Senior Production Engineer

Engineering Manager

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.

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 programmes.

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

• 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.

• Line‑manage Production Engineers within the NPD team, providing technical guidance, prioritisation, coaching and performance management.
• Responsible for the NPD team cost centre budget 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.

• 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 the 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.

• 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.

• 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.
• Act as representative of Operations within the Hyper‑care team during product post‑launch periods.

• Identify opportunities to improve NPD delivery, industrialisation efficiency and manufacturing robustness.
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