Senior Production Engineer

The Job Responsibilities

Who we are

Every life is unique and so are you!

At Dräger we protect, support and rescue lives day in and day out. We are interested in you if you have the desire to work for an organisation that does something more, something that is truly worth working for.

As an international leader in medical and safety technology, we develop pioneering devices, software, services and solutions that people around the world trust. Wherever Dräger products are used, it’s about the most important thing: it’s about life.

About the role

Purpose of the Role:

The Senior Production Engineer is responsible for leading the successful transition of new products from R&D to full production within Operations. The role ensures that product designs, processes, and validation activities are developed into production ready solutions that meet safety, quality, cost and delivery requirements. As a senior technical and people leader, the role provides day-to-day leadership of the New Product Development (NPD) Engineering team, driving manufacturing readiness, technical decision making and effective delivery of NPD programs.

Working will be in close partnership with the Engineering Manager, Senior Engineering peers and R&D department to align NPD activities with manufacturing strategy, technology roadmaps, and operational capability. The role aligns with Draeger's Integrated Management System (IMS), WeLEAD behaviours, and continuous improvement culture.

Technical Leadership & New Product Development

• Lead the industrialisation of new breathing safety related products from development through pilot build and into full production.
• Own the manufacturing readiness of new products, ensuring processes are robust, validated, and suitable for volume manufacture.
• Provide senior technical input into design reviews, ensuring manufacturability, assembly efficiency, testability, and regulatory compliance.
• Act as the escalation point for complex manufacturing and production challenges within NPD.

Team Leadership & People Management

• Line manage Production Engineers within the NPD team, providing technical guidance, prioritisation, coaching, and performance management.
• Responsible for NPD team cost centre budged as well as budget projection, tracking and control of NPD projects.
• Support capability development, skills growth, succession planning and recruitment within the NPD Production Engineering team.
• Foster a strong safety, quality, and continuous improvement culture.

Cross-Functional & Senior Engineering Alignment

• Work closely with the Engineering Manager to align NPD priorities with operational strategy, resource planning, and business objectives.
• Collaborate with Senior Production Engineering (Industrial Engineering) to ensure alignment between NPD processes and long-term manufacturing standards, platforms, and technologies.
• Partner with the Senior Controls Engineer to ensure automation, control systems, and test solutions are aligned with product and manufacturing requirements.
• Act as a key interface between NPD team and Production, Quality, Planning, Health & Safety and Maintenance departments.
• Work closely with the R&D department to ensure manufacturing considerations are embedded early in the product development lifecycle, specifically via DFT, DFM, PFMEA

Manufacturing & Process Excellence

• Lead the development and validation of manufacturing processes, tooling, fixtures, work instructions, and test methods.
• Drive PFMEAs, control plans, process capability studies, and risk mitigation activities.
• Support pilot builds, process trials, and production ramp-up, ensuring smooth transition to manufacturing teams.

Quality, Compliance & Governance

• Ensure all NPD manufacturing processes meet internal standards, regulatory requirements, and the expectations of safety-critical products.
• Lead and support engineering change control activities related to NPD.
• Ensure accurate and timely generation of Engineering and manufacturing documentation.
• Acts as representative of Operations within the Hypercare team during product post launch periods.

Continuous Improvement & Strategy

• Identify opportunities to improve NPD delivery, industrialisation efficiency,…