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Reliability Architect

    • Utrecht, Netherlands

Job description

About Vitestro

Founded in 2017 in Utrecht, Vitestro is pioneering the future of blood collection with the Aletta® Autonomous Robotic Phlebotomy Device™ (ARPD™). This groundbreaking medical device combines advanced multi-modal imaging (near-infrared, ultrasound, and Doppler ultrasound) with robotics and AI to perform the entire diagnostic blood draw procedure autonomously.

 

By addressing critical healthcare staffing shortages and improving patient experience, Vitestro is transforming one of the most common and essential medical procedures. With more than 90 team members and growing rapidly, we are scaling our impact. As we placed our first devices with customers, we are now expanding our Service & Support organization to ensure successful implementation and long-term reliability.

 

At Vitestro, we are committed to continuous innovation and improvement. Our Service team plays a central role in supporting our customers, driving adoption, and enabling this new era of autonomous phlebotomy.

About the job  

  

As a Reliability Architect at Vitestro, you will play a key role in ensuring our breakthrough medical device meets the highest standards of reliability, serviceability, and manufacturability. You will work with our system architects and engineers to refine our strategy and meet reliability targets. You will set up data analyses, reliability growth tests, and reliability improvement programs, as well as define system and interface requirements. You will also support industrialization efforts and support your colleagues by promoting technical excellence and design optimization. 

  

In this role you will:  

  • Translate system-level requirements into reliability related requirements.  

  • Collaborate with system architect and system engineers to weigh reliability aspects amidst other functional and non-functional requirements.  

  • Define and execute reliability growth testing and subsequent improvements.  

  • Lead and mentor engineers to deliver robust, reliable, and optimized designs.  

  • Contribute to the manufacturability, industrialization and supplier management processes to ensure product quality and reliability.

  • Safeguard compliance with relevant standards and regulations.  

  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues at both sub-system and system level with a focus on root cause and long-term reliability.  

Job requirements

Must have:  

  • Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar field.  

  • 10+ years of experience in design and development of mechatronic or actuated systems.  

  • Strong background in reliability engineering and preparing systems for series production.  

  • Demonstrated ability to optimize designs for reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.

  • Familiarity with CAD design, test design, and testing methods.  

Nice to have:  

  • Experience leading or mentoring a team of engineers.  

  • Experience with medical devices or regulated industries.   

 

What we offer 

  • Competitive salary including pension plan 

  • 25 days of annual leave based on a full-time position 

  • Hybrid work model 

  • Working together in a high-skilled team with our home base in Utrecht 

  • Frequent out-of-work activities with our team (such as our Skitestro ski-trip) 

  • Training budget 

  • Opportunity to be key shaper of a new global industry niche: autonomous medical robotics 

We offer an environment where you can make a lot of impact, as you are joining a growing scale-up in MedTech. Our team of driven and talented colleagues enjoys solving the challenges in developing, manufacturing, and completing our breakthrough medical device. While working in an open culture, we strive for excellence in all domains. We believe in taking courage and like to challenge each other. We learn and teach, regardless of age, nationality or gender. 

 

Are you excited? 

We totally understand that and so are we! By joining us, you can play an active role in changing the future of health care. Excited to join our revolution? Then we’d love to hear from you! 

If you think you've got what it takes, but you don't meet all the requirements - we still recommend you apply. We would love to learn about your interest and experience, and consider if you can be a good fit for Vitestro. Nobody is a perfect fit, and we welcome applications with imperfections. We offer a learning environment where we grow together! 

  

For recruitment agencies – we are currently happy with the way we manage our process and fill our vacancies with our own efforts. Thank you. 

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