Mechanical Engineer

Cubiq Recruitment; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cubiq Recruitment is seeking a highly capable engineer to advance autonomous construction hardware. You will work on mechanical design, high-precision manufacturing, and field-ready prototyping for robust brickwork automation.

The role emphasizes prototype-driven development, multi-physics analysis, and integration of electronics into mechanical systems, with hands-on field exposure.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering concepts to low-volume products.
• Prototyping, 3D printing, machining, milling.
• Deep knowledge of mechanical systems and dynamics.
• CAD modeling with OnShape, SolidWorks, or Siemens NX.
• Experience with multi-physics simulations (Comsol/Ansys).
• Experience integrating electronics into hardware design.
• Embedded C/C++ coding is a plus.
• B.Sc. in mechanical/mechatronics/robotics or similar.

Skills

Autonomous work

Prototyping

3D printing

Machining

Mechanical reasoning

Education

B.Sc. in mechanical/mechatronics/robotics engineering

Tools

OnShape

SolidWorks

Siemens NX

Comsol/Ansys

Job description

Imagine a fleet of autonomous robots rolling onto a construction site in the morning and by sundown, a fully built, beautiful home stands ready for a family to move in. That's the future we're building.

Today, our robot systems are already constructing real homes at scale. But we're just getting started. Your work won't be about incremental improvements, you'll tackle broad and novel problems that unlock autonomous construction:

• Pushing toward full robot autonomy for our masonry systems: automated wall-anchor installation and mortar pointing to produce beautiful brickwork. Autonomous lift platforms and fully automated material-supply enabling our fleet to work uninterrupted across large, messy sites.
• Designing for reliability: our robots need to be tough enough to survive months of harsh construction conditions, yet serviceable and redeployable in under 24 hours.
• Building next-gen hardware to expand what our robots can do: higher-precision brick placement, larger payloads, expanded build envelopes, hot-swappable end effectors, and operation in tight, constrained spaces like scaffolding.
• Getting hands-on in the field: you'll join deployments where we're building real homes, whilst stress-testing systems and uncovering the edge-case problems that can only be found in the field.

What we're looking for

• A proven record of being a builder and being able to work autonomously: you can point us to example of shipped projects where you were the driving force of getting something done. This can be in a professional context, in a top student ("dream") team, or even just personal side projects.
• Experience in designing and delivering products from concept up to low series volume.
• Proficiency in rapid prototyping, 3D printing, machining, and milling to make product designs a reality.
• Deep knowledge of mechanical systems and structural dynamics: e.g. statics, mechanics of materials, dynamics, vibrations, material science, and controls.
• Expertise with 3D CAD modeling with complex parts and assemblies, e.g. OnShape, Solidworks, or Siemens NX.
• Expertise in multi-physics simulations (FEA) applied to structural designing problems, e.g. Comsol and Ansys, but also being able to do hand calculations when that makes the most sense.
• Experience selecting, sourcing, and integrating electronics components (e.g. actuators, sensors, cameras) into hardware design.
• Being able to write (embedded) code in C or C++ is a plus.
• B.Sc. in mechanical, mechatronics, or robotics engineering or similar experience is a nice to have