Design Engineer

Avantor Sciences; Hillegom; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th month

Bonus scheme

31 days holidays

Pension plan

Job summary

Avantor is seeking a motivated Design Engineer to join the Single-Use Designing team in Hillegom. The hybrid role allows two remote days weekly and focuses on drawings, prototypes, and engineering documentation for single-use systems in life sciences.

A 1-year contract with a competitive base salary plus benefits is offered. Responsibilities include creating approval drawings, maintaining BOMs/MOMs, and conducting tests.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills in English; Dutch is a great asset.
• Experience in design engineering for life sciences/biopharma is preferred.
• Ability to develop drawings, BOMs, and MOMs in ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop approval drawings and prototypes for single-use systems.
• Enter and maintain BOMs and MOMs in ERP.
• Coordinate tests (pressure, pull, etc.) and prepare validation packets for customers.
• Support production and engineering harmonization activities and vendor interactions.

Skills

Design engineering

Communication skills

Problem solving

Customer relationships

English proficiency

Dutch language

Tools

PDM Software

Job description

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.

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.

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.

• 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

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 as these 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.