Prototype Mechanical Technician — Mechatronics & Assembly

Sioux; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

As a Prototype Mechanical Technician, you are responsible for assembling, adjusting, inspecting, and testing newly developed machines, systems, and sub-modules.

In this role, you apply your knowledge of manufacturability and assembly processes to ensure product quality. You work closely with a team to realize new products and are responsible for assembling systems, often without detailed work instructions. Throughout this process, you play a key role as a mechanical technician, contributing to a wide range of mechatronic products.

What excites you as a Proto Technician - Mechanics?

From our assembly facility in Eindhoven, you like to:

• Assemble and adjust mechatronic modules and systems.
• Test modules and complete machines.
• Troubleshoot problems in the assembly process.
• Modify components using machining equipment (eg CNC).
• Identify and propose process and product improvements.
• Be involved as a Prototype Mechanical Technician from the earliest product design phases and providing valuable technical input.

This is what you bring to the table

• A completed MBO (vocational) degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with precision mechanics and mechatronics as applied in high‑tech instruments and equipment.
• Experience in assembling, installing, adjusting, and testing mechatronic systems or modules, preferably in prototype machine building.
• Experience reading mechanical engineering drawings, preferably created in NX, including 3D models and technical drawings.
• Experience manufacturing parts on lathes and milling machines, both conventional and CNC, is considered an advantage.
• You are resourceful, creative, independent, and enthusiastic.
• You have a good command of both Dutch and English, spoken and written, and possess strong communication skills.

This is what you can expect in return from Sioux

• Flexible 32‑40 hour working week, with room to work from home.
• A healthy work‑life balance is very important to us. We have 28 holidays with an option to buy an additional 12 holidays.
• You will work with passionate colleagues who share your drive for technology and business success.
• By combining our expertise in software, electronics, mechanics, mechatronics, mathematics and assembly, we make the impossible possible for our customers and get to work on challenging high‑tech projects.
• You get a lot of freedom and responsibility; after all, you know exactly what you are doing.
• Personal coaching and a training budget of €6000 per year, so that you can continue to develop yourself.
• We also find it important to have fun together. We organize a lot for our employees, from family festivals and sparkling Christmas parties, to inspiring knowledge sessions for the high‑tech community.
• Our Sioux office is located in a prime location in the heart of the Brainport region. At our main office you can enjoy lunch, sports, making music, and sharing your knowledge with colleagues in one of our Tech Labs.

High Tech & High Fun

We can tell you all about the typical Sioux‑culture and the high‑tech challenging projects. About how you can develop yourself, like nowhere else. But we’d rather have you hear it from our own employees.

Export control

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the US Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require Sioux to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.