Hardware Engineer – Robotic Hand (m/f/d)

In partnership with leading Berlin research institutions, we are pushing the boundaries of high-dexterity manipulation for complex real-world robotics challenges. Dexterous robotic manipulation requires rapid mechanical evolution, and this role exists to turn cutting-edge ideas into functional, benchmarked hardware without getting bogged down in slow development cycles.

Full-cycle hardware development and physical prototyping for our anthropomorphic robotic hand system.

• Design and implement mounting solutions and electronic interfaces for seamless integration with host robotic platforms.
• Optimize mechanical architecture, refining finger geometry, tendon routing, and thermal management strategies.
• Integrate robust sensing modalities, including fiber-optic sensing, without compromising mechanical durability.
• Build custom test rigs and benchmarking protocols to evaluate durability, precision, and duty cycles.
• Develop and iterate low-level microcontroller firmware and low-level control loops in C++ and Python.

• Degree in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Robotics, or a related discipline.
• Practical expertise in CAD design, rapid prototyping (SLA, SLS, FDM), and microcontroller-based PCB development.
• Experience or strong interest in tendon-driven mechanisms, anthropomorphic systems, and thermal management.
• Comfortable writing C++ or Python for low-level control, system calibration, and sensor integration.
• Bias for action: you turn concepts into physical, testable hardware rapidly.
• Able to work fully on-site in Berlin alongside our co-located engineering team.

Fast-paced deep-tech environment with hardware and software engineers co-located in one room iterating directly on physical prototypes, operating with flat hierarchies. Thriving engineers are intrinsically motivated, hands-on, take ownership of tasks, and proactively ask for help and insights across disciplines.

• Co-located, tight feedback loop with hardware and software engineers in the same prototyping room.
• Direct impact as a core hardware engineer shaping cutting-edge robotic manipulation technology.
• Access to advanced rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing infrastructure at MotionLab.Berlin.
• A flat-hierarchy deep-tech culture focused on fast iterations, shared ownership, and technical rigor.

CAD design · PCB development · Microcontrollers · Rapid prototyping · Additive manufacturing (SLA/SLS/FDM) · Mechatronics · C++ · Python · Low-level control · Tendon-driven robotic mechanisms · Anthropomorphic robotic hands · Thermal management for compact robotics · Fiber-optic sensing · System calibration / identification

This probably isn't for you if:

• You prefer remote work, pure simulation, or hand-off engineering over daily hands-on shop-floor prototyping.
• You require rigid corporate structures, siloed disciplines, and slow, waterfall development cycles.
• You hesitate to iterate quickly, test to failure, or proactively seek cross-disciplinary input.

If you are ready to build the future of dexterous robotics hands-on in Berlin, apply now and let's talk hardware.