Mechanical Engineer / Lead Designer
BlueHeart Energy Alkmaar
What is required?
- Completed MSc in Mechanical Engineering / Industrial Design Engineering or equivalent
- Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in mechanical design of complex products for series and/or mass production
- Experience in planning and detailing a design process for a product design
- Experience in guiding a team through the various design stages
- Good communication skills
- Able to work both independently as well as in a team
- Creative and capable of optimizing the design for the chosen production techniques
- Good command of the Dutch and English language, both verbally and in writing
What will you get?
- €4,000 - €6,000 gross p/m (depending on knowledge and experience)
- 40-hour working week
- 25 vacation days
- Training opportunities
- Company Phantom shares, laptop and SIM card EU+USA
- Pension scheme
What will you do?
- 50% Designing and validating concepts and solutions for the total design of the thermo-acoustic core for the heat pump
- 20% Coordinating design and drafting work and leading/organizing review meetings
- 15% Aligning project requirements and component specifications with the team
- 15% Documenting, summarizing, and explaining outcomes
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Vacancy
As a Mechanical Engineer / Lead Designer at BlueHeart Energy, you are responsible for the total design of the thermo-acoustic core of our clients' new innovative heat pump. You lead the complete design process, from system-level design to detailed design to production-ready design. You create the entire design using 3D CAD programs (SolidWorks), ensuring that each individual component fits seamlessly within the design. This includes considering the functional requirements, manufacturability of the components (production technique, tolerances, etc.), attention to both the assembly and electrical aspects, and legal standards. You work closely with other Mechanical Engineers to refine each component or detail of the design. You also collaborate with the R&D team focused on testing and optimizing the thermo-acoustics, translating these insights into an improved product design.
You specifically oversee the planning and management of the design and drafting, supervising the components designed by the other Engineers in the team. This involves leading design review meetings to identify and address any shortcomings in the overall design early on. You also consider how the total design can be optimized, ensuring that the final designs are validated and the drawings are ready for the production phase of the thermo-acoustic core of the heat pump.
You are part of the Engineering team, which includes several Mechanical/Project Engineers and a Project Manager Product Development. Together, you ensure that each part of the heat pump integrates seamlessly into the overall design.
If you enjoy developing the optimal total design in good coordination between different parties and find it challenging that this process is iterative due to constantly changing requirements, then this is the job for you.
Working week
On an enjoyable day, you work out various concepts as a solution to a design problem and share these with your team members for assessment. Together, you try to come up with an optimal design!
On a less enjoyable workday, you discover too late that a certain specification is not feasible, requiring a thorough revision of the entire design.
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- Daily stand-up
- Sample agenda
- Lunch
- Designing and validating total designs
- Meeting with Lead Engineer
- Designing and validating total designs
- Coordinating design and drafting work
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- Daily stand-up
- Lunch
- Managing projects
- Documenting, summarizing and explaining outcomes and specifications
- Designing and validating total designs
- Coordinating design and drafting work
- Sprint completion
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- Daily stand-up
- Lunch
- Designing and validating total designs
- Updating administration
- Designing and validating total designs
- Review meeting
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- Daily stand-up
- Lunch
- Company meeting
- Drinks
- Meeting with Project Manager
- Documenting, summarizing and explaining outcomes and specifications
- Designing and validating total designs
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- Daily stand-up
- Lunch
- One-on-one with Manager
- Coordinating design and drafting work
- Documenting, summarizing and explaining outcomes and specifications
- Designing and validating total designs
Firsthand experience
Growth
The career growth path at Blue Heart Energy is not fixed. The company expects to grow fast in the coming years, generating opportunities for all those who are ready to assume new responsibilities. BHE supports training and courses, and sharing knowledge is very important among employees. The main advantage of the start up and scale up phase is that self-initiative is really appreciated, and you can create your own job. As Blue Heart Energy grows, you grow along with them.
Working at BlueHeart Energy
BlueHeart Energy was founded in 2016 to apply thermoacoustics as a technology in heat pumps. Thermoacoustics is a disruptive approach to generate heat and cold, with potential to revolutionize the whole industry. Over the past seven years, BHE has developed a thermoacoustic engine to power heat pumps in residential buildings. This so called 'Blue Heart' of a heat pump is sold to manufacturers. In the coming years, the 'Blue Heart' will have to be further developed and optimized. Besides this, we will set up our production facility, strengthen the relationships with our customers (Manufacturers of heat pumps) and set up pilot projects in houses and monitor these.
- Headquarters in Alkmaar
- 33 employees
- Active in more than 10 countries
- 20% / 80%
- Average age 38 years
- Casual
- Hybrid working
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