Robotic Sensor Engineer – Internship / Student Job  

Type: Full Time or Part Time Internship / Student job

Location: Leuven, Belgium

Mantis Robotics is building the fastest and safest industrial robots that can work safely with  people, to make robotic automation accessible to anyone wanting to automate a manual task.  We are seeking a motivated student to join our sensor development team in Leuven, Belgium. The selected candidate will participate in various R&D tasks related to the design of a sensor module in the context of Human Robot Interactions.  

This position is open for internships with a duration of minimum 3 months or part-time student job that would require the candidate to be available 14 hrs/week.  

Core Responsibilities:

Your primary responsibility will be to participate in testing an early prototype of a sensing module, including to set up the test  environment, write embedded software, perform data collection and post-processing. In order to realize our objectives, we expect you to:  

▪ Design and implement drivers and algorithms to run and post-process sensor data  

▪ Set up hardware and debug independently using lab tools  

▪ Evaluate performances and provide critical thinking  

▪ Iterate and react fast to requirement changes

Qualifications:

  • BACHELOR’S OR MASTER’S STUDENT IN A RELATED ENGINEERING FIELD, INCLUDING BUT NOT  LIMITED TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, OR  SYSTEMS ENGINEERING   
  • PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WITH MICROCONTROLLERS (STM32, TI, …)  
  • HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN C OR C++  
  • STRONG WRITTEN AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN ENGLISH  

Preferred:

  • Experience with python  
  • Experience with version control tools such as GIT, SVN  
  • Hands-on experience with industrial robots