Career Mechanical Design Engineer

Mechanical Design Engineer

Location: World Food Center Ede

Type: Full-Time Position

Start: Summer 2024

SAIA’s Vision

It is our vision that every community should have access to local, fresh, and high-quality food. The global demand for healthy vegetables and fruits is doubling, but the supply is also under significant pressure due to climate change and decreasing availability of labor.

We see high-tech greenhouse horticulture as the perfect solution to provide a controlled climate, using less land, water, and fertilizers while achieving higher yields. Our automation can greatly ease the work in the greenhouse, creating an optimal synergy between humans, plants, and machines.

At SAIA, you help design, build, and test a revolutionary automated vegetable greenhouse of the future.

Job Description

We are looking for a talented engineer who has the necessary knowledge to translate a proven and tested concept into a feasible and highly efficient design so that it can be sold as a product and scaled up for mass production.

SAIA has built a 1000m² greenhouse in Ede, near the station, where the first version of the automated system is currently being tested in practice with moving tomato plants. The goal of the team in Ede is to further develop the system so that it can be adopted by a first customer next year.

The team consists of very creative, enthusiastic, and ambitious engineers, some of whom are very strong in generating new and innovative ideas, and others who excel in turning these ideas into feasible designs.

Responsibilities

Creating designs from concepts within the frameworks of simplicity, technical feasibility, cost efficiency, and accuracy.
Creating components and assemblies in a 3D and 2D environment, and detailed production drawings in accordance with the appropriate production standards.
Assembling component specifications and parts lists.
Implementing technical changes in designs.
Conducting revisions and updates of production drawings, parts lists, and assemblies.
Performing simple strength calculations and/or simulations.

Experience and Skills

A minimum of 2-3 years of relevant work experience.
Experienced in product development, with experience in the agri-sector being a plus.
Proficient with 3D and 2D CAD software.
Experienced in writing technical documentation such as design documents, presentations, and reports.
Experienced in problem-solving and addressing quality issues as early as possible for product improvement.
Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing and Design for Assembly methodologies.
Capable of performing static and dynamic calculations, conducting simple simulations (FEA), and interpreting them, as well as conducting tolerance analyses.
Able to collaborate with other disciplines, independently bridging the diverse interests and challenges of different teams.