Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

About pplwisepplwise is a recruiting consultancy for fast-growing technology companies across Europe. Through Recruiting as a Service and Executive Search, we fill key roles for our clients, from start-ups to publicly listed companies. We are filling this position for our client Filics.About our client: Filics Filics is reinventing intralogistics with autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) that change how material moves. Its double-runner system makes Filics the first and only AMR that can drive through load carriers such as Euro pallets. This breaks with forklift logic and sets a new standard for efficiency. Filics is a small, hands-on team that solves hard problems with engineering excellence. Leadership goes to those who take initiative and consistently deliver. As Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (m/f/d) at Filics, you will lead the mechanical design of the robots as they move from prototype to series production.About the role This is an on-site/hybrid role in Munich, close to engineering and assembly.Filics builds its own robot hardware in-house: mechanics, electronics and software. Orders are growing, and the robots are moving from prototypes to series production. Designs that worked in the lab now need to be built reliably, at scale and at the right cost. The hardest problems often sit between disciplines: parts that work on their own can fail once they're assembled with the electronics.The mechanical team has four engineers, most of them at the start of their careers, and they need someone who guides them every day. You'll be the technical lead for the mechanical side of the product and the counterpart to the electronics lead, so the current mechanical manager can focus on core R&D. Your time splits roughly evenly between hands-on engineering and technical leadership. You'll work closely with Electronics, Production, Procurement and the CTO, and you'll set the engineering habits while the team is still small.What you'll doMentor the mechanical engineers day to day: help them make design decisions, set methods and keep projects focusedDesign parts and assemblies in CAD, including tolerancing, and check every design for manufacturability and cost before it goes outLead testing and integration of mechanics and electronics, and solve the problems that only show once everything is assembledPrioritise incoming work, follow up on progress and make the day-to-day technical calls on the mechanical sideMake the gated design process work in practice and run design reviews (safety, mechanics, electronics, manufacturability) before parts are integratedPut design for manufacturing and design for cost in place: fewer, standardised parts and production methods that scaleWork with the electronics owner of each robot module from the first prototype on, and with Production on manufacturability and production jigsBuild and iterate prototypes based on customer and field feedbackAbout youSeveral years of hands-on mechanical design in R&D at a company that develops and builds its own electromechanical products (e.g. power tools, home appliances, e-mobility, production machines, robotics, marine propulsion)A proven record of taking an electromechanical product from prototype to series production (ideally 1,000+ units a year) on a fast development cycle of about a year, not a decade-long programYou still design hands-on in CAD, mainly metal parts and assemblies, with strong tolerancing skills (any CAD tool; Onshape is a plus)You've applied design for manufacturing and design for cost, and cut cost through design: fewer parts, standard partsAt least two years of mentoring or technically guiding other engineers; a team-lead title isn't requiredExperience testing and integrating mechanics with electronicsYou've introduced processes, design reviews or engineering standards that helped a team deliverYou handle unclear requirements and break complex problems down so others can work on themGerman is a plus, since production is mostly German-speakingBonus: GD&T and tolerance stack-ups, design of production jigs, or projects with motors, motor controllers or electronicsWhat Filics offersA key role at an early stage: shape both the mechanical team and the productReal ownership of the mechanical side, from first prototype to series productionA mix of hands-on engineering and leadership, with a path into team lead and engineering management as Filics growsFast design cycles driven by customer and field feedbackA small, high-caliber team with close collaboration across mechanics, electronics, software and productionFast growth: one year at Filics teaches you what usually takes many years at a large companyAn on-site/hybrid role in Munich, close to Engineering and AssemblySound like you? Apply with your CV.Find more English Speaking Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow