Manufacturing Readiness Engineer

Danfoss; Gråsten; On-site; DKK 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Danfoss is seeking a Manufacturing Readiness Engineer to bridge product development and production. You will ensure design changes and prototypes translate into reliable production builds, enabling fast, high-quality market introductions.

In this collaborative role, you will coordinate stakeholders across engineering, planning and manufacturing, identify risks early, and drive continuous improvement of prototype and industrialization processes. English proficiency is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing or production environment with an engineering background.
• Proven ability to coordinate projects, set priorities, and ensure follow-through.
• Understanding of production processes, BOMs, and product changes.
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Familiarity with PLM and SAP systems is advantageous.
• Professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the central coordinator for prototype readiness activities with stakeholders.
• Review and assess new prototype requests and their impact on production.
• Validate product changes in PLM and SAP including BOMs and data.
• Create and maintain an overview of prototype activities, priorities, and timing.
• Coordinate with planning, production, and manufacturing engineering for resources.
• Follow up on execution and translate lessons learned into process improvements.
• Collaborate with engineers and operations to ensure feedback drives product and process improvements.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

PLM

SAP

Job description

The Impact You'll Make

As a Manufacturing Readiness Engineer, you will play a key role in bridging product development and manufacturing. Your work will ensure that design changes and new prototype requirements are translated into successful production builds, helping Danfoss bring innovative products to market efficiently and with high quality.

The Impact You'll Make

As a Manufacturing Readiness Engineer, you will play a key role in bridging product development and manufacturing. Your work will ensure that design changes and new prototype requirements are translated into successful production builds, helping Danfoss bring innovative products to market efficiently and with high quality.

In this highly collaborative role, you will create the structure, alignment, and transparency needed to move prototypes smoothly from engineering into production. By coordinating stakeholders across engineering, planning, and manufacturing, you will help identify risks early, capture valuable learnings, and contribute to continuous improvement of our prototype and industrialization processes.

What You’ll Be Doing

You will serve as the central coordinator for prototype readiness activities, ensuring all stakeholders have what they need to execute successful prototype builds. Furhtermore, you will:

• Review and assess new prototype requests, understanding technical changes and their impact on production processes.
• Validate product changes in PLM and SAP, including bills of materials, components, and related product data.
• Create and maintain a clear overview of prototype activities, priorities, material requirements, equipment needs, and timing.
• Coordinate closely with planning, production, and manufacturing engineering to ensure the right resources and equipment are available for prototype builds.
• Follow up on prototype execution, facilitate lessons learned activities, and ensure insights are captured and translated into process improvements.

Working closely with product engineers, production engineers, planners, and manufacturing teams, you will ensure that prototype activities are executed efficiently and that valuable feedback is incorporated into future product and process improvements.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in a manufacturing or production environment, ideally supported by a technical or engineering background.
• Proven project coordination or project management skills, with the ability to drive activities forward, manage priorities, and ensure follow-through on key actions.
• Understanding of production processes, product changes, components, and bills of materials (BOMs), preferably with experience supporting product introductions, engineering changes, prototypes, or industrialization activities.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills, enabling collaboration across functions, locations, and disciplines.
• Experience with PLM and SAP systems and knowledge of electronics manufacturing or PCBA production processes are advantageous.
• Professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

You are proactive, organized, and comfortable taking ownership. You naturally create structure around complex activities and enjoy bringing people together to achieve a common goal.

What You'll Get From Us

You will help engineer a better future by contributing to solutions that make a real difference around the world.

In this role, you will gain unique exposure to the entire journey from product design changes to manufacturing execution. You will collaborate with experts across engineering and operations while playing a key role in shaping how new products and changes are successfully introduced into production.

We will support your career growth with mentoring, learning opportunities, and access to global career paths.

You will have the flexibility, autonomy, and support you need to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

You will be part of an inclusive workplace where people of all backgrounds are respected, valued, and empowered to succeed.

You will receive a competitive rewards package that includes benefits such as an annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, health insurance, and more. As a global company, these benefits vary by country and contract.

At Danfoss, we value diverse experiences and perspectives. Even if you don't meet every preferred qualification, we encourage you to apply if you believe your skills and experience could help you succeed in this role.

Our Commitment to Transparency

Salary ranges listed reflect only primary location and currency. For local salary ranges and specific benefits in your preferred hiring location, please ask your Talent Acquisition representative for more information.

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Any benefits listed do not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.