Design Automation Engineer

ALTEN; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent contract

Lease car with fuel card

Hybrid working

Monthly net expense allowance

27 vacation days

Pension scheme without personal contribution

Job summary

ALTEN is seeking a Design Automation Engineer in Eindhoven to transform manual design processes into automated systems. The successful candidate will develop design automation models using Tacton, ensuring integration with SolidWorks for efficient 3D model generation.

A strong mechanical design background and hands-on experience with design automation are essential. The role offers a permanent contract, hybrid working options, and attractive benefits including a lease car, vacation days, and a pension scheme.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience with Tacton and ability to explain previous projects.
• Strong background in mechanical/machine design.
• Ability to translate engineering knowledge into structured automation logic.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain design automation models in Tacton.
• Support integration of Tacton with SolidWorks for automated model generation.
• Analyze current manual workflows and identify automation opportunities.

Skills

Tacton

Mechanical design

Design automation

Rule-based engineering

Parametric design

Job description

We are looking for a Design Automation Engineer with proven hands‑on experience in Tacton, ideally combined with a strong background in SolidWorks and mechanical design.

Today, many machine designs are still created manually in 3D, despite a high degree of standardization across platforms and configurations. The goal of this role is to help move from a manual design process toward a more automated, rules‑based and scalable setup.

You will play a key role in building, maintaining and improving the automation logic behind configurable machine designs, and is expected to become one of the internal reference points / knowledge owners for this domain.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain design automation models in Tacton.
• Support the integration of Tacton with SolidWorks for automated 3D model generation.
• Translate existing engineering standards and design logic into rule‑based automation.
• Analyze current manual workflows and identify opportunities for further automation.
• Work closely with mechanical engineering teams to capture product rules, variants and
• Help structure and maintain a robust and scalable configuration logic.
• Act as a technical expert in design automation and configurators.
• Contribute to improving efficiency, consistency and standardization in machine design.

Your profile

• Proven hands‑on experience with Tacton. You should be able to clearly explain previous experience and projects involving Tacton.
• Strong background in mechanical design / machine design.
• Experience with design automation, rule‑based engineering, parametric design or configurators.
• Ability to translate engineering knowledge into structured automation logic.

Nice‑to‑have

• Experience in machine building, industrial equipment, packaging systems or similar environments.
• Experience with other configurator or automation tools.
• Familiarity with product standardization and modular machine architectures.
• Experience working in cross‑functional engineering teams.

Working Conditions

• You get a permanent contract.
• You get a lease car with a fuel card.
• Possibility of hybrid working.
• Monthly net expense allowance.
• 27 vacation days with the possibility to purchase 10 extra vacation days.
• Pension scheme without personal contribution.