Systems Engineer

ROM Utrecht Region; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vitestro, based in Utrecht, pioneers autonomous robotic phlebotomy with Aletta ARPD. As a Systems Engineer you own key functions across the product lifecycle, translating feature requests into function and system requirements while maturing designs for manufacturability, reliability and cost.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams across mechanical, electrical, software and industrialization, drive design transfers to production, and collaborate with suppliers to optimise processes, quality and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in engineering.
• 5+ years design & development of mechatronic devices.
• Experience with manufacturing techniques and design-for-manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary design projects across mechanical, electrical, software, and industrialization disciplines.
• Steer and coach discipline engineers, setting high quality standards.
• Translate system-level requirements into function and sub-system requirements and define interfaces.
• Design for manufacturability across sheet metal, plastics, and machined parts; select appropriate processes.
• Design and integrate electromechanical, fluidic/pneumatic, and sensing content with serviceability in mind.
• Define and lead verifications and validations at function and system level.
• Collaborate with suppliers to implement design/process improvements and cost-down strategies.
• Monitor function performance and troubleshoot issues using field data and standards.

Skills

Mechatronic design

Project management

Team leadership

System integration

Design for manufacturability

Electromechanical systems

Fluidics design

Supplier management

CAD software proficiency

Problem-solving

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronics

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Vitestro is active in pioneering the future of blood collection with the Aletta® Autonomous Robotic Phlebotomy Device™ (ARPD™). Founded in 2017 in Utrecht, the company is transforming one of the most common medical procedures by addressing healthcare staffing shortages and improving patient experience. With a rapidly growing team of over 130 members, Vitestro is committed to continuous innovation and improvement.

As a systems engineer, you own a set of the device's key functions across their full product lifecycle, managing these functions end-to-end and translating feature requests and system-level requirements into function and sub-system requirements. You will be central to maturing designs for manufacturability, reliability, and cost, while leading multi-disciplinary design work and coaching discipline engineers through technical excellence.

• Lead multidisciplinary design projects across your functions — coordinating and delegating work among mechanical, electrical, software, and industrialization disciplines to ensure effective, efficient design outputs that meet stakeholder requirements
• Steer, coach and technically manage discipline engineers (e.g., mechanical and/or software), setting high standards for quality and best practices and helping colleagues grow.
• Translate system-level requirements and feature requests into function and sub-system requirement breakdowns, establish acceptance criteria, and co-work with fellow systems engineers to detail the interfaces between functions
• Take your functions through design, integration, verification and design transfer to production — designing for manufacturability across sheet metal and weldments, formed and molded plastics, machining, and additive (SLS/FDM), and selecting the right process for each part
• Design and integrate electromechanical, fluidic/pneumatic and sensing content — pumps, valves, manifolds, tubing and sealing, stepper actuation, optical/capacitive sensing, and cable harnesses — with attention to serviceability, reliability and manufacturability
• Define and lead (and where needed co-execute) verifications and validations at function and system level
• Contribute to the refinement of our design and supplier management processes — including reviewing the supplier and parts quality control plan — and work together with our suppliers to implement design and/or process improvements, including cost-down and design-for-assembly optimization across a largely bought-in set of functions
• Monitor function performance across the lifecycle using field data, guard requirements and standards compliance, and troubleshoot issues at both function and system level
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics or a similar background
• >5 years working experience in design & development of mechatronic devices
• Experience with industrialization / design-for-manufacturing of actuated (dynamic, moving) systems, and hands-on design experience across manufacturing techniques such as sheet metal, formed/molded plastics and machined part
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary design projects and steering or coaching discipline engineers to deliver design outputs that meet stakeholder requirements
• Competitive salary including pension plan
• 25 days of annual leave based on a full-time position
• Working together in a high-skilled team with our home base in Utrecht
• Frequent out-of-work activities with our team, and annual company weekend away
• Opportunity to be key shaper of a new global industry niche: autonomous medical robotics

Skills required for the job

Mechatronic design Project management team leadership System Integration Design for manufacturability Electromechanical systems Fluidics design Supplier Management CAD software proficiency Problem-solving Communication Collaboration