Manufacturing Engineer: Scale Production & Lean

High Tech Source; 's-Hertogenbosch; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Ownership & impact

Growth opportunities

Collaborative team

Job summary

High Tech Source, based near Den Bosch, seeks a hands-on Manufacturing Engineer to scale early-stage products into efficient, repeatable production. You will design manufacturing processes, tooling, and assembly systems while collaborating with engineering and production teams.

You’ll be involved from first builds through ramp-up and scaling, focusing on cost, quality, and throughput improvements. A degree in engineering and 3+ years in manufacturing are preferred, with electronics experience

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering or industrialization.
• Degree in mechanical, industrial, or systems engineering.
• Experience in small to medium-scale assembly environments.
• Familiar with lean manufacturing and quality systems.
• Bonus: experience with electronics.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale production processes and line architectures.
• Develop layouts, capacity planning, and takt time models.
• Define production cells, material flow, and staffing.
• Select and validate tooling, equipment, and automation.
• Lead pilot builds and industrialization phases.
• Drive continuous improvement in quality, cost, and throughput.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Lean manufacturing

Quality systems

Electronics (bonus)

Education

Degree in mechanical, industrial, or systems engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Process simulation

Job description

High Tech Source, based near Den Bosch, seeks a hands-on Manufacturing Engineer to scale early-stage products into efficient, repeatable production. You will design manufacturing processes, tooling, and assembly systems while collaborating with engineering and production teams.

You’ll be involved from first builds through ramp-up and scaling, focusing on cost, quality, and throughput improvements. A degree in engineering and 3+ years in manufacturing are preferred, with electronics experience