Sioux Technologies

Eindhoven, North Brabant

Senior Designer Mechanics

FULL TIME ON-SITE SENIOR
Posted 6 days ago

Quick Summary

Role Overview

As a Senior Designer Mechanics, you will act as a key partner to Architects in developing cutting-edge high-tech equipment for the semiconductor and medical industries. You will lead the translation of complex specifications into innovative mechanical concepts for advanced lithography, microscopy, and automated analysis devices.

Key Responsibilities

  • Translate specifications into innovative mechanical concepts and design solutions
  • Perform essential hand calculations and detailed tolerance analyses
  • Create 3D visualizations of designs in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams
  • Ensure designs meet manufacturing assembly and serviceability standards
  • Coordinate with suppliers to align on manufacturability and component integration
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers and designers

Requirements Snapshot

  • BSc or MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electro-mechanics
  • At least ten years of experience in mechatronic and precision system design
  • Proficiency in Design for Excellence principles including cost and serviceability
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to coach and guide others
  • Legal authorization to access technology controlled under US Export Administration Regulations

Expected Impact

You will drive the development of next-generation high-tech solutions by bridging the gap between architectural concepts and physical reality. Your technical leadership and expertise in precision engineering will ensure the delivery of high-quality manufacturable products that solve complex challenges for international clients in the Brainport region.

This summary was generated from the original job posting (AI-assisted, human-reviewed). For full details, see the description below.

Job Description

As a Senior Designer Mechanics you are a sparring partner to the Architects.

In this role, you support our customers in the high tech industry with developing cutting-edge equipment, both in the Brainport region and internationally. Together with experts in mechanics, mechatronics, electronics, software and mathematics you will bring high-tech solutions to life, such as advanced lithography machines, compact electron microscopes or medical devices that automate human tissue analysis.

What excites you as a Senior Designer Mechanics?

From our location in Eindhoven or sometimes at our clients' premises you like to keep yourself busy with:

Act as a sparring partner to Architects and take ownership of translating specifications into innovative mechanical concepts and design solutions.Perform essential (hand) calculations, tolerance analyses, and define critical-to-quality dimensions.Visualize concepts and designs in 3D, contributing to product development in close collaboration with Architects, System Designers, and Engineers.Ensure designs meet customer needs and can be manufactured, assembled, tested, and serviced efficiently at optimal cost.Work closely with suppliers to align aspects like manufacturability, component availability, and integration of vendor parts.As a Senior Designer Mechanics, you take ownership of broader, more complex scopes and challenges within the mechanical domain, e.g. competence development, mentoring, or system-level thinking.Provide technical leadership to a team of engineers and designers, guiding them in mechanical development efforts.

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This is what you bring to the table

A BSc of MSc of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electro-mechanics.At least 10 years of experience and expertise in the design of mechatronic and precision systems.Creativity and skilled in finding design solutions based on multidisciplinary requirements and concepts.Excellent knowledge and experience with Design for excellence (DFX: cost, manufacturability, assembly, serviceability).Strong communication skills and the ability to coach, mentor and guide other Engineers and more junior Designers.

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 acquire 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 – working 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 you can keep developing yourself.We also find it important to have fun together, this means everything from family festivals and sparkling Christmas parties, to inspiring knowledge sessions for the high-tech community.You will be working on the Sioux Campus in the heart of the Brainport region, with daily access to our Sioux Labs living room for lunch, sports, making music, or sharing knowledge in one of our Tech Labs.

High Tech & High Fun

We can tell you all about the typical Sioux culture and the challenging high-tech projects. About how you can develop yourself like nowhere else. But we prefer to leave this to our own colleagues.

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If you want to know more about our challenging projects, please click here.

Important note:

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.

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