NPI Manufacturing Engineer - High-Tech Process Innovator

NTS; Hengelo; Hybrid; EUR 53,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 days off (27 vacation + 13 ADV)

Work from home: 1 day/week with €2.40/

Annual budget €150 for vitality/gym/Al

Travel allowance €0.21/km

Pension PME

Laptop and mobile phone

Fresh fruit at work

Job summary

NTS Hengelo seeks a Manufacturing Engineer (NPI) to join the small but skilled NPI team. You will ensure manufacturability and set up processes for new high-tech products, from design to series production, collaborating with designers, project leaders and shop-floor staff.

You will translate complex tolerances into robust production methods, contribute during Design For Manufacturing, and actively improve process stability and quality across machining and assembly in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or similar.
• Strong technical insight into manufacturability, tolerances and metalworking.
• Experience in a high-tech production environment preferred.
• Knowledge of SPC, CPK, PFMEA and root cause analysis an asset.
• Analytical skills to translate design choices into process impact.
• Strong communication between engineering and shop floor.
• Proficiency in Dutch for drawings and shop-floor communication.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex customer specifications into a technically manageable production approach.
• Set up and optimize production processes within high-tech machining.
• Prepare production documents like drawings and work instructions.
• Analyze process data (SPC, CPK, machine performance) and initiate structural improvements.
• Work closely with operators and production to improve manufacturability and process stability.
• Be the technical contact within NPI projects and support predictable, quality-stable series production.

Skills

Manufacturability knowledge

High-tech production experience

Quality methods SPC/CPK/PFMEA

Analytical skills

Strong communication skills

Dutch language

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics

Job description

NTS Hengelo seeks a Manufacturing Engineer (NPI) to join the small but skilled NPI team. You will ensure manufacturability and set up processes for new high-tech products, from design to series production, collaborating with designers, project leaders and shop-floor staff.

You will translate complex tolerances into robust production methods, contribute during Design For Manufacturing, and actively improve process stability and quality across machining and assembly in a dynamic environment.