Lead Mechanical

As Lead Mechanical, you will mainly participate as an engineer in the department but you will also have some lead tasks. You will keep an overview of the whole mechanical department and you are the main point of contact for the Management Team.

How do you make sure the exoskeleton walks

As Lead Mechanical, you will keep track of the entire mechanical department. You will make sure everybody is on track and look ahead for possible problems that could arise. Besides that, you are able to assess the delivered work on their quality, based on your function specific knowledge. Your function does however mainly focus on engineering related activities, for example you will be working in CAD to design the mechanical parts of the exoskeleton, consisting of the motors (joints) and the frame.

What you will do as Lead Mechanical

As Lead Mechanical, you will always be up to date on the progress of the other mechanical engineers. You will oversee the entire mechanical system and their dependencies. You will update the Chief Engineer on the progress and the possible problems that could evolve. Together with him/her, the Lead Software and the Lead Embedded and Electrical, you will discuss the decisions that have to be made on a system level.

Your lead functions will be about 20% of your tasks, and for the other 80% you will be an engineer in the department and participate in the design process of both the joints and the frame.

You recognize yourself in

• Familiar with a 2D or 3D CAD program (e.g. SolidWorks, CATIA).

• Your heart beats faster for different motors; transmissions and the statics and mechanics of materials. 

• Enthusiastic about dynamics, mechatronics, and failure mechanisms.

• Interested in the human movement.

• Proficient with arithmetic and analysis programs (e.g. Matlab / Python / Excel / LabView).

You want to become (even) better at 

• Working with milling/turning/CNC machines.

• Making prototypes with CAD programs and 3D printers.

• Drafting up working drawings as clearly as possible.

• Analyze problems and set priorities.

• Working independently within a team, setting your own deadlines while taking into account many others.

What do you get in return

• New friends for life (namely your old and new team members).

• A year full of unforgettable memories.

• Technical and personal skills.

• Meetings with various companies for both consulting and production.

• Experience in working together in a large multidisciplinary team.

• Having the space to make mistakes and learning from them.