Senior Mechanical Engineer

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Department

R&D

Nils Foss Allé 1

3400 Hillerød

Country

Denmark

Are you passionate about product development and motivated by the opportunity to make a real impact on global resource efficiency? At FOSS, we develop analytical solutions that help optimize the use of agricultural resources. We are now looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer with deep expertise in plastic part design to join our R&D team focused on the Dairy product line.

About the role - help us shape the future of sustainable food production

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer in our Dairy segment, you will play a key role in designing and developing mechanical components—often molded plastic parts—for our next-generation analytical instruments. You'll work across the full development cycle, from early concept and prototyping to final production, ensuring robust, manufacturable, and user-centered solutions.

You'll be part of a collaborative and cross-functional team, working closely with colleagues in Business Development, Front-End Innovation, UI/UX, Supply Chain, and Production. Your work will be anchored in FOSS' strategic roadmap and contribute directly to our mission of sustainable innovation.

Your responsibilities

• You take a high degree of ownership, in developing instruments used in dairy analysis
• Translate user needs and high-level requirements into mechanical solutions
• Create early prototypes and validate design concepts
• Ensure manufacturability and robustness through tolerance analysis and design principles
• Collaborate with toolmakers, suppliers, and manufacturing teams to finalize production-ready designs
• Contribute to continuous improvement in design processes and product quality

What you bring

Must-have qualifications

• Bachelor or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent)
• Minimum 8 years of experience in mechanical product development
• Proven track record in finalizing parts for production
• Strong proficiency in 3D/2D CAD design
• Deep understanding of DfA, DfM, and DfS principles
• Experience in designing plastic parts for products with electronics/electro-mechanics
• Fluent in English and Danish
• Valid work permit in Denmark

Nice-to-have skills

• Experience with FEA/CAE simulation tools.
• Knowledge of injection moulding and tooling design.
• Familiarity with material selection and qualification (metals, glass, thermoplastics, elastomers).
• Skilled in prototyping and additive manufacturing.
• Understanding of standards and regulations (ISO, CE, food/medical compliance).

Who you are

• A proactive problem-solver with a conceptual mindset and hands-on approach.
• Comfortable taking ownership and driving projects forward.
• Helpful and takes pride in guiding and building on younger talents.
• Thriving in the later phases of development with a focus on quality and deadlines.
• Collaborative and communicative, with the ability to explain complex ideas clearly.
• Open, approachable, and motivated by working with others to find the best solutions.

Culture & benefits

FOSS offers an international and dynamic working environment with good opportunities to develop professionally and personally. At FOSS, we value our employees. Cooperation based upon confidence, straightforward communication and clear objectives creates job satisfaction and good colleagues. We wish to motivate our employees to take responsibility and influence their own work situation. We value work life balance and flexibility. In FOSS you will get a challenging and varied job with large influence on method/tools used to solve a task and a focus on continuous learning and development opportunities.

Excited about the possibility of joining the team?

We screen applications as they come in, so apply now - better today than tomorrow Any questions can be directed to Jacob Enemark on

FOSS is committed to maintaining an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. You can help us sustain an unbiased recruitment process by not including photo or age in your application.

FOSS

Today, more than 8 billion people around the world are dependent on nutritional food. Tons of food being produced in a million different ways and under varying conditions, creating challenges all the way from field to fork. One of them, obviously, being the effects it has on climate change.

FOSS helps the world's 100 biggest food companies and more than 40,000 others around the world navigate exactly that with intelligent, data-driven and innovative analytical solutions. We are making sustainability a better business and we're doing so as global market leader in our field – improving food quality, minimizing food waste, ensuring food safety, and securing fair payment.

Join a pioneering and innovative company in the food and agriculture industry. A company on a mission, with offices all around the world and 1,700 talented colleagues from more than 32 different countries.