About this role
📣 Join ViCentra (home of Kaleido) – Empower Bold Change in MedTech 📍 Location: Utrecht | 💼 Hybrid 🌍 Making Every Move Matter At ViCentra, home of Kaleido, we’re on a mission to redefine what’s possible in diabetes care. We combine technological innovation with human-centered design to empower people with more freedom, confidence, and life on their terms. Our values; Be Bold, Build Trust, Focus on the Customer and Deliver Excellence drive everything we create and every decision we make. We believe that when ambition meets purpose, remarkable things happen. If you thrive in a space where ideas accelerate, challenges spark growth, and making a difference is the goal, ViCentra is your next great adventure. 🚀 🚀 Your impact You will be the technical linchpin between our internal teams and external automation partners. You will directly influence the success of our 5-year automation roadmap by ensuring that each automated system is robust, validated, and fully integrated into our production environment. Your work will enable us to achieve: Significant improvements in production efficiency and throughput. Enhanced product quality and consistency through reduced human variability. Scalable manufacturing capacity to meet growing global demand. Long-term operational cost savings and improved workplace safety. You will not just oversee projects—you will help build the automated foundation of our future factory. 🔧 What you’ll take on In this role, you will: Author comprehensive User Requirement Specifications (URS) with detailed mechanical performance criteria. Define mechanical interfaces between automated stations: part transfer mechanisms, fixturing tolerances, and thermal management requirements. Specify machine safety systems per international standards. Conduct critical design reviews of machine builders’ mechanical designs. Review and approve GD&T drawings, ensuring proper application of standards for manufacturability and assembly. Evaluate design-for-manufacturability (DFM) and design-for-Develop and execute mechanical test protocols for Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT). Work closely with Contract Manufacturer to conduct equipment Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) and Validation Testing. Establish preventive maintenance schedules based on mechanical wear analysis and lubrication requirements. Create mechanical system. Develop mechanical acceptance criteria for Contract Manufacturers. Maintain machine performance dashboards tracking OEE, MTTR, and mechanical.