6 months (to start in August)| Rotterdam

Internship: Mechatronics & Robotics Prototyping

Position Overview

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious 4th year HBO/WO student in mechatronics, mechanical engineering, robotics, or industrial design engineering to join our R&D team in Rotterdam. In this internship, you’ll work closely with our lead engineer and robotics engineer on the design and development of a new humanoid robotic hand as well as on
prototyping design iterations of our cutting-edge haptic gloves.
About the internship
At SenseGlove, we build advanced haptic gloves that bring touch to virtual and robotic worlds. Our technology is used globally for VR training, research, and tele-operation of robots. We are now taking the next step: developing a novel humanoid robotic hand.

Responsibilities

Contribute to hardware prototyping of robotic hand and haptic glove mechanisms
Support mechatronics prototyping, integrating sensors, actuators and mechanics
Testing and evaluating prototypes and translating your findings into actionable proposals and design changes

Who We’re Looking For

Currently in at least the 4th year of a HBO or WO degree
Studying mechatronics, mechanical engineering, industrial design
engineering, robotics or a similar field
Motivated to work on real hardware and excited by robotics
challenges
Proactive, curious, and eager to learn in a multidisciplinary team
Comfortable working with hardware prototyping techniques such as
3D printing, soldering, screwing, drilling, etc.
Available from August 2026

Please share your experience in your motivation letter.

What we offer?

A hands-on internship at a technology leader at the forefront
of XR and robotics
Supervision and mentorship from experienced engineers
A collaborative and innovative work environment in our
R&D lab in Rotterdam
The opportunity to directly influence the development of
cutting-edge humanoid robotics
Bi-weekly team lunches
Weekly fresh fruit and snacks
Lots of adventure and nice colleagues
Fun team building activities
€342 monthly compensation

What Else Is Good To Know?

At SenseGlove you can be yourself. That includes your gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age or disability status. Diversity is important to us.
And here’s a few more things about us:
Forbes: How Senseglove Could Change Virtual Reality Training Forever (https://bit.ly/3tbbfss)
Video Future Innovation Week with SenseGlove (https://youtu.be/58qVOs8JdFo)

Contact us right away

If you are interested, please send us your resume and a letter indicating your motivation regarding the job description and your experience regarding the skill set. If you have additional questions, feel free to give us a call : 015 200 2148

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