Manufacturing Engineer

Job description

About Vitestro

Vitestro is pioneering the future of blood collection with the Aletta® Autonomous Robotic Phlebotomy Device™ (ARPD™). This medical device combines advanced multi-modal imaging (near-infrared, ultrasound, and Doppler ultrasound) with robotics and AI to perform the entire diagnostic blood draw procedure autonomously.

By addressing critical healthcare staffing shortages and improving patient experience, Vitestro is transforming one of the most common and essential medical procedures. With more than 90 team members and growing rapidly, the company is scaling its impact and expanding the team to ensure successful implementation and long-term reliability.

At Vitestro, continuous innovation and improvement are central.

Join Vitestro as a Manufacturing Engineer and help shape the future of healthcare.

About the role

As Manufacturing Engineer, you play a key role in translating innovative medical device designs into a stable, scalable, and high-performing manufacturing process. You operate at the intersection of Engineering, Quality, and Operations, ensuring the product can be built reliably and efficiently while meeting strict regulatory requirements.

You work hands-on on the production floor while also driving structural improvements. You take ownership of manufacturing challenges, resolve issues at their core, and continuously improve processes to support Vitestro’s growth from pilot builds to series production.

First months at Vitestro

In your first months, your focus is on bringing structure, ownership, and operational quality into a fast-evolving production environment. You establish an embedded operational quality system by translating existing frameworks into practical, day-to-day processes across assembly, testing, traceability, and documentation. You act as the voice of operations and manufacturability within the design process, ensuring that engineering decisions translate into robust and scalable production.

At the same time, you improve production structure and traceability, ensuring that processes, documentation, and test results are compliant with ISO 13485 and ready for scale. You work closely with Engineering, QA, and Supply Chain to resolve issues, implement improvements, and ensure manufacturing becomes a reliable backbone for the product.

This is what success looks like

After 12 months, manufacturing processes are stable, well-structured, and fully embedded in daily operations. Production documentation and traceability are robust, consistent, and audit-ready. Manufacturing issues are resolved structurally, and improvements are implemented and sustained. You have successfully contributed to scaling production from pilot builds towards larger volumes, while ensuring quality, efficiency, and reliability are maintained. You are seen as a key partner for Engineering and Operations when it comes to manufacturability, process optimization, and execution.

Job requirements

What You’ll Bring

• Master’s degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or a similar technical background
• 4+ years of experience in manufacturing or production engineering, preferably within MedTech or high-tech equipment environments
• Experience with New Product Introduction (NPI) and transitioning products from development into manufacturing
• Hands-on mindset, comfortable working on the production floor in a fast-growing, evolving environment
• Proven ability to drive execution and solve problems in dynamic and fast-paced settings
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, process improvement, and/or Kaizen
• Strong communication skills and ability to align cross-functional teams
• Fluent in English

Nice to have

• Experience working in regulated environments (ISO 13485, CE, FDA)
• Experience with supplier or contract manufacturer collaboration
• Familiarity with quality systems and operational quality processes
• Experience with ERP or production systems (e.g. Odoo or similar)
• Experience scaling manufacturing from prototype/pilot to early series production

What we offer

• Competitive salary including pension plan
• 25 days of annual leave based on a full-time position
• Hybrid work model
• Working together in a high-skilled team with our home base in Utrecht
• Frequent out-of-work activities with the team, and an annual company weekend away
• Training budget
• Opportunity to be a key shaper of a new global industry niche: autonomous medical robotics

We’re big fans of working from the office – this is where team spirit comes alive. At the same time, we offer flexibility, allowing up to two (out of 5) days of working from home for those who prefer it.

We offer an environment where you can make a lot of impact, as you are joining a growing scale-up in MedTech. Our team of driven and talented colleagues enjoys solving the challenges in developing, manufacturing, and completing our breakthrough medical device. While working in an open culture, we strive for excellence in all domains. We believe in taking courage and like to challenge each other. We learn and teach together.