The Role: What to expect

As a Senior Robotics Hardware Engineer (m/f/d), you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of autonomous robotic systems at idealworks. You will lead hardware development initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and drive innovation across multidisciplinary teams. Your expertise will be critical in delivering robust, scalable, and safety-compliant hardware solutions for our cutting-edge robotic platforms.

Role Responsibilities: What you will do

• Hardware Architecture Leadership: Lead the design and development of complex hardware architectures for robotic systems, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Cross-Functional Integration: Drive system-level integration by collaborating with software, mechanical, and electrical teams to align hardware components with overall product goals.
• Prototyping & Validation: Oversee prototyping efforts and lead rigorous testing and validation processes to ensure hardware meets functional and safety standards.
• Technical Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior hardware engineers, fostering technical growth and best practices across the team.
• Advanced Debugging & Optimization: Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of hardware issues, implementing long-term solutions and design improvements.
• Documentation & Compliance: Ensure thorough documentation of hardware designs, specifications, and testing procedures. Champion compliance with relevant safety standards and directives.
• Innovation & Strategy: Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, proposing strategic enhancements to hardware systems and development processes.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Act as a key technical liaison with internal and external stakeholders, translating business needs into robust engineering solutions.

Role Requirements: What you need to succeed

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in hardware engineering within robotics or autonomous systems, with a proven track record of leading hardware development projects.
• Deep expertise in designing and integrating hardware for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) or similar complex systems.
• Strong leadership, communication, and project management skills.
• Proficiency in EPLAN (Electric P8) for electrical schematics and documentation.
• Solid understanding of hardware safety standards: ISO 60204, ISO 12100, ISO 3691-4, ISO 13849-1, and Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
• Advanced knowledge in:
  • Battery Management Systems (BMS) for power efficiency and safety.
  • Motor and drive systems, including motor control and optimization.
  • Vision sensors (Lidars, cameras) for perception and navigation.
  • Control systems for precise robotic movement.
  • Communication protocols used in robotic platforms.

Why idealworks

• At idealworks, you will find an international working environment and become part of an experienced, open team where mutual trust counts. You will feel at home from the very first second!
• Experience a first-hand start-up feeling and flat hierarchies with varied and responsible tasks that you work on independently.
• Look forward to hybrid working model with 30 vacation days per year and various opportunities to balance your free time, family and job.
• For your commitment to helping us achieve our mission, you will not only be rewarded with appreciation, but also with above-average pay including a bonus scheme and an annual personal development budget.
• We offer exciting corporate benefits, an attractive company pension scheme and regular team events.
• Our modern office is easily accessible by public transport, bike and car and offers numerous catering options for relaxed lunch breaks with your team.
• Driven by our unique corporate culture, the five values "passion for results", "wellbeing", "personal growth", "trust" and "being and acting as one team" determine our daily actions and cooperation.

About us

As a forward-thinking deep tech company, idealworks has been enabling the future of logistics and industrial automation since November 2020. Its flexible, scalable robotics ecosystem, featuring the intelligent automation platform AnyFleet for seamless mobile robot integration, the CE-certified autonomous mobile robot (AMR) iw.hub, the simulation technology iw.sim, and the advanced robotics operating system iw.os, is reshaping intralogistics processes for companies globally. Emerging from its roots as a BMW Group spinoff, idealworks is committed to driving efficiency and operational optimization in a rapidly evolving automation landscape.