Design Engineer

vwr; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 48,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th month

Bonus scheme

31 days holidays

Pension plan

Job summary

Avantor is seeking a Design Engineer for the Single-Use Designing team, based in Hillegom, Netherlands. The role involves developing and creating drawings and prototypes for single-use products in life sciences/biopharma, under hybrid work arrangements (two days remote).

A 1-year contract is offered with a competitive base salary plus 13th month, bonus scheme, holidays, and pension. Responsibilities include creating approval drawings, BOM/MOM maintenance in ERP, feasibility studies, and testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Biomedical Engineering.
• 2–3 years in design engineering; experience in developing drawings is a plus.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD and SolidWorks; MS Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Develop and create approval drawings, product engineering docs, prototypes, and sample sets.
• Ensure assemblies meet customer performance criteria and testing requirements.
• Collaborate with design engineers, account managers, production, and quality teams.

Skills

Strong communication

Proactive

Organized

Education

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

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

MS Excel

MS Office

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?

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.

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.

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