Morphing UAV Mechatronics Engineer

High Tech Campus Eindhoven; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

KRUSH Labs in Eindhoven is seeking a Mechatronics Integration Engineer to join the Autonomy Team. You will design, prototype, and integrate morphing airframes, articulated propulsion, and reconfigurable sensor heads for next‑generation autonomous platforms operating in GPS-denied environments.

Collaborate with controls, perception, and firmware engineers to translate dynamics into flight‑ready hardware, develop online system identification, and help validate hardware in real flight tests.

Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in a relevant field.
• 3+ years hands-on experience designing flight-relevant mechanical systems.
• Experience on UAV/robotic platforms.
• Strong grasp of multibody dynamics and 6-DoF kinematics.
• Experience with online system identification techniques and integration into flight control loops.
• Working knowledge of PX4 or ArduPilot internals and MAVLink.
• Proficiency with CAD tools and FEA.
• Familiarity with actuator selection and power electronics.
• Experience integrating IMUs, encoders and sensors.

Responsibilities

• Analyze project requirements related to robotic mechanisms, gimbal/sensor mounts, and their interaction with the autonomy and control stack.
• Design, prototype, and iterate on mechanical assemblies such as morphing airframes and multi-axis gimbals from concept to flight-ready hardware.
• Develop full kinematic and dynamic models of reconfigurable platforms.
• Estimate and validate aerodynamic coefficients across morphing configurations.
• Implement online system identification pipelines during flight and feed into control/estimation.
• Co-design mechanism behavior with flight-control engineers to ensure stability across configurations.
• Produce CAD assemblies, tolerance stacks, and manufacturing drawings; drive prototyping through 3D printing and CNC.
• Specify and integrate servos, BLDC actuators, encoders, IMUs, and sensors; interface with embedded firmware and ROS2.
• Build hardware-in-the-loop setups to characterize mechanisms before operation.
• Document mechanical interface contracts and maintenance procedures.
• Contribute to development and validation of advanced R&D drone platforms.

Skills

Multibody dynamics

Kinematics

PX4/ArduPilot

CAD tools

FEA

C++/Python

Linux/ROS2

System identification

UAV/robotic platforms

Jira/Confluence

Actuators (servos/BLDC)

Education

MSc or PhD in Mechatronics, Aerospace, Robotics, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

SolidWorks

Fusion 360

Onshape

Job description

KRUSH Labs in Eindhoven is seeking a Mechatronics Integration Engineer to join the Autonomy Team. You will design, prototype, and integrate morphing airframes, articulated propulsion, and reconfigurable sensor heads for next‑generation autonomous platforms operating in GPS-denied environments.

Collaborate with controls, perception, and firmware engineers to translate dynamics into flight‑ready hardware, develop online system identification, and help validate hardware in real flight tests.