Senior Mechanical Engineer — Lead End-to-End Design

ISISPACE Group; Delft; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Qabird in Delft is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to take technical ownership of mechanical design activities across complex projects. The role involves leading designs from early trade-offs to detailed release, ensuring high engineering quality, and mentoring junior engineers.

The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in mechanical engineering and a degree in Mechanical Engineering. A hybrid work model is offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant mechanical engineering experience.
• Proven ability to own a design scope end-to-end and align stakeholders.
• Strong skills in documentation and design verification.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical design from concept to detailed design and release.
• Ensure designs meet manufacturability, reliability, and integration requirements.
• Run design reviews and participate in technical decision-making.

Skills

Mechanical Design

Requirements-driven engineering

Design Verification

Mentoring

Education

BSc/MSc in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will take technical ownership of mechanical design activities across complex projects. You will drive designs from early trade-offs to detailed release, ensure high engineering quality, and mentor other engineers, while working closely with multidisciplinary teams.

What you’ll do

• Lead mechanical design from concept, trade-offs and analysis to detailed design and release.

• Ensure designs meet requirements for manufacturability, reliability and integration.

• Contribute to mechanical aspects of thermal-related topics (interfaces, housings, conduction/insulation design choices).

• Run and participate in design reviews, risk mitigation and technical decision-making.

• Guide and mentor junior/medior engineers and help raise team standards (documentation, reviews, ways of working).

• BSc/MSc in Mechanical Engineering (or similar)

• 5+ years of relevant mechanical engineering experience after graduation.

• Experience mentoring and supporting team members.

• Proven ability to own a design scope end-to-end and align stakeholders

• Strong skills in requirements-driven engineering, documentation and design verification

• Nice to have: experience in high-reliability product development environments (e.g., aerospace, high-tech, automotive, semicon)