Cleaning Systems Engineer — Sustainable Dairy Innovation

Lely Holding; Maassluis; Hybrid; EUR 47,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shuttle service Maassluis

On-site gym and sports facilities

Healthy company restaurant

Hybrid work policy

Up to 8 weeks vacation

Job summary

Lely Holding is seeking a Product Engineer Cleaning to develop and validate cleaning solutions for the Lely Astronaut, our automated milking system. You’ll design experiments, build test setups, analyze data, and translate findings into practical product improvements across lab, workshop, and farm settings.

You will collaborate with mechanical, software and systems engineers, suppliers, and sustainability specialists to enhance cleaning performance, water and energy efficiency, and product

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering or a comparable technical discipline.
• Experience in product development, process engineering, testing or validation in a technical environment.
• Affinity with fluid dynamics, process technology or cleaning systems.
• Experience designing experiments and translating results into product improvements.
• Strong communication and collaboration across technical disciplines.
• Good command of English; Dutch is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and validate cleaning processes for new and existing products.
• Translate technical challenges into experiments, test methods and practical solutions.
• Analyze data from laboratory, workshop and field tests to optimize cleaning performance, water consumption and energy efficiency.
• Collaborate with mechanical, software and systems engineers, suppliers and sustainability specialists.
• Evaluate sensors, materials and process performance to improve product quality, reliability and sustainability.
• Contribute to the successful introduction of new technologies from concept through validation and implementation.

Skills

Experience in product development

Process engineering

Testing/validation

Fluid dynamics affinity

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical/Process Engineering

Job description

Lely Holding is seeking a Product Engineer Cleaning to develop and validate cleaning solutions for the Lely Astronaut, our automated milking system. You’ll design experiments, build test setups, analyze data, and translate findings into practical product improvements across lab, workshop, and farm settings.

You will collaborate with mechanical, software and systems engineers, suppliers, and sustainability specialists to enhance cleaning performance, water and energy efficiency, and product