Department Manager - Prototyping & Support (Mechatronics)

Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands; flexible hybrid work with the option to work from home.

Company

hirify.global combines software, electronics, mechanics, mechatronics, mathematics, and assembly to deliver challenging high-tech projects for customers.

What you will do

• Lead, coach, and develop the Prototyping & Support team, including recruitment, onboarding, performance, and sustainable employability.
• Translate company strategy and project requirements into team objectives, capacity, competencies, and resource assignments.
• Prepare and lead prototype build projects through feasibility analysis, cost calculation, quotations, capacity planning, assembly, integration, and testing.
• Deliver projects within agreed scope, schedule, costs, specifications, and quality standards while managing risks and monitoring progress in the ERP system.
• Maintain contact with customers and internal stakeholders regarding progress, risks, changes, and delivery.
• Improve work preparation, assembly, testing, collaboration, and operational processes.

Requirements

• Completed Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering & Management, or a comparable technical field.
• Extensive relevant experience in a high-tech prototyping, assembly, integration, or project environment.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing technical professionals.
• Knowledge of project management, work preparation, planning, and cost calculation.
• Technical knowledge of assembling and testing mechatronic systems.
• Experience managing project scope, planning, costs, quality, and risks.
• Experience with ERP systems and preferably BOM, engineering, or PLM data.
• Proactive, pragmatic, and results-oriented working style with strong communication skills and the ability to align different perspectives and interests.
• Good command of both Dutch and English is required.
• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access controlled technology under the US Export Administration Regulations before beginning work.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible 32–40-hour working week with home-working options.
• 28 vacation days, with the option to purchase 12 additional days.
• Personal coaching and a €6,000 annual training budget.
• Freedom and responsibility in a multidisciplinary high-tech environment.
• Employee activities, knowledge-sharing sessions, and access to Sioux Labs for lunch, sports, music, and collaboration.