Lead Mechanical Design Engineer

As Lead Mechanical, you will mainly participate as a Mechanical Engineer in the department but you will also have some lead tasks. You will keep an overview of the whole Mechanical department and you are the main point of contact for the Management Team.

As Lead Mechanical, you will keep track of the entire Mechanical department. You will make sure everybody is on track and look ahead for possible problems that could arise. Besides that, you are able to assess the delivered work on their quality, based on your function specific knowledge. Your function does however mainly focus on engineering related activities, for example you will be working in CAD to design the mechanical parts of the exoskeleton, consisting of the motors (joints), and the frame, as well as the covers.

What you will do as Lead Mechanical

As Lead Mechanical, you will always be up to date on the progress of the other mechanical engineers. You will oversee the entire mechanical system and their dependencies. You will update the Chief Engineer on the progress and the possible problems that could evolve. Together with the Chief Engineer and Leads of the other technical departments, you will discuss the decisions that have to be made on a system level.

Your lead functions will be about 20% of your tasks, and for the other 80% you will be a mechanical
engineer in the department and participate in the design process of both the joints and the frame as
well as the covers.

You recognize yourself in

• You have experience and enjoy working in CAD programs (e.g. SolidWorks or CATIA).

• You are flexible and can work problem-oriented.

• You are enthusiastic about statics, dynamics, mechatronics and/or mechanics of materials.

• You are interested in the human movement.

• You design with consideration for the user.

• You have a creative mindset and a great feeling for what will look nice.

• You are handy and enthusiastic to work practically to make physical prototypes and to produce
  parts.

• You are resourceful and solution-oriented.

• You are able to visualize your ideas

• You are a teamplayer.

• Uniting different interfaces seems like an interesting puzzle to you.

• You are interested in in-depth knowledge regarding different functions

• You have strong communicative skills and are able to transfer technical knowledge.

• You enjoy helping other people when needed.

You want to become (even) better at 

• Working together in a large multidisciplinary team.

• Modelling in CAD software.

• Combining aesthetics with a practical end goal.

• Working out detailed part specifications for production and assembly

• Choosing the right motors and transmissions for your application.

• Performing FEM analyses (in e.g. Simcenter).

• Drafting up working drawings as clearly as possible.

• Working with milling/turning/CNC machines.

• Designing and testing using prototypes and 3D printing.

• Analyzing problems and setting priorities.

• Working on many smaller projects at the same time, whilst keeping the ultimate end goal in mind.

• Gaining knowledge from different technical disciplines, such as electronics and mechanics.

• Working independently within a team, setting your own deadlines while taking into account many others.

• Cooperating with people from different disciplines

You get in return

• Technical and personal skills.

• Experience in working together in a large multi-disciplinary team.

• You get to see a full design cycle coming to life.

• Meetings with various companies for both consulting and production.

• Having the space to make mistakes and learning from them.

• A year full of unforgettable memories and new friends.