Mechanical Engineer – End-to-End Flight Battery Systems

Tulip Tech; 's-Hertogenbosch; On-site; EUR 37,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch on-site

38 paid days off per year

8% holiday allowance

Travel reimbursement

Pension via PMT

Job summary

Tulip Tech in Den Bosch designs and manufactures high-density lithium battery systems for drones and electric aircraft. Following a 2025 partnership with the Dutch Ministry of Defence, the company is scaling from prototype development to volume production.

The Mechanical Engineer will own the end-to-end mechanical chain, from CAD to production handover, delivering light, strong, thermally sound, and manufacturable assemblies for aerospace use.

Qualifications

• Proven mechanical design experience in a real manufacturing or production environment (2–7 years).
• Strong SolidWorks skills: assemblies, drawings, and BOM management.
• FEA and thermal analysis to validate designs under structural and thermal load.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing methods: CNC machining, injection molding, sheet metal, and extrusion.
• A hands‑on mentality: you build and break things to prove they work, not just model them.
• The judgment to work from engineering knowledge and experience, and to correct a design when it is wrong.

Responsibilities

• Own the mechanical design end-to-end from CAD to production handover.
• Validate designs for structural integrity and environmental durability using FEA and thermal analysis.
• Build and test prototypes with CNC, 3D printing, and shop tools before production.
• Reduce mechanical iteration time through early prototyping and design-for-manufacture feedback.
• Establish repeatable mechanical design and validation practices as we scale to volume.
• Prepare specifications, test results, and compliance documentation for certification.

Skills

SolidWorks

FEA

Thermal analysis

CNC machining

Sheet metal

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Tulip Tech in Den Bosch designs and manufactures high-density lithium battery systems for drones and electric aircraft. Following a 2025 partnership with the Dutch Ministry of Defence, the company is scaling from prototype development to volume production.

The Mechanical Engineer will own the end-to-end mechanical chain, from CAD to production handover, delivering light, strong, thermally sound, and manufacturable assemblies for aerospace use.