Role Overview
Location: On-site in Budapest, HU
Department: Solutions Team
Employment type: Full-time
We're looking for a hands-on, resourceful, and technically curious Braiding Process Technician to operate, maintain and develop the production workflows around our proprietary 3D Tissue Braiding machinery. You'll be among the first people working with an entirely new class of manufacturing technology, and become the go-to person for making it work reliably — learning the intricacies of our machinery, figuring out what works, and how to get the best results out of them.
Working closely with our Solutions Team, you'll independently execute braiding production tasks for customer projects, robotic prototypes, and engineering validation. You'll prepare materials, set up production runs, monitor quality, troubleshoot issues, and refine processes to ensure consistent results. Beyond simply operating the machines, you'll help identify what works, what doesn't, and how to improve the structures and processes over repeated iterations.
You'll also take ownership of our braiding workshop, keeping equipment maintained, organized, and ready for operation, while collaborating with our Platform Team on technical improvements and machine development. As our technology matures, you'll help develop the know-how, procedures, and workflows that will eventually enable scaled manufacturing.
This role is ideal for someone who loves working with machines, tinkering, and figuring out how things work. You don't need an engineering degree — we value strong technical intuition, genuine curiosity, and demonstrated hands-on problem-solving skills. If you've spent countless hours building, modifying, or improving machines simply because you love doing it, we'd love to meet you.
What You’ll Do
- Independently operate our 3D Tissue Braiding machines, executing production tasks for customer projects, prototype iterations, and engineering validation batches.
- Prepare materials, configure production setups, and continuously monitor and improve braiding processes to achieve consistent, repeatable results.
- Investigate production issues, troubleshoot failures, optimize process parameters, and suggest design improvements in collaboration with our engineers.
- Own the day-to-day upkeep of our braiding equipment and workshop, including routine maintenance, calibration, spare parts, tooling, and material inventory.
- Work closely with our Platform Team to diagnose equipment problems, coordinate repairs, and integrate ongoing machine upgrades and improvements.
- Document production procedures, parameters, machine issues, and results, building the knowledge base needed for reliable operations and future scaling.
- Develop and improve material handling, workshop organization, and production workflows, making our machinery progressively easier and more efficient to operate.
What You Bring
Required
- Technical education or vocational training in mechanical engineering, mechatronics, manufacturing, machine maintenance or related fields.
- Background and demonstrated hands-on experience building, operating, modifying, or troubleshooting mechanical or mechatronic systems.
- Strong mechanical intuition, practical technical skills, and confidence using tools and working with complex equipment.
- A systematic problem-solving mindset: ability to investigate unfamiliar problems, understand their causes, and independently develop solutions.
- Excellent attention to detail, with a structured approach to equipment operation, quality control, and documentation.
- Comfortable using technical interfaces, and learning unfamiliar machinery and control systems.
- Patience and discipline to execute repetitive production tasks reliably, without losing curiosity about how to improve them.
- Strong sense of ownership, initiative, and ability to work independently while communicating effectively with engineering teams.
Bonus Points
- Experience with CNC machines, 3D printers, textile machinery, or automated manufacturing equipment.
- Familiarity with basic electronics, sensors, actuators, machine control, or microcontroller-based projects.
- Experience with CAD, prototyping, or developing custom mechanical tools and fixtures.
- Experience in engineering student teams, robotics projects, makerspaces, or experimental R&D environments.
Personal Attributes
- A natural tinkerer — you love getting your hands on machines, understanding their quirks, and making them work better.
- Genuinely curious and eager to learn, especially when confronted with something completely new.
- Creative and resourceful, with a talent for figuring things out rather than waiting for instructions.
- Meticulous, patient, and precise, taking pride in quality and reliable results.
- Organized and responsible, caring for equipment and keeping your workspace in excellent condition.
- Collaborative, proactive, and excited about contributing to ambitious engineering projects.
Why Join?
- World-changing technology — be among the first to operate a unique manufacturing technology that's fundamentally changing how robotics are built.
- Real ownership — become an expert in operating and improving machines that don't yet have an established industry playbook.
- Hands-on impact — directly contribute to robotic structures used in customer projects and next-generation robotics.
- Room to grow — develop deep technical expertise and help establish production processes that will eventually support scaled manufacturing.
- Work on something new — solve problems that nobody has solved before, working alongside our engineering teams.
- Competitive salary — we value talent and offer fair compensation for your expertise.
- Community — a supportive and design-driven culture where sharing ideas, communication, and hands-on collaboration are part of the day-to-day.
Ready?
If you love working with machines, figuring out how to make them run better, and want to put that curiosity to work on something genuinely new — we want to hear from you!
To apply: Send your resume, any relevant projects or hands-on experience, and a note on what excites you most about this role to [apply+sol@allonic.co]
