Mechanical Developer

As a mechanical developer, your main responsibilities are exploration, conceptualization, development and maintenance of our solutions.

You will be involved in all phases of the development process translating product ideas into products ready to be sold. You will contribute to ensure a high level of quality in the mechanical development and that tasks are accomplished within the project timeframe.

In addition, your key responsibilities will be:

• Define; you work together with your colleagues from development, marketing & user experience as well as with our customers to understand problems & market needs.
• Ideation & conceptualization; you know how to translate these into different tangible & testable concepts, able to be validated. You test, learn, adapt and iterate in an agile way towards final concept.
• Development; you make sure the selected concept is fully developed into a robust & manufacturable product. You can use common DFx tools to assess the manufacturability of your design. Your design is not only cost conscious, but also as sustainable as possible. You are an active member of a project team, working closely with quality, operations & supply chain. 
• Environmental Effects; you are aware that time, temperature, humidity, UV and other environmental conditions have an influence on the product lifetime/reliability and you know how to anticipate these effects (test, analyze and simulate). You can select the right material (plastic/metal) based on these results.
• Plastic Injection Molding; you have a fair knowledge of injection molding and plastics in general.
• Sheet Metal Parts; you know how sheet metal parts are developed
• Supplier / partner relationship management; you can set technical specifications and acceptance criteria and know how to work with external partners.

Extra assets:

• Siemens NX or at least parametric CAD modelling
• Finite elements analysis
• Experience developing electronic consumer goods

• You have an engineering degree, master industrial design or equivalent. Nevertheless, even more important is your eagerness to create good products and the curiosity to learn new stuff.
• You can show relevant experience (+3yr) for the abovementioned skills.
• You have a passion for innovation & development and want to excel in this field. You challenge status quo.
• You have good communication skills, assertiveness, and persuasiveness. Your enthusiasm & knowledge make you confident enough speaking your mind.
• You are eager to learn and to share this knowledge with your colleagues. 
• You have a high sense of responsibility and take initiative constantly improving things (products, processes).
• You are a team player with a sense of humor.

• You will find yourself working in an engaging, challenging, and varied role within a professional framework.
• You will receive an attractive salary supplemented with an extensive package of fringe benefits.
• You will have opportunities for self-development, training, and career growth.
• Responsibility and room for initiative are encouraged at Niko.
• You will be surrounded by friendly, open colleagues you can rely on. In other words: Welcome to the Niko family!
• Niko is constantly evolving, with new high-quality solutions being launched regularly. You will never be bored here.
• Lastly, you will be part of a professional and solid growth company with a clear future vision. We are a no-nonsense company that does what it says and says what it does.