Senior Mechanical Designer: End-to-End Systems Lead

High Tech Campus Eindhoven; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy to shape your work

Competitive salary

Professional development

25 vacation days

Pension plan

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

SCIL Nanoimprint seeks a Senior Mechanical Designer to own end-to-end mechanical system design, realization, and testing for products and prototypes. You will collaborate with the System Architect, Project Manager, and engineering teams to transform ambitious concepts into robust, manufacturable solutions.

You will lead reviews, guide less experienced colleagues, and drive hands-on execution in a fast-moving high-tech environment, including occasional international travel.

Qualifications

• Educational foundation: Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years /Master’sdegree with 7+ years, in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
• Precision engineering: Solid understanding of mechanical tolerances, GD&T, materialselection, and precision design principles.
• Manufacturabilityexpertise: Strong knowledge of mechanical part manufacturability and mechanical assembly design.
• 3D CAD mastery: Proficient in 3D CAD modeling, preferably in NX / Teamcenter.
• Engineering methods: Hands‑on experience with DFM/DFA and FMEA (required); familiarity with 8D and DoE is highly appreciated.
• Systems thinking: Capable of performing theoretical studies of critical parameters and making sound technical trade-offs.
• Leadership & collaboration: Able to guide less experienced colleagues, work constructively in reviews, and advocate ideas with colleagues, management,customersand suppliers.
• Languages: Strongproficiencyin English; Dutch is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead process industrialization of SCIL nanoimprint technology for customer productionlines.
• Drive yield improvement using statistical data analysis, SPC, DOE, and root-cause methodologies.
• Analyze production data toidentifytrends, variations, and improvementopportunities.
• Set up, qualify, andoptimizeprocesses in customerfabenvironments.
• Define and control process windows, KPIs, and qualitymetrics.
• Own process documentation, work instructions, control plans, and qualificationreports.
• Support tool and module qualification, ramp-up, and volume manufacturingreadiness.
• Act as a key technical interface to customers, providing hands‑on support and clear communication.
• Collaborate closely with R&D, applications, and engineering teams to close the loop between development andproduction.
• Contribute to scaling SCIL’s production maturity as the company grows from startup to scale-up.
• Occasional international travel to customers and manufacturing sites is part of the role.

Skills

3D CAD mastery

Leadership & collaboration

Systems thinking

English proficiency

Dutch (plus)

DFM/DFA & FMEA

GD&T

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics

Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics

Tools

NX / Teamcenter

Job description

SCIL Nanoimprint seeks a Senior Mechanical Designer to own end-to-end mechanical system design, realization, and testing for products and prototypes. You will collaborate with the System Architect, Project Manager, and engineering teams to transform ambitious concepts into robust, manufacturable solutions.

You will lead reviews, guide less experienced colleagues, and drive hands-on execution in a fast-moving high-tech environment, including occasional international travel.