About the role
Monumental is automating on-site construction with robotics and software. Our mission is to make construction software-defined and autonomous - a future where beautiful, bespoke buildings go up in a single day, with minimal labour.
We're a growing team of engineers, operators and technicians from companies like Palantir, Qualcomm, Dyson, Shopify, Tesla, Meta and Google DeepMind. It's still the early days of building the company, and this is a chance to make an outsized impact on a problem that matters. From day one, you’ll be working with an experienced founding team, backed by a $32M Series B led by Khosla Ventures and Plural.
Monumental is based in the city centre of Amsterdam, in a beautiful facility with an fully equipped workshop and robot testing floor. We build the whole stack in-house - hardware and software, we're explicitly not a hybrid or remote-first company - you can't build robots or walls from home, so we're onsite five days a week.
Read more on why we believe you should spend your time working on construction, and learn about our vision and company. You might enjoy our YouTube Channel, Based in Europe’s film on how we’re fixing Europe’s housing shortage, or this video by Andreas Klinger of what our office looks like.
About the role
We are looking for an electronics technician to join our team. You will support our mechatronics engineers and work closely with our hardware and software engineering teams. In this role, you'll play a crucial part in developing and manufacturing our construction robots. Your work will directly contribute to bringing our robots to life. Join our mission to bring automation to the construction industry to create affordable, beautiful, high-quality housing for everyone.
You will own electronics assemblies and build them at scale, occasionally building prototypes of our construction robot hardware, including our autonomous ground vehicles, construction cranes, supply systems, end effectors . You will also be responsible for maintenance, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis of failure modes in our existing fleet of robots.
On a non-technical level, we are looking for someone who loves nothing more than working in a highly collaborative team to solve complex problems and bring novel inventions to the world. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, are excited to continuously learn new skills, and love challenging conventional ideas. After doing an assembly, you actively ask yourself how you could do it ten times faster if you had to do it over again.
We are unable to support relocation or sponsorship for this role. Applicants must be based in the Netherlands, eligible to work and able to commute onsite to Amsterdam to be considered.
What you’ll do
- Owning production assembly batches for our fleet of robots, with consistent quality and speed.
- Collaborating closely with our hardware and software engineering teams to refine designs based on real-world testing and feedback.
- Implementing and improving procedures for electronic assembly and testing, ensuring reliability and efficiency in our prototypes and production models.
- Troubleshooting of electronic components and systems for our autonomous construction robots, related accessories, and supporting systems.
- Managing inventory for electronic components and tools, suggesting improvements for our robot production to prevent project delays.
- Assisting in the field tests of our robotic systems, providing technical support and insights to enhance performance.
- Maintaining our current fleet of robots, performing occasional health checks on them and ensuring that they are always in great state and ready to be used on site.
What we’re looking for
- You have a solid understanding of electronics fundamentals, with hands-on experience in hardware assembly and debugging across tasks such as soldering, cabling/wiring/crimping. Being able to read schematics is great, however our systems are mostly cabling and wiring at a system level rather than detailed PCB schematics, so we need someone who's comfortable adapting without one.
- You're adept at identifying issues and coming up with efficient solutions. Your background allows you to intuitively understand how electronic components could or do fit into larger systems.
- Comfortable using hand tools for mechanical assembly, not just electronics. Many of our builds involve small mechanical fixtures and hardware alongside the wiring.
- In our fast-paced startup environment, priorities can shift quickly. You're comfortable with context-switching and can handle multiple tasks efficiently.
- Your excellent organisational and communication skills mean you can articulate complex ideas clearly and work collaboratively with engineers to refine designs.
- A BSc, HBO, MBO, diploma or equivalent in a relevant field, with a minimum of 2 years of comparable work experience. An engineering or technical degree would be a bonus.
Why Monumental?
Joining Monumental means being at the forefront of a movement aimed at making significant strides in the construction industry. Here, your work has the potential to impact not just the company but the future of how we build. If you're driven by innovation, eager to tackle complex challenges, and ready to make a tangible difference, we want to hear from you.
For open applications (where you don’t see an exact role match), please reach out to us at: iwanttojoin@monumental.co - share with us the most interesting or challenging project you’ve worked on, why you want to join and your CV or portfolio.
Unfortunately we do not currently support internships.
If you don’t meet all the qualifications here but are excited about Monumental and feel you’d still be able to help us solve difficult problems, do get in touch. We welcome generalists who focus on outcomes and are eager to learn on the job.