Mechatronics and Robotics Technician for Sustainable Design Engineering
Job description
At the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, we are looking for a proactive and technically versatile Technician (Onderwijs & Onderzoek medewerker) to support our research and education activities in the field of mechatronics and robotics.
In this role, you will guide and support researchers and students in integrating mechatronics into their prototypes. You will ensure the safe and effective use of lab equipment and tools, and act as a technical partner to help translate ambitious ideas into experimental setups and tangible outcomes. You will also help maintain a safe, organized, and well-equipped lab environment, while contributing to technical instruction, co-designing experiments, and troubleshooting challenges. This position is ideal for a hands-on “maker” who thrives in a multidisciplinary, collaborative setting and takes pride in supporting high-quality technical education and research. You will work within a vibrant ecosystem where mechatronics, smart and biomaterials, and digital manufacturing converge to support sustainable design engineering.
Responsibilities
In short, the technician will:
- Instruct and support researchers and students in the hardware-software integration of mechatronics, including sensors, actuators, and microcontrollers.
- Guide and support researchers and students in the safe operation and programming of robotic arms and mobile robots.
- Support research by co-designing experiment setups, providing technical oversight, and performing advanced troubleshooting on complex systems.
- Ensure a safe and well-organized lab environment by maintaining equipment, managing electronic component inventories, and monitoring safety procedures.
Job requirements
- You have a technical degree (minimum HBO) in mechatronics, electrical engineering, or a related field, with at least 2 years of relevant hands-on lab or prototyping experience.
- You have a coaching-oriented approach and enjoy guiding researchers and students in building and using lab equipment and tools safely and effectively.
- You have a solid grasp of hardware-software integration (e.g., Raspberry Pi, (circuit)Python, ROS, PCB design) and are eager to support practical applications.
- You are proactive, organized, and take pride in maintaining a safe, well-functioning lab environment.
- You enjoy working in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, including engineers, designers, and researchers from diverse backgrounds.
- You have strong communication skills and the patience to explain technical concepts to both experts and non-experts.
- You’re willing to obtain BHV and first aid (EHBO) certification if not already certified.
TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.
At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.
Challenge. Change. Impact!
Faculty Industrial Design Engineering
Matching the evolution of people with the speed of the revolution of technology. This is the focus of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE). Delft designers act as a bridge between advances in technology and the needs of people, organisations and society to create products, services and systems with purpose.
IDE is a leader in design research across the application areas of mobility, sustainability and health, as well as its development of design tools and methods. A 350-strong research team and over 2,000 students work together in our inspiring hall, labs and studios.
In close cooperation with industry, the public sector and NGOs we rehearse possible futures in research and education to design for a complex future.
Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.
Conditions of employment
- Duration of contract is 1 year. Temporary with prospect of permanent.
- A job of 32-40 hours per week.
- A salary based on Scale 08 of the CAO for Dutch Universities with a salary between €3382 - €4484 gross per month based on a fulltime contract (38 hours), plus 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year bonus of 8.3%.
- An excellent pension scheme via the ABP.
- The possibility to compile an individual employment package every year.
- Discount with health insurers on supplemental packages.
- Flexible working week.
- Every year, 232 leave hours (at 38 hours). You can also sell or buy additional leave hours via the individual choice budget.
- Plenty of opportunities for education, training and courses.
- Partially paid parental leave
- Attention for working healthy and energetically with the vitality program.
Additional information
If you would like more information about this vacancy or the selection procedure, please contact Jun Wu, via J.Wu-1@tudelft.nl. We invite interested candidates to join us for an informal walk-in session that is tentatively scheduled for the week of 20th April. Drop by to explore the workplace, meet the team, and get a sense of the role and environment. Attending this walk-in session is optional. If you’d like to join, please send a message to DELabs-IO via DELabs-IO@tudelft.nl.
Application procedure
Are you interested in this vacancy? Please apply no later than 15 May 2026 via the application button and upload the following documents:
- CV
- Motivational letter
- Relevant certificates
You can address your application to Jun Wu.
Please note:
- You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post.
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