
Hive Robotics · München
ROLLE Hive Robotics is building Europe's first full-stack orchestration platform for unmanned systems, connecting, controlling, and commanding multi-vendor dro...
Hive Robotics is building Europe's first full-stack orchestration platform for unmanned systems, connecting, controlling, and
commanding multi-vendor drone and robot swarms. Our RF communication systems are Made in Germany, deployed on active frontlines,
and targeting a €5B European tactical communication market with zero sovereign alternatives today.
We are looking for a Mechanical Engineer to support the mechanical design and integration of our electronic hardware portfolio,
from rapid prototypes to field-ready serial production. You will work closely with our electronics and manufacturing teams to
bring robust, ruggedized hardware from concept to the field.
If you enjoy hands-on mechanical work combined with electronics, fast iteration cycles, and making hardware survive real-world
conditions, this role is for you.
Design & Integration
modules, autopilot hardware, GNSS systems, antenna designs, ground-station devices, and more
Prototyping & Testing
Cross-functional Collaboration
maritime systems)
Must Have
electronics, or similar)
Nice to Have
DEINE MISSION We are looking for an experienced electronics engineer to help mature our electronic systems toward reliable and qualification-ready space hardware. You will join projects with existing architectures and prototype designs. Your role will be to assess these designs critically, identify gaps in reliability, EMC, verification, component selection, and failure behaviour, and drive the necessary improvements. This is a senior hands-on engineering position without immediate personnel responsibility. As our electronics team grows, the role can develop toward broader technical responsibility. What You Will Do * Assess existing electronic architectures and designs with regard to requirements, robustness, failure behaviour, testability, and future qualification needs. * Identify technical risks and recommend practical design improvements. * Develop and review mixed-signal and power electronics, including sensor interfaces, power distribution, protection circuits, monitoring, and actuator or valve drivers. * Translate system requirements into hardware requirements, interface definitions, design assumptions, and verification objectives. * Perform circuit and subsystem analyses such as worst-case analysis, derating assessment, and electrical stress analysis. * Perform electronics-related FMEA/FMECA activities and provide technical input to system-level failure and reliability analyses. * Plan and execute structured hardware bring-up, debugging, robustness testing, and fault-injection testing. * Prepare EMI/EMC pre-compliance and formal test activities, including test objectives, configurations, expected results, and acceptance criteria. * Select components with consideration for electrical performance, availability, lifetime, derating, failure behaviour, and future qualification constraints. * Define electrical PCB layout constraints and review layouts for grounding, return paths, EMC, power integrity, signal integrity, and testability. * Document important requirements, design decisions, analyses, and verification results. * Work closely with junior electronics engineers as well as software, control, mechanical, test, and system engineers. DEIN PROFIL * A degree in electrical engineering or a comparable technical background. * Several years of hands-on experience developing and testing electronic hardware. * Experience with complete electronic subsystems rather than only individual circuit blocks. * Experience in a high-reliability, mission-critical, or safety-relevant environment such as aerospace, automotive, medical, railway, industrial safety, or space. * Strong schematic design and circuit analysis skills in mixed-signal or power electronics. * A solid understanding of component tolerances, temperature effects, electrical stress, protection concepts, and electronic failure behaviour. * Practical laboratory experience with hardware bring-up, debugging, and structured testing. * The ability to work from requirements through design and analysis to verification. * Strong written and spoken English. Strongly Preferred * Practical experience with one or more of the following: * EMI/EMC design and test preparation * FMEA, DFMEA, or FMECA * Worst-case circuit analysis * Derating or electrical stress analysis * Requirements-based verification * Fault-injection or robustness testing * Design reviews in a regulated or structured development environment We do not expect candidates to be specialists in every discipline listed above. We are looking for someone who understands how reliable electronics are developed and can apply structured engineering judgement to unfamiliar problems. Nice to Have * Experience with space hardware, ECSS, EEE components, environmental testing, or qualification planning. * Experience with sensor electronics, solenoids, valves, motors, DC/DC conversion, or power distribution. * Experience with Altium Designer or a comparable ECAD environment. * Experience with SPICE-based simulation. * Familiarity with Python, MATLAB, or similar tools for analysis and test automation. * Experience supporting or mentoring less experienced engineers. WIR BIETEN * Meaningful technical responsibility for hardware used in real space systems. * The opportunity to mature existing prototypes into robust, qualification-ready designs. * Close collaboration across electronics, software, control, mechanics, test, and systems engineering. * The opportunity to influence our electronics development, verification, and review processes as the team grows. * Permanent full-time position with flexible working hours and 30 days of annual leave. * Bike leasing, EGYM Wellpass, Deutschlandticket subsidy, professional development opportunities, company events, and complimentary beverages.
SHORT FACTS * Location: Munich, Germany * Employment Type: Full-Time, indefinite term * Salary Range: € 95,000 – 115,000 per year gross, depending on seniority level * Office First work setup * Language Requirement: C1 Level English YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES * Research, develop, and productionise algorithms and models that optimise financial returns from trading the flexibility of Flexa’s residential battery portfolio * Drive the delivery of complex, trading strategy projects from research to production deployment and monitoring — anticipating dependencies and resolving them early * Contribute to the technical vision for how Flexa trades flexibility across energy markets and hardware assets, and help make it a reality * Identify new market opportunities and residential flexibility value to shape the data science roadmap and next-gen algorithms * Champion engineering rigor and ML best practices to foster an open, data-driven engineering culture. * Implement, deliver, and monitor well-engineered, data-driven solutions in our real-time production systems * Opportunity to guide and develop more junior colleagues through design review, code review, and structured feedback * Be part of a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and other teams across Flexa's partner ecosystem YOUR PROFILE Mandatory Requirements: * University degree in a data-driven or analytical field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, or a related quantitative discipline) * 5+ years applied data science, with significant time spent developing trading algorithms in the energy or financial sectors * Deep understanding of trading mechanics: price formation, market microstructure, risk, and the constraints that turn a backtest into a live strategy * Strong knowledge of probability and statistics, incl. time-series data processing, analysis, and forecasting, with a focus on streaming settings * Proficiency in Python and software engineering practices: testing, code quality, code review, CI/CD, monitoring, and modular code design * Excellent English communication and interpersonal skills * Cross-functional collaboration mindset across data scientists, software engineers, and partner-company stakeholders * Independent research experience, excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced team environment are essential. SKILLS TO SET YOU APART * Direct experience with energy trading, especially for the flexibility of battery storage systems * Expertise in designing algorithmic trading strategies and modelling market impact within intraday continuous markets * Substantial background in forecasting intraday price movements, modelling order book dynamics, and market microstructure * Experience with both Machine Learning and mathematical optimization development * Experience designing or owning real-time or near-real-time analytics workflows * Proven track record of taking models from research into reliable production on AWS (or comparable cloud) At Flexa, we are committed to diversity — of backgrounds and experiences. You don’t need 100% of the listed requirements to apply. BENEFITS * Virtual Share Options: We offer virtual share options to all our employees * Professional Development: Annual development budget of 3,000 € for coachings, trainings, books, etc * Health & Sport Subsidy: Company subsidised sports facilities membership or Public Transportation Subsidy: Monthly subsidy for your public transport ticket * Lunch/Dinner Allowance Vouchers: Allowance for meals on working days as digital meal vouchers * Work Equipment: MacBook, an ergonomic workplace setup, and company-funded access to leading AI development tools so you always have the best tools available * Regular Team Events: Knowledge Sessions, Afterwork, Sports, Offsites, Halloween, Pride Month, etc. A SHORT NOTE FROM YOUR FUTURE LEAD Sébastien Schikora - Chief Technology Officer Hi there! I'm Sebastien Schikora, serving as the CTO at Flexa since the beginning. My diverse career journey has provided me with a range of experiences with a deep dive in the energy industry and the functioning of the grid specifically. In the last years, I was: * CTO at KONUX from September 2018 to April 2022, where I played a pivotal role in shaping the company's tech landscape and products. * Sr. Manager at Tesla from November 2015 to July 2018, leading the development of energy storage systems and mobile apps. * Vice President of Product Development at Networked Energy Services (NES) Corporation from October 2014 to November 2015, launching a new company and product line in the grid digitalization space. * At Echelon Corporation, I held various roles over six years, including Director of Product Management and Development in the Grid Modernization Division. * Before my endeavors in the Energy Industry I was working for Hewlett Packard in the Enterprise Software group for a little over 10 years. I'm all about pushing the boundaries of technology and driving progress in our industry. I spent the majority of my career in the Silicon Valley in California and apply a lot of the methods and drive to my workplace here in Munich. Our team is the basis of our success, and I'm dedicated to fostering a collaborative, innovative and goal driven work environment. If you're ready to be a part of our international crew and share our vision for groundbreaking tech solutions, I encourage you to explore opportunities within our organization. Thanks for considering joining us, and I look forward to the possibility of working together to achieve remarkable things. Best regards, Sebastien Schikora
SHORT FACTS • Location: Munich, Germany • Employment Type: Full-Time, indefinite term • Salary Range: € 95,000 – 115,000 per year gross, depending on seniority level • Office First work setup • Language Requirement: C1 Level English Your Role We are looking for a Quantitative Developer to tackle the software, data, and integration challenges across our Virtual Power Plant (VPP) ecosystem. You will drive and own the roadmap for developing algorithmic execution strategies in the German intraday power market. As our VPP infrastructure matures, you will steadily increase your focus on research on execution-price improvement and market-impact modelling. Your software-engineering work will centre on architecture design, testing, and project coordination. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES * Contribute to the technical vision for how Flexa trades flexibility across energy markets and hardware assets, and help make it a reality * Identify new market opportunities and residential flexibility value to shape the data science roadmap and next-gen algorithms * Champion engineering rigor and best practices to foster an open, data-driven engineering culture. * Implement, deliver, and monitor well-engineered, data-driven solutions in our real-time production systems * Be part of a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and other teams across Flexa's partner ecosystem * Research, develop, and productionise algorithms and models that optimise financial returns from trading the flexibility of Flexa’s residential battery portfolio * Drive the delivery of complex, trading strategy projects from research to production deployment and monitoring — anticipating dependencies and resolving them early * Opportunity to guide and develop more junior colleagues through design review, code review, and structured feedback YOUR PROFILE MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS * University degree in a data-driven or analytical field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, or a related quantitative discipline) * 5+ years applied data science and/or quant experience, with significant time spent developing trading algorithms in the energy or financial sectors * Proficiency in Python and software engineering practices: testing, code quality, code review, CI/CD, monitoring, and modular code design * Cross-functional collaboration mindset across data scientists, software engineers, and partner-company stakeholders * Deep understanding of trading mechanics: price formation, market microstructure, risk, and the constraints that turn a backtest into a live strategy * Strong knowledge of probability and statistics, incl. time-series data processing, analysis, and forecasting, with a focus on streaming settings * Excellent English communication and interpersonal skills * Independent research experience, excellent analytical skills with strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced team environment are essential. SKILLS TO SET YOU APART * Experience designing or owning real-time or near-real-time analytics workflows * Direct experience with energy trading, especially for the flexibility of battery storage systems * Expertise in designing algorithmic trading strategies and modelling market impact within intraday continuous markets * Substantial background in forecasting intraday price movements, modelling order book dynamics, and market microstructure * Experience with both Machine Learning and mathematical optimization development * Proven track record of taking models from research into reliable production on AWS (or comparable cloud) At Flexa, we are committed to diversity — of backgrounds and experiences. You don’t need 100% of the listed requirements to apply. BENEFITS * Virtual Share Options: we offer virtual share options to all our employees * Professional Development: annual development budget of €3,000 for coachings, trainings, books, and similar * Health & Sport Subsidy: company-subsidised sports facilities membership, or Public Transportation Subsidy * Lunch/Dinner Allowance Vouchers: allowance for meals on working days as digital meal vouchers * Work Equipment: MacBook or Windows laptop, iPhone (also for private use), and an ergonomic workplace setup with company-funded access to leading AI developer tools * Regular Team Events: knowledge sessions, afterwork, sports, offsites, Halloween, Pride Month, and more A SHORT NOTE FROM YOUR FUTURE LEAD Sébastien Schikora — Chief Technology Officer Sébastien Schikora has been Chief Technology Officer at Flexa since the beginning. He was previously CTO at KONUX (2018–2022), Senior Manager at Tesla in energy storage systems (2015–2018), VP Product Development at Networked Energy Services (NES), and held Director of Product Management and other roles at Echelon Corporation for six years. Earlier in his career he worked on enterprise software at Hewlett Packard. LinkedIn profile