifiable from day one.

As Senior Mechanical Engineer, you own key parts of the robot's mechanical design: structures, materials, and the integration of actuators and transmissions. You work from concept through to hands-on prototyping and field testing. As an early hire, you can grow into leading an area such as structures or actuator integration as the team scales.

What you'll do

• Own structural design and material selection against stiffness, weight, thermal, environmental, and safety requirements.
• Own the integration of actuators and transmissions into the robot structure, and contribute to their selection.
• Design for hazardous environments from the start: sealing, ingress protection, and the mechanical requirements of ATEX and IECEx certification.
• Design harness routing and protection together with the electrical team.
• Contribute to the mechanical architecture, make-versus-buy decisions, and the roadmap toward a certified, scalable product.
• Prototype, assemble, and test hardware yourself.
• Support field tests and customer demonstrations, and turn the findings into design improvements.

What you'll bring

• 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience in robotics or a related field such as aerospace or motorsport.
• Parts and assemblies you have taken from concept through manufacturing into a product used in the field.
• Strong CAD and structural FEA skills, and experience designing for specific manufacturing methods.
• Experience designing highly stressed components and assemblies with moving parts and dynamic loads.
• Solid knowledge of materials: metal alloys, composites, and engineering polymers.
• Engineering documentation that others can build on.
• Fluent English; German is a plus.
• Willingness to travel for field tests and customer demonstrations.

Nice to have

• ATEX, IECEx, or comparable certification experience.
• Design experience for harsh environments: sealing, corrosion, high temperature.
• Experience with actuators, gearboxes, or transmissions for robotics.
• Experience working with suppliers and manufacturing partners in Germany or Europe.

Compensation and benefits

We believe that those working on life-saving missions should share in the success of that mission.

• Very competitive base salary.
• Significant equity in Minerva Humanoids.