Unchained Robotics

Robotics automation marketplace
Last updated:
January 30, 2026
Company details
HQ
HEADCOUNT
25-99
ORG TYPE
Startup
SECTOR
Manufacturing & Industrials
About the company
Unchained Robotics is a Paderborn-based automation company that sells modular, turnkey robot cells (including the MalocherBot) and runs an online platform for comparing and buying robotics components. The company positions LUNA OS as a standardised control layer to make industrial automation faster to deploy without deep robot-programming expertise. Unchained Robotics says the company has supported 200+ customers across 20+ countries since founding in 2019. A June 2025 funding announcement describes an €8.5m Series A extension to scale internationally.
Locations and presence
Unchained Robotics is headquartered in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia. The company’s careers materials describe hybrid work and note that some roles can be close to fully remote depending on responsibilities.
Palpable Score
63.5
/ 100
Unchained Robotics is stronger than most mid-sized startups on “how hiring works”, with a published three-step interview flow, a stated feedback window, and named People and Culture contacts. The score is held back by limited public entry-level volume and patchy pay transparency, even though there are credible signals of student-to-full-time conversion.
Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

11.8
/ 20
  • The company publicly states Unchained Robotics offers working student roles and internships, and the company also advertises working-student openings through social posts and third-party listings.
  • Unchained Robotics’ visible hiring leans toward experienced full-time roles (for example, team leads and experienced engineers), with fewer clearly “0–3 years” full-time entry points shown publicly.
  • The company provides an unsolicited-application route plus an “apply by form or email” option, which helps access, but the careers page does not surface a steady pipeline of junior roles in the page text.
Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

15.2
/ 20
  • The company lays out a three-phase process (video interview, expert interview, team interview) and explains that the expert stage may include a small case study.
  • Unchained Robotics says applicants receive an immediate confirmation of receipt and usually get feedback within about two weeks, which sets a clear expectation on timelines.
  • The company has mixed external candidate feedback on process consistency, with both “structured and fast” reports and at least one “ghosting” report on a major German employer-review site.
Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

14.2
/ 20

Pillar 3 reasoning:

  • The company describes what the first week looks like (welcome, intro meetings, and colleague exchanges to settle in), which is a concrete onboarding signal rather than vague culture claims.
  • Unchained Robotics highlights internal stories of rapid learning and responsibility, including engineering and product roles referencing autonomy and idea-to-production loops.
  • The company mentions working students growing into larger roles, but the public material does not spell out recurring coaching mechanics like 1:1 cadence, pairing, or a written ramp plan per function.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

11.8
/ 20
  • The company lists tangible benefits such as 32 vacation days, hybrid working, modern IT equipment choice (Mac or Windows), Wellpass, and corporate benefits discounts.
  • Unchained Robotics does not publish salary ranges on the main careers page, and that lack of pay transparency caps the score even with positive benefits.
  • The company has some third-party pay signals (including working-student pay satisfaction and “paid on time” comments), but those sources are self-reported and not a substitute for role-by-role ranges.
Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

10.5
/ 20
  • The company publishes a specific internal progression story: a working student moving into part-time work and then into a full-time Robotics Software Engineer role after roughly three years.
  • Unchained Robotics has external early-career sentiment from working-student reviews referencing strong onboarding and flexible working conditions, but the sample size is limited and not broken down by function.
  • The company’s LinkedIn presence shows recurring working-student hiring posts and a mid-sized team footprint, but Unchained Robotics does not publish retention rates, promotion timing, or early-career progression statistics, so outcomes cannot be validated at scale.
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