Manufacturing Engineer
Manufacturing Engineer
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Drive high‑tech manufacturing performance by optimizing processes, improving quality, and securing smooth production flow.
Are you an experienced Manufacturing Engineer looking for a role where technology, precision, and continuous improvement come together? In this manufacturing‑driven position, you play a crucial role in optimizing production processes, improving product quality, and ensuring stable and efficient operations within a high‑tech environment in Eindhoven.
You work daily with operators, team leads, troubleshooting experts, quality engineers, supply chain, and development teams. Your main goal: create predictable, reliable, and high‑quality manufacturing output.
Key responsibilities include:
- Improving, implementing, and maintaining manufacturing processes
- Creating and updating work instructions, tooling documentation, and process standards
- Supporting operators and troubleshooters with technical guidance
- Leading root cause analyses (DEFOA/MOA) and implementing structural solutions through 8D, FMEA, SPC
- Increasing efficiency, throughput, and first‑time‑right performance
- Supporting product and process changes via Life Cycle Management (LCM)
- Executing small improvement projects to enhance quality and reduce downtime
Through YER, you will work at a leading high‑tech manufacturing company in Eindhoven, known for producing advanced, precision‑engineered systems used worldwide. The manufacturing environment includes modern cleanrooms and high‑tech assembly areas where quality, innovation, and continuous improvement are central.
You will join a multidisciplinary team with strong focus on collaboration, ownership, and technical excellence.
At YER, you get more than just a job:
- Challenging projects at top companies in high tech, mechanical engineering, and automation
- Personal guidance and career coaching
- A salary aligned with your experience and technical background
- Excellent secondary employment conditions
- Possibility of a permanent contract
- Access to professional training and development programs
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field
- Preferably 2+ years of experience in a high‑tech manufacturing environment
Skills & Competence:
- Experience with manufacturing processes, documentation, and shop‑floor support
- Familiarity with 8D, FMEA, Lean, Six Sigma, SPC, or similar methodologies
- Experience with SAP (MES), Windchill, or comparable systems is a plus
- Hands‑on, accurate, and process‑driven
- Strong communication skills with both operators and engineering teams
- Analytical, proactive, and solution‑oriented
- Fluent in English; Dutch is an advantage
Mert is happy to help you.
The steps to a successful match
Application
If you respond to an appealing job opening, the consultant will contact you to schedule an exploratory meeting in the next few days.
Analysis
Together with the consultant, you determine whether your profile is a good fit for the position. You also assess whether your ambitions are aligned with the direction of the organi…
Initial interview
If the fit is right on both sides, there will be a first-round interview with your potential new employer in the next two weeks.
Follow-up interview(s)
Depending on the process, the consultant will invite you to the next round(s) of interviews and possibly an assessment center.
Offer
If you are selected for the position, you will receive an attractive job offer. We will be happy to advise you on realistic terms of employment.
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