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Working alongside physicists, chemists and engineers in a multidisciplinary environment, you will play a critical role in development of high-end, complex mechanical systems to the highest standards of modern lithography technology from concept phase throughout development and delivery to the end customer, in partnership and collaboration with top international players in the industry.\nThis role is based in Eindhoven (the Netherlands) and will involve regular travel between our key locations and partners throughout the year.\nKey Responsibilities\nThis list is not exhaustive; additional duties may be assigned as we grow.\nTranslating system performance specifications to mechanical sub-systems requirements\n\nDefinition and ownership of mechanical system architecture, design concepts and budget breakdowns to ensure system performance targets are met\n\nSelecting and guiding OEM supplier and partner teams during system definition and design, in line with our developing goals and challenges\n\nGuiding the growth and coaching mechanical engineering team of the size and skill level matching product and company development, including proper documentation, introduction of best practices, standards and ways of working\n\nContributing to technology and product roadmaps, identify risks and mitigations strategies\n\nClosely collaborate with other disciplines, teams, system engineers and program management\n\n Qualifications\nUniversity degree in precision Mechanical / Mechatronics Engineering or related filed\n\n10-15+ years experience developing complex and precision mechanical systems in a high-tech environment, from first principles to concept, industrialization and high-volume manufacturing, including ownership of system architecture, function or domain\n\nExpert knowledge in Requirements Engineering, System Engineering and Product development process\n\nHands on as well as conceptual thinking, ability to deep dive and zoom out to system level\n\nStakeholder management, ability to explain, trade-off and defend complex engineering decisions and choices\n\nFluent with CAD sw, ability to perform, guide and evaluate FEA / CFD simulations and benchmarking data, tolerance analysis\n\nOur team here at Lace:\n…consists of amazing people who’ve joined us from all over the world, driven by intense curiosity, the urge for exploration, and a desire to push the limits of physics. 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