Working Student – Electronics Hardware Engineering (m/f/d)
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Summary
Working student (20 hrs/week, onsite in Munich) supporting the electronics hardware team at Hive Robotics across the full board-development cycle: schematic capture, component libraries, component selection, simulation, and prototype bring-up for drone/robot swarm RF communication hardware already in production. Core tools: Altium/KiCad/Cadence Allegro/Eagle and SPICE-class simulators.
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 highly valued tactical communication market with zero sovereign alternatives today.
As a working student in electronics hardware engineering, you support our hardware team across the full development cycle: from requirements and schematic capture through component selection, simulation, and prototype bring-up. You work on real boards and modules for products already in serial production and in the field, not just internal test setups.
This is a hands-on role at the boundary of design and validation, with room to take ownership of libraries, documentation, and testing as you grow into the team.
As a working student in electronics hardware engineering, you support our hardware team across the full development cycle: from requirements and schematic capture through component selection, simulation, and prototype bring-up. You work on real boards and modules for products already in serial production and in the field, not just internal test setups.
This is a hands-on role at the boundary of design and validation, with room to take ownership of libraries, documentation, and testing as you grow into the team.
- Develop hardware designs from a set of requirements, from concept through schematic capture and implementation
- Create and review schematics for new boards and hardware modules
- Build and maintain component and part libraries, including footprints, symbols, and 3D models
- Research and select components, evaluating datasheets, availability, and cost/performance trade-offs
- Run simulations to validate circuit behavior, then support bring-up and testing of new prototypes and hardware revisions
- Document hardware designs, libraries, and test results so findings are traceable and reproducible
- Enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field
- Solid understanding of analog and digital circuit design fundamentals
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools (e.g., Cadence Allegro, Altium Designer, KiCad, or Eagle)
- Familiarity with reading datasheets and selecting components
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Available 20 hours per week
- Fluent English
- Onsite with us in Munich
- Experience with circuit simulation tools (e.g., LTspice, SPICE, PSpice)
- Hands-on experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and power supplies
- Familiarity with communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, etc.)
- Experience with hardware bring-up, debugging, or prototyping
- Advanced/fluent German
What they ask for
Required
- Enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field
- Solid understanding of analog and digital circuit design fundamentals
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB design tools (e.g., Cadence Allegro, Altium Designer, KiCad, or Eagle)
- Familiarity with reading datasheets and selecting components
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Available 20 hours per week
- Fluent English
- Onsite in Munich
Preferred
- Experience with circuit simulation tools (e.g., LTspice, SPICE, PSpice)
- Hands-on experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and power supplies
- Familiarity with communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, etc.)
- Experience with hardware bring-up, debugging, or prototyping
- Advanced/fluent German
