Robot Mechanical and Simulation Engineer (URDF/Digital Twin) - Humanoid (human)
Zürich, Switzerland
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Robot Mechanical and Simulation Engineer (URDF/Digital Twin) - Humanoid (human)
Neura Robotics • Zurich
This is where Artificial Intelligence comes to life
The Hardware Department is at the heart of developing our high-performance and innovative robots. It's in charge of designing, constructing, and optimizing the robot's physical components, including mechanical parts, sensors, and electrical systems. The team collaborates closely with other departments, like software development and product management, to ensure that the hardware aligns seamlessly with software and system requirements. This involves tasks like mechanical design and prototyping of components, using CAD tools and 3D printing technologies.
- Full-time
Zürich
We are looking for the owner of how our robots are represented in software: the single source of truth that connects mechanical design to simulation and control. You will be accountable for the fidelity of our robot description (URDF) and for building the modeling foundation the rest of our robotics stack relies on. Should have excellent understanding of material and mechanics. You shall challenge and give inputs to mechanical design.
This capability is being built from the ground up. You will define it rather than inherit it: you set the standards, build the pipeline, and own model quality end to end.
This is a hands-on but strategic role. You will not necessarily produce the CAD, but you will own everything from CAD through to a validated, simulation-ready model, and you will be the reference point across the mechanical, controls, and software teams.
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Robot description fidelity, end to end: be the single point of accountability for our URDF and xacro models and the conventions behind them
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The modeling foundation, built from scratch: define the CAD-to-URDF pipeline, the naming and coordinate-frame conventions, and the version control practices that do not yet exist here
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Physical consistency between design and model: ensure mass, inertia, and kinematic structure in the URDF reconcile with the source CAD and the real hardware
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The validation strategy: define how models are checked in simulation and against the physical robots, so that errors surface during modeling rather than downstream
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CAD modeling standards: set and enforce them in partnership with the mechanical team, so designs flow cleanly into simulation-ready models
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Automation: build the tooling that makes model generation repeatable and removes manual, error-prone steps
Must-have:
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Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related field, with the judgment to design a modeling system rather than only execute tasks
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Proven experience authoring and owning URDF from scratch / xacro models for real robots
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Strong foundation in rigid-body kinematics and dynamics, coordinate frames, and mass and inertia properties
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Mechanical design experience in robotics
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Fluent at reading CAD assemblies and extracting physical properties (Creo (desired), SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Onshape, or similar)
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Proficiency in Python and C++ for scripting and automation, with sound software engineering habits: version control, modular and maintainable code, and basic testing
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Comfortable building tooling, standards, and simulation pipelines from scratch in an early-stage environment
Nice-to-have:
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Experience with simulation platforms (Isaac Sim, Gazebo, MuJoCo)
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C++ for performance-critical tooling, and experience integrating modeling into CI
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Experience with humanoid, legged, or other complex multi-limb robots
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Experience with ROS or ROS 2
What you can look forward to
Creative Freedom and Agility
Enjoy a dynamic, self-reliant work culture with flat hierarchies, flexible hours, and 25 vacation days. Ideal for those seeking an inspiring professional setting, whether you're starting out or an experienced exec.
Passion for Winning
A passionate and highly skilled team of international experts aiming to redefine robot assistants.
Attractive Compensation
Enjoy a competitive salary package along with exclusive employee discounts.
One Team
Whether it's a summer party or company town hall meetings, we celebrate our successes together.
Professional Growth
Support for your personal and professional development.
Our values. The cornerstones of our success.
We are a team. We strive to achieve great things by promoting the success of our colleagues and partners.
We strive for technological progress in order to give people back their valuable time for enjoyable activities.
We strive to revolutionize the world of robotics by pushing the boundaries of technology every day.
We live a high level of appreciation through open communication and transparency.
We do our best to always be two steps ahead. We achieve this through empowerment, freedom of action and personal responsibility.
People are at the center of everything we do.
Our application process
We ensure a transparent and efficient process and look forward to getting to know you during the application process.
Your insight into our daily work
Unsere Mission
"Our goal was to develop the world's first cognitive robot that can work with people, learn from them and provide them with targeted support. And that is exactly what we have achieved. But there is much more to come!"