Program Manager NPI (senior) | Lamers High Tech Systems

Aalberts advanced mechatronics; Nijmegen; Hybrid; EUR 56,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Aalberts advanced mechatronics, via Lamers High Tech Systems in Nijmegen, seeks a Program Manager NPI to own end-to-end NPI value streams and translate OEM requirements into a precise Product Generation Process. You will lead multidisciplinary teams to achieve quality, yield and on-schedule delivery.

You collaborate with engineering, operations, quality, and procurement, and manage relationships with international customers such as ASML, driving manufacturability and scale while ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical or business engineering discipline.
• Around 10 to 20 years of experience as a project or program manager in high-tech, semicon, or mechatronics.
• Proven track record with PGP models, NPI trajectories, Build to Print, and managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication and presentation skills towards demanding international customers and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Directly lead 2 to 3 large NPI projects.
• Secure the Product Generation Process (PGP) from specification and prototyping to process validation and series production.
• Translate customer requirements (Build to Print and Build to Print Plus) into feasible product designs and manufacturable production processes in close collaboration with ASML.
• Strengthen customer contact at both strategic and tactical levels, including delivering compelling presentations and progress reports.

Skills

PGP models

NPI trajectories

Build to Print

multidisciplinary teams

communication skills

presentation skills

stakeholder management

international customers

project management

team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering

Job description

Drive complex NPI programs in high-tech semicon and transform customer designs directly into zero-defect series production.

We are looking for a program manager NPI. This is your chance to turn your ambition into impact and shape the future at Aalberts.

As program manager NPI at Lamers High Tech Systems (part of Aalberts advanced mechatronics), located in Nijmegen, you take full ownership of the operational and strategic leadership of a complete NPI value stream. You translate complex OEM requirements into a tightly structured Product Generation Process (PGP) and lead multidisciplinary teams to achieve precision, yield, and time-to-market targets. You work closely with engineering, operations, quality departments, and the customer, reporting to the Director Innovation & Development.

the Aalberts way

Aalberts is built on entrepreneurship. We believe the more space people are given, the greater their chance of finding brilliant solutions for our customers. That is why we encourage everyone to take ownership, think independently yet work as one team. You are in charge today of what happens tomorrow. For yourself, for the company, and for our planet.

Lamers High Tech Systems, part of Aalberts advanced mechatronics, is a specialist in ultra-high purity gas and fluid systems for demanding environments. We design, engineer, produce, qualify, and install complex systems where quality, reliability, precision, and predictability are essential. Operating from Nijmegen, we work in close partnership with world leaders in the semiconductor industry.

As program manager NPI, you are responsible for the operational and strategic leadership of a complete value stream within Engineering and New Product Introduction. You translate the requirements of top-tier customers like ASML into a tightly structured Product Generation Process and lead multidisciplinary project teams to achieve complex quality and delivery targets. You manage 2 to 3 large and you own the end-to-end Product Generation Process: from initial customer specifications and concept definition to prototyping, process validation, and seamless transfer into high-volume manufacturing.

You serve as the vital link between engineering, operations, quality, procurement, and demanding (international) clients. You move effortlessly between Build to Print and Build to Print Plus, engaging early in the design phase to influence concept choices that maximize manufacturability and guarantee flawless scaling. This is a role for a seasoned senior professional who takes ownership of customer relationships, brings clarity to complex engineering projects, and co-operates closely with internal teams to drive operational performance, energized by presenting, building trust, and creating strategic alignment with key stakeholders.

Concretely, this means:

• Directly lead 2 to 3 large NPI projects.
• Secure the Product Generation Process (PGP) from specification and prototyping to process validation and series production.
• Translate customer requirements (Build to Print and Build to Print Plus) into feasible product designs and manufacturable production processes in close collaboration with ASML.
• Strengthen customer contact at both strategic and tactical levels, including delivering compelling presentations and progress reports.

requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical or business engineering discipline (e.g., Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or Industrial Engineering).
• Around 10 to 20 years of experience as a project or program manager in the high-tech, semicon, or mechatronics industry.
• Proven track record with PGP models, NPI trajectories, Build to Print, and managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication and presentation skills towards demanding international customers and internal stakeholders.

what you get in return

• Salary between € 5,000 and € 7.500 gross per month (full-time, depending on knowledge and experience).
• 24 holiday days + 13 ADV days.
• Located in Nijmegen (1 day of working from home is standard for this position).
• The opportunity to build something substantial and shape your team within a growing, top-tier company.
• A working environment where entrepreneurship and ownership are genuinely valued.

go ahead, work the future at Aalberts

why work at Aalberts?

• globally renowned company, dedicated to technological innovation and excellence
• diverse teams of passionate individuals, committed to making a difference
• professional growth and development opportunities
• think independently yet work as one team
• be in charge today of what happens tomorrow

about Aalberts

We are a company over 13,000 passionate people spread across 50 countries, working as one to engineer mission-critical technologies, making impact in everyday life.

From eco-friendly buildings to high-tech manufacturing, from miniscule microchips to the largest seagoing vessels, from next gen vehicles to lightweight airplanes. Since 1975, we have been at the forefront of where technological innovation truly matters and progress is really made for a clean, smart and responsible future.

At Aalberts advanced mechatronics, we thrive in a world connected by microchips, we engineer leading-edge, tailor-made technologies together with semicon OEM’s. We support OEM growth by accelerating technological breakthroughs.

equal opportunity

Aalberts and its subsidiaries are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability or veteran status, or other protected status.