Role Overview
Location: On-site in Budapest, HU
As a Mechanical Engineer, you’ll own the design workflows that turn Allonic’s tissue-braiding technology into a reliable, autonomous high speed manufacturing platform. You will design mechanisms and iterate on sub-assemblies that survive in real production environments, integrate cleanly with electronics and control stacks, and graduate from prototype to hardware manufacturable on scale.
With oversight and support from the Mechanical Engineering Lead, you’ll be responsible for part and assembly design, DFM/DFA, preparing vendor ready technical drawings and adjacent tasks related to mechatronic systems. You’ll operate with a systems mindset: define interfaces early, design-to-test, and close the loop from requirement to build and verification.
What you'll do
- Design and develop sub-assemblies for our 3D Tissue Braiding machine, ensuring alignment with complex electrical and mechatronics requirements. (actuators, sensors, and EE/controls constraints)
- Draft, prototype, and deliver functional parts within days, working effectively in a high-velocity mechatronics development process with aggressive iteration cycles
- Engineer reliable, high-speed production systems that prioritize function, scale, and cost for long-term viability
- Maintain adaptive and partly code-driven parameterized CAD and configuration-controlled assemblies built for maturity and scale. Make sure they have clean revisioning, standards, and traceable design intent
- Own the complete project lifecycle for your subsystems from initial concept sketches and in-situ evaluation through DFM, vendor-ready drawing packages, and supplier feedback cycles
- Contribute to cross-functional design sessions., rapidly translating requirements and constraints into release-ready CAD and GD&T compliant technical drawings
What you bring
Required
- 3+ years of experience in mechanical or machine design taken from concept to prototype to release/production. Aerospace and automotive experience is welcome
- Rapidly sketch/communicate design intent, requirements, and constraints in complex assemblies – interpret and communicate manufacturing drawings (GD&T) / vendor-ready drawings, including tolerances and fits
- Proficiency in CAD and rapid prototyping techniques (PTC Creo preferred)
- Turn assumptions into numbers: run first-order calcs and quick virtual checks to set bounds, then close the loop with instrumented real-world tests
- Well-versed in production technologies, DFM/DFA and scalable processes in manufacturing
- Bias toward robust, feasible designs in both CAD and hardware, validated through test data
Bonus Points
- Experience in metrology / dimensional inspection of parts & systems
- Experience in control, model identification, sensors/instrumentation, including sensor calibration
- Complete system development experience. CNC Mill, Lathe, textile production machinery, physical B2B or consumer products prototype to small-scale
- Experience in technology scouting
- Experience drafting technical descriptions, supporting patent filings with prior invention searches and technical write-ups
Personal Attributes
- Creative thinker with strong spatial visualization skills and ability to communicate design intent and interfaces through sketches
- Organized and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- High learning velocity even for new domains, seeks critique early, and eager to grow
- Collaborative team player who thrives in an environment with fast iterations and frequently shifting constraints
- Quick builder who knows that rapid prototyping and test data yields results quicker than analysis-only
Why join?
- World-changing technology — work alongside a world-class team, and take part in fundamentally changing how robotics are built
- Founding team opportunity — shape the technical foundation and culture from day one
- Competitive salary — we value talent and offer fair compensation for your expertise
- Work on something new — solve problems that no one else is solving
- Physical impact — you design and build machines that in turn build real, physical products
- Access to prototyping tools — work (and play) with the state-of-the-art
- Cross-disciplinary learning — expand your knowledge across software, engineering, and robotics in your everyday work and at professional events
- Flexible work hours — hybrid work setup possible
- Community — a supportive and design-driven culture where sharing ideas, communication and hands-on collaboration are part of the day-to-day, and failure is considered a learning opportunity
Ready?
If you’re interested in building machinery to automate the manufacturing of the most advanced robotic hardware — we want to hear from you!
To apply: Send your resume, github/portfolio and a note on what excites you most about this role to [apply+hw@allonic.co]
