Electronics Production Working Student

Monumental

Monumental is automating on-site construction with robotics and software. Our mission is to make construction software-defined and autonomous - a future where beautiful, bespoke buildings go up in a single day, with minimal labour. We're a growing team of engineers, operators and technicians from companies like Palantir, Qualcomm, Dyson, Shopify, Tesla, Meta and Google DeepMind. It's still the early days of building the company, and this is a chance to make an outsized impact on a problem that matters. From day one, you’ll be working with an experienced founding team, backed by a $32M Series B led by Khosla Ventures and Plural. Monumental is based in the city centre of Amsterdam, in a beautiful facility with an fully equipped workshop and robot testing floor. We build the whole stack in-house - hardware and software, we're explicitly not a hybrid or remote-first company - you can't build robots or walls from home, so we're onsite five days a week.   Read more on why we believe you should spend your time working on construction, and learn about our vision and company. You might enjoy Based in Europe’s film on how we’re fixing Europe’s housing shortage, or this video by Andreas Klinger of what our office looks like. About the role We're building robots to bring automation to construction, making affordable, beautiful, high-quality housing possible at scale. We're looking for a mechatronics engineer who's a maker at heart, with a bias for speed and simplicity, who can design a robot on paper and build one in real life. In this role, you'll own entire mechatronic systems from idea through to production. You'll be involved in every stage of the engineering process: scoping broad, novel capabilities, running back-of-envelope calculations, and driving hardware design through prototyping, testing, and validation. This includes actuator and sensor selection, system integration and firmware development. You'll debug hardware issues both at our office and onsite, test on live construction sites, and iterate toward robust, scalable designs. Once you've proven you can own tightly scoped projects, you'll lead broader problem spaces with a small multidisciplinary team. The challenges are real: full on-site autonomy, construction-scale payloads, reliable operation at height, and millimetre-level positioning across our stack. We want people genuinely excited to tackle these alongside a capable, supportive team. Our approach focuses on identifying key risks and attacking them through rapid prototyping, not lengthy design cycles. You'll have high autonomy and minimal drag: few meetings, no unnecessary approvals. What you'll do Imagine a fleet of autonomous robots rolling onto a construction site in the morning and by sundown, a fully built, beautiful home stands ready for a family to move in. That’s the future we’re building. Today, our robot systems are already constructing real homes across the Netherlands at scale. But we’re just getting started. Your work won’t be about incremental improvements, you’ll tackle broad and novel problems that unlock autonomous construction: * Pushing toward full robot autonomy for our masonry systems: automated wall-anchor installation and mortar pointing to produce beautiful brickwork. Autonomous lift platforms and fully automated material-supply enabling our fleet to work uninterrupted across large, messy sites. As our robot’s capabilities expand, you’ll also think through the safety implications and design appropriate mitigations. * Designing for extreme reliability: our robots need to be tough enough to survive months of harsh construction conditions, yet serviceable and redeployable in under 24 hours. * Building next-gen hardware to expand what our robots can do: higher-precision brick placement, larger payloads, expanded build envelopes, hot-swappable end effectors, and operation in tight, constrained spaces like scaffolding. * Getting hands-on in the field: you’ll join deployments where we’re building real homes, whilst stress-testing systems and uncovering the edge-case problems that can only be found in the field. This will help you determine new critical features to unlock and learn what our product needs long-term. What we’re looking for * Someone who can design hardware from scratch. * You’re comfortable working at the interface between mechanical, software, controls, and vision engineering. You won't be expected to develop control systems or vision algorithms, but you should be able to collaborate effectively to ship complete projects. * Experience developing proof-of-concept prototypes in the shortest amount of time. * Source all required components; * Fabricate the necessary parts in-house whether 3D printed, CNC-milled or turned. * Integrating and validating actuators and electronics: microcontrollers, sensors, motors, solenoids, encoders, and related hardware * Writing or adapting simple embedded code (Arduino, ESP32, etc.) to bring up electronics, run basic tests, and verify mechanisms While you'll have support from our in-house electronics experts to productise successful concepts, we're looking for someone who's confident building quick, scrappy prototypes more-or-less independently. You won't need to design production-ready PCBs yourself, but you should be able to understand system requirements and translate them into clear briefs for our electronics engineers to develop. * Experience going from prototype to production. * Handing over validated prototypes to our production team, providing the context they need to scale and optimise for manufacturing. * Collaborating with electronics engineers to communicate system requirements and ensure designs are robust and scalable. * Producing clean CAD in Onshape following best practices, ready for others to refine for production. * Creating first drafts of technical drawings, documentation, and other artefacts that the production team can develop into full production packages. * Bonus: experience in early-stage startups or top student team competitions. * B.Sc. in electrical, mechatronics, or robotics engineering or equivalent experience. Why Monumental? Joining Monumental means being at the forefront of a movement aimed at making significant strides in the construction industry. Here, your work has the potential to impact not just the company but the future of how we build. If you're driven by innovation, eager to tackle complex challenges, and ready to make a tangible difference, we want to hear from you. For open applications (where you don’t see an exact role match), please reach out to us at: iwanttojoin@monumental.co - share with us the most interesting or challenging project you’ve worked on, why you want to join and your CV or portfolio. Unfortunately we do not currently support internships. If you don’t meet all the qualifications here but are excited about Monumental and feel you’d still be able to help us solve difficult problems, do get in touch. We welcome generalists who focus on outcomes and are eager to learn on the job.

Monumental

Monumental is automating on-site construction with robotics and software. Our mission is to make construction software-defined and autonomous - a future where beautiful, bespoke buildings go up in a single day, with minimal labour. We're a growing team of engineers, operators and technicians from companies like Palantir, Qualcomm, Dyson, Shopify, Tesla, Meta and Google DeepMind. It's still the early days of building the company, and this is a chance to make an outsized impact on a problem that matters. From day one, you’ll be working with an experienced founding team, backed by a $32M Series B led by Khosla Ventures and Plural. Monumental is based in the city centre of Amsterdam, in a beautiful facility with an fully equipped workshop and robot testing floor. We build the whole stack in-house - hardware and software, we're explicitly not a hybrid or remote-first company - you can't build robots or walls from home, so we're onsite five days a week.   Read more on why we believe you should spend your time working on construction, and learn about our vision and company. You might enjoy Based in Europe’s film on how we’re fixing Europe’s housing shortage, or this video by Andreas Klinger of what our office looks like. About the role We are looking for an electronics technician to join our team. You will support our mechatronics engineers and work closely with our hardware and software engineering teams. In this role, you'll play a crucial part in developing and manufacturing our construction robots. Your work will directly contribute to bringing our robots to life. Join our mission to bring automation to the construction industry to create affordable, beautiful, high-quality housing for everyone. You will own electronics assemblies and build them at scale, occasionally building prototypes of our construction robot hardware, including our autonomous ground vehicles, construction cranes, supply systems, end effectors . You will also be responsible for maintenance, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis of failure modes in our existing fleet of robots. On a non-technical level, we are looking for someone who loves nothing more than working in a highly collaborative team to solve complex problems and bring novel inventions to the world. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, are excited to continuously learn new skills, and love challenging conventional ideas. After doing an assembly, you actively ask yourself how you could do it ten times faster if you had to do it over again. We are unable to support relocation or sponsorship for this role. Applicants must be based in the Netherlands, eligible to work and able to commute onsite to Amsterdam to be considered. What you’ll do * Owning production assembly batches for our fleet of robots, with consistent quality and speed. * Collaborating closely with our hardware and software engineering teams to refine designs based on real-world testing and feedback. * Implementing and improving procedures for electronic assembly and testing, ensuring reliability and efficiency in our prototypes and production models. * Troubleshooting of electronic components and systems for our autonomous construction robots, related accessories, and supporting systems. * Managing inventory for electronic components and tools, suggesting improvements for our robot production to prevent project delays. * Assisting in the field tests of our robotic systems, providing technical support and insights to enhance performance. * Maintaining our current fleet of robots, performing occasional health checks on them and ensuring that they are always in great state and ready to be used on site. What we’re looking for * You have a solid understanding of electronics fundamentals, with hands-on experience in hardware assembly and debugging across tasks such as soldering, cabling/wiring/crimping. Being able to read schematics is great, however our systems are mostly cabling and wiring at a system level rather than detailed PCB schematics, so we need someone who's comfortable adapting without one. * You're adept at identifying issues and coming up with efficient solutions. Your background allows you to intuitively understand how electronic components could or do fit into larger systems. * Comfortable using hand tools for mechanical assembly, not just electronics. Many of our builds involve small mechanical fixtures and hardware alongside the wiring. * In our fast-paced startup environment, priorities can shift quickly. You're comfortable with context-switching and can handle multiple tasks efficiently. * Your excellent organisational and communication skills mean you can articulate complex ideas clearly and work collaboratively with engineers to refine designs. * A BSc, HBO, MBO, diploma or equivalent in a relevant field, with a minimum of 2 years of comparable work experience. An engineering or technical degree would be a bonus. Why Monumental? Joining Monumental means being at the forefront of a movement aimed at making significant strides in the construction industry. Here, your work has the potential to impact not just the company but the future of how we build. If you're driven by innovation, eager to tackle complex challenges, and ready to make a tangible difference, we want to hear from you.   For open applications (where you don’t see an exact role match), please reach out to us at: iwanttojoin@monumental.co - share with us the most interesting or challenging project you’ve worked on, why you want to join and your CV or portfolio.   Unfortunately we do not currently support internships.   If you don’t meet all the qualifications here but are excited about Monumental and feel you’d still be able to help us solve difficult problems, do get in touch. We welcome generalists who focus on outcomes and are eager to learn on the job.

Monumental

Monumental is automating on-site construction with robotics and software. Our mission is to make construction software-defined and autonomous - a future where beautiful, bespoke buildings go up in a single day, with minimal labour. We're a growing team of engineers, operators and technicians from companies like Palantir, Qualcomm, Dyson, Shopify, Tesla, Meta and Google DeepMind. It's still the early days of building the company, and this is a chance to make an outsized impact on a problem that matters. From day one, you’ll be working with an experienced founding team, backed by a $32M Series B led by Khosla Ventures and Plural. Monumental is based in the city centre of Amsterdam, in a beautiful facility with an fully equipped workshop and robot testing floor. We build the whole stack in-house - hardware and software, we're explicitly not a hybrid or remote-first company - you can't build robots or walls from home, so we're onsite five days a week. Read more on why we believe you should spend your time working on construction, and learn about our vision and company. You might enjoy Based in Europe’s film on how we’re fixing Europe’s housing shortage, or this video by Andreas Klinger of what our office looks like. About the role We’re looking for an Electronics Engineer to join our hardware team. You’ll support our mechatronics engineers and collaborate closely with both hardware and software teams as we develop the next generation of autonomous construction robots. In this role, you’ll contribute directly to prototyping, testing, and refining the electronics that power our robotic systems. From autonomous vehicles and cranes, to tools and sensors, you’ll work across motor control, power, sensing, and communications. You’ll be involved in hands-on engineering tasks such as building test circuits, validating sensor integrations, supporting field tests, and debugging hardware issues. You’ll also help improve and maintain our growing fleet, learning from failures and iterating quickly on both designs and processes. For more context on building hardware at Monumental, read Niall’s Substack on why he quit his job and moved country to make robots to fix Europe’s housing crisis. What you’ll do * Supporting the prototyping and development of electronic systems for our autonomous construction robots and related equipment. * Working closely with senior engineers to build and test early-stage hardware, helping turn ideas and schematics into functioning systems. * Electronics testing and debugging, validating new and revised designs to uncover issues and help with remediation. * Iterating on prototypes back in the workshop: turning test results and engineering feedback into concrete design revisions across sensors, power, motor control, and communication hardware. * Joining the team on-site for field trials and deployments, instrumenting systems and capturing data on how they actually behave in real construction conditions. * Maintaining and occasionally troubleshooting our current robot fleet, ensuring systems are ready for deployment and in good working order. * Supporting the team with light electronics assembly and wiring tasks as needed during development. * PCB design and PCBA preparation: taking prototype setups into board designs for the next stage, and revising and improving existing production boards. What we’re looking for * A BSc, MBO, HBO, or similar in Electrical or Electronics Engineering (or another relevant technical field), with solid experience and some great projects in their portfolio. * A strong foundation in electronics fundamentals, with hands-on experience through coursework, labs, or personal projects. * Familiarity with prototyping and testing circuits, and basic skills in soldering, wiring, and assembling test setups. * Tools like multimeters, oscilloscopes, and lab power supplies to debug and test subsystems and components are second nature to you. * Able to read existing schematics and under how components fit into a complete system. * Eager to learn in a fast-moving, collaborative environment where engineering and field testing go hand in hand. * Experience with BLDC motor control is a strong plus. Driving, commutating, or tuning brushless motors, whether from coursework, labs, or personal projects. * Experience with RF and wireless communications is a strong plus too, particularly UWB tracking and positioning, but also BLE, ZigBee, or general RF integration. * Familiarity with Altium ECAD is a nice plus, but not a requirement. Why Monumental? Joining Monumental means being at the forefront of a movement aimed at making significant strides in the construction industry. Here, your work has the potential to impact not just the company but the future of how we build. If you're driven by innovation, eager to tackle complex challenges, and ready to make a tangible difference, we want to hear from you. For open applications (where you don’t see an exact role match), please reach out to us at: iwanttojoin@monumental.co - share with us the most interesting or challenging project you’ve worked on, why you want to join and your CV or portfolio. Unfortunately we do not currently support internships. If you don’t meet all the qualifications here but are excited about Monumental and feel you’d still be able to help us solve difficult problems, do get in touch. We welcome generalists who focus on outcomes and are eager to learn on the job.