Design Engineer

VWR, part of Avantor; Hillegom; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th month

Bonus scheme

31 holidays

Pension plan

Job summary

Avantor's Single-Use Designing team in Hillegom is seeking a Design Engineer to develop drawings and prototypes for life sciences/biopharma products, ensuring assemblies meet customer performance criteria and creating engineering documentation.

This full-time hybrid role offers a 1-year contract with two remote days, a competitive base salary, and benefits including a 13th month, bonus scheme, 31 holidays, and a pension plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Biomedical Engineering required.
• 2–3 years of design engineering experience; experience with drawings.
• Experience in Life Sciences/biopharma is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop approval drawings and engineering documentation.
• Create BOMs and maintain ERP data.
• Collaborate with account managers, production and quality.
• Assist in cost estimation and testing of products.
• Travel to customer locations as needed.

Skills

Strong communication in English

Proactive

Adaptable

Customer-focused

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Biomedical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

MS Office (Excel)

Job description

The Opportunity:

Under moderate supervision, responsible for creating systems and applications based on their expertise. Provide recommendations on improving existing systems to boost its performance and increase efficiency. Produce detail working drawings utilizing AutoCAD. Develop concept layout and design of electronic enclosures and custom products from business customer specifications.
Avantor is looking for a motivated Design Engineer to join our Single-Use Designing team. Are you looking to work in an international environment and to utilize your recent experience as a Design Engineer? Keep on reading!

This is a full-time hybrid position based in Hillegom. You will have the opportunity to work from home for two days a week. As a successful Design Engineer, your main focus is to develop and create drawings and prototypes of single-use products in the life sciences/biopharma industry. If you would like to be part of our journey, where we support our clients with vaccine & medicine development – Let’s talk!

We offer a 1-year contract, which will be extended after positive evaluation. Next to a competitive base salary, we offer benefits like 13th month, bonus scheme, 31 days of holidays, and a pension plan.

Position Profile

This position is responsible for the development / creation of approval drawings, product related engineering documentation, prototypes, and sample sets for the single-use systems business. This includes ensuring the assembly will meet the performance criteria required by the customer. The individual performs a variety of functions including design, fabrication, assembly or testing in the production of electrical, mechanical, or other components/devices. This position will work closely with design engineers, account managers, customer service, production, and quality.

The team

Avantor’s Singe-Use Designing team is part of our Engineering department. The team currently supports the creation of innovative Single-Use Biopharma products.

What we’re looking for

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Biomedical Engineering

Experience: 2-3 years of experience as a Design Engineer; including competency in developing drawings. Life Sciences industry experience is a plus!

Tools: Good knowledge of MS Office (mainly Excel), AutoCAD and SolidWorks, or a similar software

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong communication skills in English; Dutch is a great asset
• Pro‑active, adaptable, and flexible
• Highly organized, good problem‑solving skills, and customer‑friendly personality
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Ability to develop and maintain professional relationships with customers and suppliers.
• Ability to grasp technical concepts and their application to customer’s processes.
• Experience working with piping/tubing systems.
• Technical knowledge & understanding of P&IDs (Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams)
• Knowledge / experience working with engineering plastics & thermoelastic materials.
• Knowledge of GD&T
• Knowledge of PDM Software

How you will thrive and create an impact

• Develop both basic and more technically detailed approval drawings based on sketches or descriptions from account managers or customers.
• Select appropriate subcomponents and ensuring all connections are engineered to function as required (i.e., temperature, pressure). This may include developing test protocols and performing physical tests.
• Calculate cost of Single Use products using software provided.
• Entering/maintaining Bills of Materials (BOM) and Method of Manufacturing (MOM) in ERP system.
• Conduct feasibility and cost estimation of products to ensure the design can meet business and customer needs.
• Organize the performing of and/or personally perform various tests (e.g., pressure test, pull test, etc.) and create validation packets for customers.
• Maintain engineering documents including a library of all subcomponents with appropriate data.
• Take role in engineering harmonization activities, global engineering process development projects as a team member.
• Assist in resolving customer complaints in a timely manner; notify management of problems and suggest corrective actions.
• Contact with existing / new vendors to implement state of the art industry solutions.
• Understand and support company operating procedures to provide proper and effective service to all customers and foster the development of long‑term business relationships.
• Support and consult production department especially on engineering related issues.
• Travel to customer locations to assist sales team with customer opportunities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world.

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