Internship- Mechanical Design & Integration

This is a 6-month full-time internship in Delft, the Netherlands, focused on mechanical design and integration for automated test and calibration infrastructure. The intern will design and build the physical hardware for a robotic cell, including the structural base, modular payload interfaces, and fixturing, ensuring it is modular, movable, and repeatable. The role involves hands-on work in the workshop, CAD design, and collaboration with another intern handling robot programming. The project is the first of its kind, with potential for continued involvement in future hardware and automation projects.

Responsibilities

• Design the structural base and frame that carry the arm and the linear rail, with the stiffness and stability to move reliably and repeatably.
• Design a modular payload interface: quick-change mounts for cameras, rigs, and targets, so swapping the item under test is fast and doesn’t require re-measuring.
• Work out how the target and the item under test need to be presented to each other, and design the fixturing that makes that possible.
• Make the cell genuinely mobile: it needs to relocate without losing its geometry, and get back up and running quickly wherever it lands.
• Manage vibration, cabling, and safety (E-stops, guarding, keep-out zones) so the cell is reliable and safe to run unattended.
• Build, source, and assemble what you design in our workshop, then measure and characterise how well it actually performs.
• Document your work: CAD, drawings, BOM, and SOPs, so the cell is easy to operate, maintain, and hand over.

Requirements

• Enrolled in a relevant study program (Mechanical, Mechatronics, Precision Engineering, Aerospace, Robotics, or similar)
• Solid CAD skills
• Basic Linux skills
• Strong interest in robotics, precision hardware, test automation, or perception systems
• English proficiency
• Organized and proactive working style

Nice to have

• Precision mechanism or metrology experience: kinematic and quasi-kinematic mounts, flexures, alignment techniques, GD&T
• Linear motion experience: profile rails, ball screws, belt drives, gantries, and their real-world error behaviour
• FEA (static and modal) plus the judgement to know when running it is worth the time
• Machining or sheet-metal design experience, and experience talking to suppliers
• Vibration measurement and damping
• Machine safety and CE marking awareness (ISO 12100, ISO 10218, ISO/TS 15066)
• Cameras, optics, lighting, or photogrammetry background
• Basic Python, enough to command the arm and read a sensor without help
• Experience with robotic cells, test rigs, or automated test equipment

Benefits

• 1000 euro monthly compensation
• 10 vacation days during the internship period
• Flexible working hours and the option to work from home where practical, though this project mostly lives in the workshop
• A direct and significant influence on highly innovative products
• The opportunity to work close to the hardware and the product, with fast iteration and tight feedback loops
• Full ownership of a self-contained system that the rest of the company will depend on
• A team environment where practical experimentation, learning, and ownership are expected