Head of Mechanical Design & Industrialization

We’re on a mission to accelerate the energy transition with sustainable home energy for all and it’s our goal to help 3 million households transition by 2030. That is why we're seeking a highly motivated and ambitious person that’s not afraid to make her or his hands dirty and make a real dent in the climate change challenge that we are already facing.

As the Head of Mechanical Design and Industrialization, you will spearhead our mission to revolutionize sustainable home energy solutions, driving us closer to our ambitious goals and building a whole ecosystem of products. With your leadership and expertise, you'll guide our team in transforming concepts into reality, ensuring the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and innovation.

What you will do:

• Lead and mentor the Mechanical Design and Industrialization department, enhancing a culture of innovation and excellence to drive continuous improvement.

• Guide products from conceptualization to production, ensuring the highest standards of manufacturing excellence and quality.

• Implement robust processes, workflows, and design standards to streamline product development.

• Drive the advancement of domestic climate systems and accessories, leveraging 3D CAD to design and optimize mechanical components and assemblies.

• Champion modularization and standardization initiatives to enhance product scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness.

• Ensure collaboration with internal departments and external partners to align design efforts with strategic objectives and market demands.

• Assume responsibility for the release management of the Engineering and Manufacturing Bill of Materials, ensuring scalability, accuracy and completeness.

• Develop our internal expertise in product optimization, with a particular emphasis on CFD simulations, to elevate performance and efficiency of our product line.

• Manage resources and budgets effectively, while maintaining high-quality standards.

Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent qualification, demonstrating a passion for innovation and excellence.

• Over 10 years of hands-on experience in product development, with a proven track record of successfully bringing complex projects from concept to production.

• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a comparable leadership position, demonstrating a track record of driving organizational growth in a high-pace environment.

• Exceptional English communication skills and a pragmatic decision-making ability, essential for inspiring and leading cross-functional teams.

• Proficiency in standard CAD systems such as SolidWorks, Inventor, NX, or similar, coupled with experience in PDM, PLM, and ERP systems to streamline design processes.

• Extensive knowledge and experience in product development processes, production methods, and working in diverse international teams.

• Familiarity with Engineering Release Management Process, ensuring efficient transitions from design to production phases with meticulous attention to detail.

Why Quatt:

• An opportunity to be a part of a fast-growing, ambitious scaleup on the mission to fight climate change.

• Personal development, freedom, and career growth opportunities.

• An open organizational culture, where you can hang out and discuss ideas with everyone, from installer to founder.

• Flexibility to work at the office and from home (after the initial training) and possibility to work abroad one month per year, based on good performance.

• Everything you need to get your job done like a laptop, workstation, and tools.

• 25 days of holidays.

• Travel allowance.

About Quatt

Quatt is an ambitious scaleup that was founded in 2021 by two entrepreneurs and brothers from the Netherlands. Our goal is to accelerate the transition to sustainable heating in the Netherlands and abroad. Our first product is a smart, hybrid heat pump for the Dutch market.

The Dutch government is strongly incentivizing 8 million homeowners to get rid of natural gas and start heating sustainably within the next few decades. Unfortunately, the current pace of heat pump installations is far too low. Therefore, Quatt is improving the overall customer experience, adding smart control software, simplifying the installation job and, last but not least, greatly enhancing the aesthetics. By doing so, we want to increase adoption by an order of magnitude.

We are developing a highly advanced control system based on several AI technologies, like Machine learning and Deep learning. This system enables us to operate our heat pumps, in conjunction with already installed natural gas heaters, in the most cost- or energy-efficient way, at any given day. We estimate this can reduce heating costs by about 20%. By combining this with D2C sales & installation, Quatt is aiming to reach a payback time of 3-4 years; and thus a very quick uplift in sales.

For recruitment agencies:

Thank you for expressing your interest. Please know that we do not collaborate with recruitment agencies. Our internal recruitment team is solely responsible for identifying and selecting candidates for our roles. While we appreciate your enthusiasm to contribute as an intermediary, our current recruitment process does not involve external agencies, and we do not engage with them.