{"id":81509,"title":"Prototype & Cabling Engineer (human)","company":"Neura Robotics","city":null,"region":"Baden-Württemberg","location":"Metzingen / Riederich, Riederich, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany","work_model":"onsite","employment_type":"full_time","employment":["full_time"],"roles":["software"],"visa":"not_mentioned","relocation":"not_mentioned","posted_at":"2026-05-11T12:32:23.123000+00:00","tools":["Assembly","C","C++"],"seniority":"mid","years_experience_min":3,"german_requirement":"preferred","german_level":"unspecified","english_requirement":"required","english_level":"unspecified","team_language":"unknown","confidence":0.9,"method":"rules","language_badge":"German a plus","language_evidence":"Good English communication skills; able to interact professional with engineers and suppliers. Knowledge in German is a strong plus.","requirements_snippet":null,"url":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/neura-robotics-gmbh/3d842308-8c06-483d-965d-e5ec3833d14e","source":"ashby","agency":null,"description_text":"Your mission & challenges\nYou build what engineers design — and make it work in the real world.\nRobot systems are complex electromechanical systems. Getting from design to a working, testable prototype requires someone who can read a schematic as fluently as a harness drawing, who knows how to route a cable through a moving joint without chafing, and who takes pride in a build that's clean, repeatable, and ready for DVT. That's you.\n• Prototype assembly: Build, integrate, and rework electromechanical prototype assemblies for various robot platforms — from sub-assembly level (actuator modules, sensor units, PCBA enclosures) to full system integration.\n• Cable harness design: Design, specify, and manufacture cable harnesses and wiring looms for prototype and pre-series robots — including connector selection (Molex, TE, Harting, custom), wire gauge sizing, shielding, strain relief, and routing through complex kinematic structures.\n• Harness documentation: Create and maintain formal harness drawings, from-to lists, wire schedules, and assembly instructions in compliance with e.g. IPC/WHMA-A-620 and internal quality standards.\n• Lab bring-up support: Support hardware bring-up activities by preparing wiring and cabling for new PCBAs and sensor systems; assist electronics engineers during functional testing and debugging.\n• DFM input for cables & wiring: Provide early-stage manufacturability feedback on cable routing, connector accessibility, and harness build feasibility — feeding directly into mechanical and electrical design reviews.\n• Prototype management: Track and manage prototype configurations, maintain a clean and organized hardware lab, and ensure accurate version control of physical assemblies in coordination with the PLM/ERP system.\n• Supplier and tooling coordination: Source prototype components and custom cables; work with harness manufacturers and cabling suppliers to qualify parts and validate first articles. Stay on the edge of ongoing development together with our suppliers.\n• Continuous improvement: Identify recurring build issues and feed root-cause findings back to mechanical, electrical, and firmware engineers to improve design quality and reduce prototype cycle times.\n\nWhat we can look forward to\nYour hands bring the robot to life.\nYou are a technically skilled and meticulous engineer or technician with a genuine passion for building things well. You are at home in a hardware lab, comfortable reading engineering drawings from multiple disciplines, and you know that a bad crimp or a poorly routed harness can cost days of debugging time.\n• Completed degree or vocational qualification in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Precision Mechanics, or a comparable technical field — or equivalent hands-on professional experience.\n• 3+ years of practical experience in prototype building and/or cable harness manufacturing in a hardware-intensive environment (robotics, automation, aerospace, automotive, medtech, or similar).\n• Solid skills in cable harness design and assembly: wire termination (crimp, solder, IDC), connector handling, harness forming, lacing, and heat-shrink/braiding application.\n• Ability to read and create electrical schematics, harness drawings, assembly instructions, and from-to lists.\n• Familiarity with connector ecosystems (Molex, TE, M8/M12, custom micro-connectors) and wire/cable materials including shielded, twisted pair, and flex cables.\n• Experience working in a hardware lab environment: ESD awareness, safe handling of PCBAs, use of crimping tools, torque drivers, multimeters, and cable testers.\n• Understanding of routing constraints in moving/articulated assemblies — experience with cable management in robotics or industrial machinery is a strong plus.\n• Structured and precise working style; ability to manage multiple prototype builds simultaneously without losing track of configuration states.\n• Basic programming skills in languages like C, C++ are a huge adder.\n• Good English communication skills; able to interact professional with engineers and suppliers. Knowledge in German is a strong plus.","responsibilities_text":null,"requirements_text":null,"status":"open","duplicate_of":null,"first_seen":"2026-11-04T00:18:17.446406+00:00","responsibilities_summary":null,"requirements_summary":null,"all_tools":["Assembly","C","C++"],"posting_language":"en","evidence":[{"language":"german","requirement":"preferred","quote":"Good English communication skills; able to interact professional with engineers and suppliers. Knowledge in German is a strong plus.","source":"rules"},{"language":"english","requirement":"required","quote":"Good English communication skills; able to interact professional with engineers and suppliers. Knowledge in German is a strong plus.","source":"rules"}],"years_experience_max":null,"mobility_evidence":[],"model_version":"rules-8","english_badge":"English required","company_id":2275}