Location: Eindhoven (Strijp-T) | Hours: 40 hours per week | Employment type: Direct employment
We’re looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the Avular Team!
At Avular, we believe mobile robotics will help make the world a better place, so our products and services accelerate the creation of new mobile robotic applications that shape a brighter future for all. Our goal is to make robots accessible globally and ensure they add value worldwide in the future. Our robots, both on the ground and in the air, are used across industries, always with our purpose in mind: from agriculture to cleaning and from construction to hospitality.
🚀 YOUR MISSION
Own the mechanical design of a new aerial platform end to end and lead the mechanical team delivering it. You set the mechanical architecture and make the key trade-offs. You make sure our products deliver the required functionality, robustness, cost, and performance to our customers.
Translate system and stakeholder needs into a mechanical architecture and measurable requirements for mass, strength and stiffness, robustness, cost, manufacturability and technical risk. Own those requirements through to release.
Lead concept development and trade-off decisions for airframe, structure and payload integration, then recommend and defend the preferred solution to technical, commercial and management audiences.
Set the standard for design substantiation, covering hand calculations, FEM, tolerance stack-up, dynamics and vibration analysis (including rotor-induced vibration), and material selection. Review the team’s work against that standard.
Own the mechanical side of system integration with electrical, flight control, software and manufacturing, and drive the best system-level trade-off even when it sits outside the mechanical domain.
Steer the design towards production through DFM/DFA, DFMEA, supplier engagement and manufacturing-ready documentation (GD&T, tolerances, assembly instructions).
Define and lead the verification strategy, covering prototype builds, flight and bench testing, and environmental testing for shock, vibration, temperature and ingress. Feed test results back into the design until it is verified.
🧭 LEADING THE TEAM
Plan and prioritise the mechanical workload and keep it aligned with project milestones.
Run design reviews and give technical direction that raises the quality of the whole team’s output.
Coach and develop the mechanical engineers around you and contribute to hiring as the team grows.
Represent mechanical engineering in project and system-level decision-making.
⚡ WHO YOU ARE
A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechatronics or a closely related discipline.
7+ years of professional experience designing, calculating and testing mechanical systems, with at least one product or major subsystem taken through to production release.
Demonstrable technical leadership: you have led the mechanical design of a product or subsystem and directed other engineers’ work, either formally or as technical lead.
Advanced 3D CAD in Siemens NX, SolidWorks or CATIA, covering large assemblies, interface definition and tolerance specification.
Fluent in spoken and written English.
➕ NICE TO HAVE
Experience with UAVs, aerospace structures or other weight-critical airborne systems.
Experience working in multi-competency-based teams
Composite structures (carbon fibre layup, design and testing), plus additive manufacturing or injection moulding.
Vibration isolation and damping for sensor and payload mounts.
Environmental qualification testing for shock, vibration, temperature and ingress.
Hands-on Siemens NX experience.
Experience in a scale-up environment.
🔥WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT HERE
At Avular, work meets play in the best possible way. We’re shaping the future of robotics, and we want you along for the ride. Here’s what’s waiting for you:
Grow & Shine: Bring your vision and grow your career in a fast-paced, high-tech environment.
We’ve Got You Covered: Salary based on experience level, a non-contributory pension scheme, and travel cost reimbursement.
Share in Success: Benefit directly from company growth through our participation plan.
Play Hard: Game nights, Friday drinks, epic team events, and celebrations.
Recharge Your Way: 30 paid vacation days (plus national holidays) to unwind and explore.
Fuel for Greatness: The best coffee, fresh fruit, and snacks to power your day.
Innovation Central: Work at our brand-new office in Strijp-T, Eindhoven, a buzzing hub of cutting-edge ideas.
🤖WHO WE ARE
At Avular, we’re on a mission to revolutionise robotics:
“With gorgeous tech, we accelerate the creation of mobile robotic applications that shape a brighter future for all.”
From our home base in Eindhoven, we design the tech behind autonomous robots, crafting drones and driving robots from scratch.
Are you our new colleague?
NB! Adding a motivation letter to your application would also be a big plus.