Photonics Process & Manufacturing Team Lead (NPI & Scale-Up)

PHIX Photonics Assembly; Enschede; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 40 days

International team

Open culture

Development opportunities

Job summary

PHIX Photonics Assembly in Enschede, Netherlands seeks a Team Manager Process & Manufacturing Engineering to lead a seven-strong engineering team and drive the New Product Introduction process from concept to full-scale production.

You will coach engineers, set priorities and stay closely involved in process development, troubleshooting and industrialisation to improve quality and efficiency across photonics manufacturing.

Qualifications

• MSc degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or another relevant technical discipline.
• At least three years of experience in New Product Introduction, manufacturing engineering or process engineering.
• Proven experience leading, coaching or mentoring engineering teams.
• Solid technical background in precision assembly, semiconductor packaging, photonics or a comparable high-tech manufacturing environment.
• Strong organisational, stakeholder-management and reporting skills.
• Fluency in English.
• Proficiency in Dutch, or willingness to learn, is an advantage.
• A Lean Six Sigma belt is an advantage.
• Practical experience applying continuous-improvement methods to optimise production processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and mentor a multidisciplinary team of seven Process and Manufacturing Engineers.
• Build the team’s technical capabilities and support operational excellence.
• Take ownership of the complete New Product Introduction process.
• Ensure products and processes transition from concept to full-scale production.
• Continuously improve quality, yield, efficiency and manufacturability.
• Apply Lean Six Sigma methods to identify and implement process improvements.
• Provide technical guidance in die bonding, polishing, dicing and automated optical assembly.
• Support the team with process development, troubleshooting and industrialisation.
• Define the engineering roadmap and determine technical priorities.
• Allocate resources across projects and activities.
• Work closely with customers, R&D and production teams to develop scalable manufacturing solutions.
• Monitor progress and report clearly to stakeholders.

Skills

Team leadership & coaching

Stakeholder management

Process development

Lean Six Sigma

Education

MSc in Engineering/Manufacturing

Tools

Die bonding

Polishing

Dicing

Automated optical assembly

Job description

PHIX Photonics Assembly in Enschede, Netherlands seeks a Team Manager Process & Manufacturing Engineering to lead a seven-strong engineering team and drive the New Product Introduction process from concept to full-scale production.

You will coach engineers, set priorities and stay closely involved in process development, troubleshooting and industrialisation to improve quality and efficiency across photonics manufacturing.