Development Engineer

Sigma Industry Innovation AB; Lunds kommun; On-site; SEK 480,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Sigma Industry Innovation AB in Lund, Sweden, seeks a Development Engineer for equipment development. You will work in a scrum team to bridge design and reality, ensuring functional, serviceable, and user-friendly solutions optimized for their intended purpose.

Responsibilities include planning and commissioning test equipment, driving verification activities for filling technologies, executing physical tests, documenting results, and collaborating with teams to translate concepts into

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Design Engineering, Mechatronics, or a similar technical field.
• Strong practical hands-on engineering capabilities.
• Experience working with mechanical equipment, machinery development, testing, or commissioning.
• Experience in planning and executing physical tests and evaluations.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and mechanical designs.
• Structured approach to documenting test results and technical conclusions.
• Fluent in English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Planning, preparing, rebuilding, and commissioning test equipment and test rigs.
• Driving practical development and verification activities for filling technologies and equipment.
• Executing physical tests and documenting results, observations, and recommendations.
• Supporting strategic investments and upgrades of filling equipment and development test environments.
• Defining test methods, test setups, and evaluation criteria for development activities.
• Troubleshooting equipment, test setups, and machine functionality during development programs.
• Collaborating with development teams to translate concepts into practical and testable solutions.
• Evaluating mechanical designs and providing feedback on functionality, serviceability and maintainability, user-friendliness and operator interaction, robustness and reliability, and fitness for intended purpose.
• Challenging and improving proposed design solutions from a practical engineering perspective.
• Contributing to verification and validation plans and ensuring timely execution of development tests.

Skills

Hands-on engineering

Mechanical design

Test execution

Documentation

English fluency

Education

Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

CAD

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Development Engineer in the equipment development context. You will work as part of a scrum team with a broad role focusing on practical testing, bridging the gap between design and reality, and ensuring solutions are functional, serviceable, user-friendly, and optimized for their intended purpose.

Responsibilities

• Planning, preparing, rebuilding, and commissioning test equipment and test rigs.
• Driving practical development and verification activities for filling technologies and equipment.
• Executing physical tests and documenting results, observations, and recommendations.
• Supporting strategic investments and upgrades of filling equipment and development test environments.
• Defining test methods, test setups, and evaluation criteria for development activities.
• Troubleshooting equipment, test setups, and machine functionality during development programs.
• Collaborating with development teams to translate concepts into practical and testable solutions.
• Evaluating mechanical designs and providing feedback on functionality and performance, serviceability and maintainability, user-friendliness and operator interaction, robustness and reliability, and fitness for intended purpose.
• Challenging and improving proposed design solutions from a practical engineering perspective.
• Contributing to verification and validation plans and ensuring timely execution of development tests.

Required skills

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Design Engineering, Mechatronics, or a similar technical field.
• Strong practical hands-on engineering capabilities.
• Experience working with mechanical equipment, machinery development, testing, or commissioning.
• Experience in planning and executing physical tests and evaluations.
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and mechanical designs.
• Structured approach to documenting test results and technical conclusions.
• Fluent in English, written and spoken.

Preferred skills

• Experience from food processing, filling equipment, packaging machinery, or related industries.
• Knowledge of filling technologies and/or knowledge related to filling of liquid food products from other context.
• Experience with mechanical design review and constructive design feedback.
• Experience with machine rebuilds, installations, and commissioning.
• Understanding of product validation and verification activities.
• Knowledge of hygienic design principles.
• Experience of working with automation systems hands-on / operationally.

Soft skills

• Practical problem solver with a strong hands-on mindset, passionate about physical testing.
• Independent and proactive with the ability to drive activities forward.
• Curious and eager to understand how equipment performs in real-life operation.
• Able to challenge technical solutions in a constructive and professional way.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Team player who enjoys working across engineering disciplines.
• Pragmatic, adaptable, and results-oriented.
• Strong ownership mentality and focus on quality and safety.

More information

For more information please contact Andreas Holmgren at [phone] or [e-mail].