Lead Electrical/Hardware Engineer

As a Lead Engineer, you will organize and lead electrical engineering activities while actively contributing to the design and development of high-tech (opto-)mechatronic systems. You will work hands-on alongside design engineers, contributing your expertise to detailed designs, calculations, and validations. Depending on the project, you may run work packages with your team or take full ownership of electrical design activities.

In this role, you will translate system and customer requirements into robust technical plans and guide the team through the full development lifecycle — from concept and design to validation and release — ensuring high quality, compliance, and innovative solutions.

Job Responsibilities

• Technical leadership & hands-on design

  • Draw up and maintain technical plans (measurements, design requirements, schedules).
  • Translate customer and system requirements into detailed electrical designs and specifications.
  • Actively design and engineer electrical cabinets, wiring, harnesses, and assemblies, working hands-on alongside the design engineers.
  • Independently execute design work and manage associated activities, depending on the project.
  • Perform or coordinate detailed calculations, simulations, and modelling to dimension and verify designs.
  • Design and execute test methods and setups; validate compliance (e.g. CE, UL, SEMI, EMC, LVD, MD).
  • Investigate and resolve design deviations and cross-disciplinary technical issues.
  • Present innovations and improvement opportunities to internal and external stakeholders.

• Project & team management

  • Organize and manage electrical engineering work packages, including capacity/resource planning (local and international teams).
  • Assign tasks, monitor progress, and take corrective actions if needed.
  • Ensure structured documentation of designs, tests, and technical decisions.
  • Report on progress, quality, risks, and issues to project stakeholders.
  • Supervise, train, and guide engineers, supporting both their technical and professional growth.

• Continuous improvement

  • Advise customers on technical innovations and improvement opportunities.
  • Contribute to developing and refining work instructions, processes, and methods.
  • Ensure effective knowledge sharing and provide internal training where relevant.
  • Comply with environmental, safety, and regulatory requirements.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in electrical system design within high-tech / mechatronics environments.
• Strong expertise in hands-on design, including cabinet design, EMC, system wiring, and integration.
• Proven experience leading technical teams, including international collaboration.
• Skilled in electrical compliance (CE, UL, SEMI, LVD, MD; EN60204, IEC 12100, ISO 13849).
• Proficient with design tools (E3Series, Solid Edge, NX, TeamCenter).
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills; capable of balancing hands-on work and team coordination.
• Fluent in English (Dutch is a plus).

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package
• A technically challenging position at the cutting edge of innovation in high-tech system development.
• A collaborative, multidisciplinary environment where your ideas and expertise have a direct impact.
• Personal growth and development opportunities, for example through training and/or education.
• 27 vacation days and an additional 13 ADV days.
• Excellent pension plan with PME.
• Travel expense allowance paid monthly with a maximum of 50KM/single journey and an allowance of €0.21 per km.

About NTS

We deliver unique solutions to complex challenges and drive technological advancement for our customers. By combining development, manufacturing and assembly, we play an integral role in bringing the supply chain together. We combine the best skills and brightest ideas into a working system for the world’s most advanced Semiconductor, Opto-Mechatronics and Analytical solutions. For this reason, we have grown into a Tier-1 supplier to OEM’s and an international player operating from various (production) sites in Europe, Asia and the US.

Although we offer our teams around the world a great place to work, we do not forget to remain firmly rooted locally. Ultimately, the core of NTS is our people. Their excellent manufacturing skills, customer-focused mindset and clear technical solutions have made NTS what it is today. Together, we create a culture that everyone can be proud of because we make it possible together. That’s why we take every opportunity to celebrate our people, our craftsmanship and our successes.

For more information about this vacancy or our organization, please contact Amruta Bhargava – Recruitment Business Partner by email Amruta.Bhargava@nts-group.nl.