Senior Mechanical Engineer for Platform Development

Published: 2024-12-09

Department
R&D
Nils Foss Allé 1
3400 Hillerød

Contact
Jakob Bønnelykke Kristensen
+45 20 80 70 83

Country
Denmark

Do you share our passion for product development and are you motivated by helping to make the best possible use of the world’s valuable natural resources? To support our future innovation journey and to ensure that we build the right foundation for our future solutions, we are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join a team developing mechanical platforms and modules in Mechanics, R&D at FOSS.

The department & the platform team
The Mechanics team consists of 24 mechanical engineers, technicians, technical assistants, and engineering students. We work in multifunctional projects across the organization to design, develop and document innovative, robust, and world-class mechanical & electro-mechanical solutions. Most of the team take part in one of our ongoing instrument development projects together with other highly skilled professionals from various functions. We have recently initiated a sub-team to optimize the way we work with front-end mechanics and hereby strengthen the mechanical foundation for our future solutions.
This team is responsible for defining and developing mechanical architectures, platforms and modules for our expanding solution roadmap. The work is coordinated in close collaboration with key stakeholders across the organization, such as Technology, Marketing & Front-End Innovation, UI/UX and Business Development and continuously anchored in FOSS’ future solution roadmap and strategy. The team helps to ensure that we think ahead and lay the foundation by designing future mechanical architectures, platforms, and modules which are rooted in future customer requirements, the latest analytical technologies and business opportunities. To ensure a successful integration into the specific instrument project and to continuously optimize the process, the team takes part in the first design phases and continues to support when it comes to the platform and module design used in the project.

The workday you can look forward to
We are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer who has solid experience in working with mechanical design and mechanical platform development – both on a conceptual and practical level. Together with the rest of the team, you will play a key role in setting direction for the mechanical platform architectures and the development of modules to be utilized across our future instruments. The team collaborates with colleagues across the organization to ensure that the user needs and the high-level requirements are accounted for in the mechanical architecture, platform and modules being developed.
The role requires that you are a person that finds it easy to approach people, to listen and understand the various perspectives, and be able to consolidate and structure data to a format that is clear and understandable. We are currently on a journey to strengthen the platform thinking and way of working, and you will have a great opportunity to use your skills in helping us to be successful on this mission. This role will give you opportunities for both personal and professional development and your work will help us to be at the forefront when it comes to the design and functionality of our future instruments and solutions.

Your daily work will be at the FOSS Innovation Centre in Hillerød, Denmark, with 5-10 traveling days per year primarily to our Hungary site, to manufacturing/supplier sites or to customers.

What will make you fit well
You are used to taking ownership and a high degree of responsibility for mechanical product development, and you are highly skilled when it comes to both theoretical and hands-on tasks. You have a well-developed, conceptual approach to challenges, and you like to work with multiple design scenarios to find the best solution. You thrive in the early phases of a design process, where there is a high degree of uncertainty, and you have a positive mindset even when you are challenged and face tight deadlines.
You are familiar in working in a regulated business (food, medical, etc.) and can incorporate external requirements and standards as a natural part of the concepting and design process. You have an approachable and outgoing personality, you like to share your work with others, and you enjoy discussing with others to reach the optimal solution. People respect you and like to work with you because of your strong professional competencies and personal qualities. You have well-developed communication skills and are used to communicating complex ideas and concepts in a concise manner. You master the art of simplicity, and you promote continuous improvement in design solutions and in ways of working.

You hold a degree in mechanical engineering, you are fluent in English and Danish and have minimum 10 years working experience within many of the following areas:

• Mechanical architecture, platform and modular concepting and development
• Prototyping techniques and additive manufacturing methods
• User interaction design and human-factor engineering
• Mechanical detailed design of plastic and metal components for products that also include electronics and electro-mechanics
• 3D/2D CAD design (we use Autodesk Inventor)
• Material selection and qualification (metals, glass, thermoplastics and elastomers)
• Production, service and manufacturing process understanding (DfA, DfM, DfS)
• Structured problem-solving methods
• Designing robust mechanical solutions (tolerance calculations and robust design principles)

Culture & Benefits
FOSS offer an international and dynamic working environment with good opportunities to develop professionally and personally. At FOSS, we value our employees. Cooperation based upon confidence, straightforward communication and clear objectives creates job satisfaction and good colleagues. We wish to motivate our employees to take responsibility and influence their own work situation. We value work life balance and flexibility. In FOSS you will get a challenging and varied job with large influence on method/tools used to solve a task and a focus on continuous learning and development opportunities.

Excited about the possibility of joining the team?
Then send us your application and CV via the link below. We screen applications as they come in, so apply now - better today than tomorrow! Any questions can be directed to Head of Mechanics, R&D Hardware, Jakob Bønnelykke Kristensen on [email protected].

FOSS is committed to maintaining an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. You can help us sustain an unbiased recruitment process by not including photo or age in your application.

FOSS
Today, more than 8 billion people around the world are dependent on nutritional food. Tons of food being produced in a million different ways and under varying conditions, creating challenges all the way from field to fork. One of them, obviously, being the effects it has on climate change.

FOSS helps the world’s 100 biggest food companies and more than 40,000 others around the world navigate exactly that with intelligent, data-driven and innovative analytical solutions. We are making sustainability a better business and we’re doing so as global market leader in our field – improving food quality, minimizing food waste, ensuring food safety, and securing fair payment.

Join a pioneering and innovative company in the food and agriculture industry. A company on a mission, with offices all around the world and 1,700 talented colleagues from more than 32 different countries.