Job Description:
You will participate in the specification, design and design maintenance of high-tech mechanic system solutions for professional mechatronic equipment, and enable optimal functionality and cost effective engineering of those systems. You are a highly talented and ambitious engineer with a bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering. VDL offers a dynamic working environment with opportunities to travel abroad. You will participate in the following phases for system (re)design projects:
- Quotation Phase: create a plan with scope, cost and lead time estimation together with the project team and the customer
- Feasibility phase: consolidate customer requirement specifications into an investigation of the feasibility of mechanical concepts
- Definition Phase: develop Description of System Design Requirements and Specifications
- System Design Phase: generation of system design concepts and reviews
- Develop well-considered choices, validated against system requirements
- Definition of high level modules and related technical interfaces
- Monitor that projects stay within agreed specifications.
- Make use of your creativity and helicopter view to find solutions in case of conflicts.
- Detail Phase: create 3-D models and drawings
- System integration and verification: verify design / the chosen concept on the requirements by means of functional models or (pre-)proto production
- Production release: release the design for production
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, preferably with a focus on construction / precision mechanics
- Knowledge of mechanic design principles, accurate positioning, dynamic behavior, material properties, strength and stiffness
- User of 3D design tools (e.g. NX or SolidWorks)
- User of product lifecycle management systems (e.g. TeamCenter or EPDM)
- Basic knowledge of FEA calculations in the area of mechanical design
- Helicopter view, abstract thinking and ability to think out-of-the box
- An effective communicator
- Fluent in English, both speaking and writing
- Willingness to travel overseas and cooperate with the European mother company
Additional requirements for Senior Mechanical Design Engineer:
- At least 5 years of relevant working experience (semicon, precision mechanics, or similar)
- Deep understanding and experience in the different design phases ranging from conceptual design up to Proto- and Pilot evaluation
- Experience in multidisciplinary projects, knowing dependency between electrical, electromechanical and mechanical (sub)systems
- Proficient in stakeholder management (internal and external) to increase effectiveness and efficiency of the team
