Avantor is looking for a motivated Design Engineer to join our Single-Use Designing team. Are you looking to work in an international environment and to utilize your recent experience as a Design Engineer? This is a full-time hybrid position based in Hillegom. You will have the opportunity to work from home for two days a week. As a successful Design Engineer, your main focus is to develop and create drawings and prototypes of single-use products in the life sciences/biopharma industry. We offer a 1-year contract, which will be extended after positive evaluation. This position is responsible for the development / creation of approval drawings, product related engineering documentation, prototypes, and sample sets for the single-use systems business. This includes ensuring the assembly will meet the performance criteria required by the customer. The individual performs a variety of functions including design, fabrication, assembly or testing in the production of electrical, mechanical, or other components/devices. This position will work closely with design engineers, account managers, customer service, production, and quality.
The team
Avantor's Singe-Use Designing team is part of our Engineering department. The team currently supports the creation of innovative Single-Use Biopharma products.
Develop both basic and more technically detailed approval drawings based on sketches or descriptions from account managers or customers.
Select appropriate subcomponents and ensuring all connections are engineered to function as required (i.e., This may include developing test protocols and performing physical tests.
Calculate cost of Single Use products using software provided.
Conduct feasibility and cost estimation of products to ensure the design can meet business and customer needs.
Organize the performing of and/or personally perform various tests (e.g., pressure test, pull test, etc.) Maintain engineering documents including a library of all subcomponents with appropriate data.
Take role in engineering harmonization activities, global engineering process development projects as a team member.
Support and consult production department especially on engineering related issues.
Travel to customer locations to assist sales team with customer opportunities.
Strong communication skills in English; Dutch is a great asset
Ability to grasp technical concepts and their application to customer's processes.
Knowledge / experience working with engineering plastics & thermoelastic materials.
Knowledge of PDM Software
Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.
It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success.