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Mechanical Engineer

  • On-site
    • 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
  • €3,500 - €4,500 per month
  • Engineering

You design the structures that make our batteries flyable. Your enclosures go into aircraft. Den Bosch. On-site. Full-time. Let's talk. 

Job description

At Tulip Tech, we're not designing battery concepts. We're manufacturing them, at 450 Wh/kg, for drones and electric aircraft already in operation. Post-MoD funding secured, with TU Delft and NLR as partners, and every battery designed, tested, and built in-house in Den Bosch. Now we scale.

Why this role matters

The thing keeping our batteries airborne is a mechanical assembly that has to be light, strong, thermally sound, and manufacturable at scale. The mechanical engineer who joins us owns that chain: from first CAD model to shop-floor validation to production handover. We have electrical, software, and manufacturing teams. You will work closely with all of them. But the mechanical stack is yours.

What you will own

  • Define mechanical requirements from scratch: work with internal stakeholders to translate system-level constraints into design specifications before any CAD is opened

  • Design thermally efficient, lightweight battery enclosures and assemblies in SolidWorks: from first concept to release drawings

  • Prototype with CNC, 3D printing, and shop tools to validate your designs before they move to production

  • Validate structural integrity and environmental durability using FEA and thermal analysis: airborne conditions, vibration profiles, and thermal loads, not just lab conditions

  • Optimize for thermal management, shock resistance, and manufacturability across the product lifecycle

  • Work directly with electrical, manufacturing, and software teams on system integration: your enclosure has to fit the cells, survive the vibration profile, and come off the shop floor consistently

  • Document specifications, test results, and compliance data that gets a system certified and future engineers up to speed fast

  • Set mechanical design and manufacturing standards as we scale: what you write now becomes the baseline

Job requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

  • 5+ years of mechanical design in a manufacturing or production environment

  • Strong SolidWorks skills: assemblies, drawings, BOM management

  • Hands-on: you build and break things to prove they work, not just model them

  • Solid knowledge of manufacturing methods: CNC machining, injection molding, sheet metal, extrusion

  • Experience with FEA and thermal analysis to validate designs under load

  • Nice to have: thermofluid knowledge, battery/drone/UAV/aerospace background, Dutch language skills

Interview process

  • Intro call (30 min)

  • Interview panel with the engineering team (60–90 min)

  • Offer

What we offer

  • Competitive salary between €3,500 – €4,500 gross/month (based on experience)

  • 38 paid days off per year (25 vacation + 13 ADV via CAO Metaal & Techniek)

  • 8% holiday allowance, travel reimbursement, and pension via PMT

  • Daily lunch provided by the company

  • Direct access to the full mechanical chain: from first CAD model to battery in the air

  • Flat team: your design decisions reach production fast

Work authorization

EU right to work required. No visa sponsorship due to defense-adjacent partnerships.

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