Sourcing & Industrialization Engineer
Location: Antwerp/Amsterdam or Remote within EU
Experience: Approximately 5 years of relevant industrialization / manufacturing engineering experience
Own industrialization and help turn great designs into products that scale.
This isn't a lateral move. We built Loop by going all in from day one. You’ll own industrialization from design handoff through stable mass production, working directly with manufacturing partners to turn designs into producible, cost-effective, quality products. You’ll run engineering builds, drive DFM feedback loops, manage tooling and process qualification, and close out NPI milestones on time. All yours. If you've mastered the industrialization fundamentals and you're ready to break the rules that no longer work, this is where you do it.
The role
You step into ownership. You move fast and take responsibility for what you build. You focus on work that matters, not on noise that slows things down. As an S&I Engineer, you own your program or programs largely independently, using sound technical judgment to surface manufacturing risk early, drive mitigation, and keep the industrialization critical path moving. You are the journey-level engineer other functions can rely on to flag issues before they become delays.
What you’ll do (and what you won’t)
You’ll do
Own manufacturing readiness, leading DFM and DFA reviews with manufacturing partners and the design team, and resolving producibility issues before they reach tooling.
Plan and run engineering builds such as EVT, DVT, PVT, or equivalent, defining objectives and translating learnings into design or process changes.
Own tooling timelines, first-article inspection, and process qualification for your program or programs.
Provide engineering input into cost negotiations and supplier selection alongside Sourcing, surfacing cost, quality, and timeline trade-offs early.
Own the industrialization critical path, identifying risks, recommending a path forward, and driving mitigation rather than simply reporting status.
Be the day-to-day link between manufacturing partners and Loop’s design, quality, and supply planning teams.
Adapt your communication and approach across different technical, cultural, and organizational contexts to keep work moving.
Use AI intentionally in your workflow where it improves quality, output, or decision-making, while critically evaluating outputs and retaining accountability for the work.
You won’t
wait for endless approvals
hide behind processes
simply report risks instead of driving them toward resolution
talk about AI without practicing it in your workflow
How you’ll succeed
We look for people who think big, stay curious, and aren’t afraid to go all in to make things happen. You’ll run your industrialization workstreams with minimal oversight, make sound judgment calls when information is incomplete, and know when an issue needs to be escalated. You’ll earn the trust of design, quality, sourcing, supply planning, and manufacturing partners by bringing practical technical judgment to producibility trade-offs and by surfacing risks early with a recommended path forward.
You’ll also use AI as a practical part of how you work, not simply as a productivity shortcut. We expect candidates to be able to explain how they use AI, where it improves their work, how they evaluate its outputs, and how they stay accountable for the result. AI capability is part of our hiring process and will be explored during interviews.
What you’ll bring
You bring approximately 5 years of relevant industrialization or manufacturing engineering experience.
You have complete knowledge and a strong working understanding of S&I, with the ability to solve ambiguous manufacturing problems and adapt your approach when the playbook does not fit.
You have experience working with soft goods, wearables, or similarly complex consumer products and understand the manufacturing and industrialization challenges that come with those products.
You can independently lead engineering builds, DFM/DFA, tooling, qualification, and NPI milestones.
You work independently and know when to involve others, with review at critical milestones rather than day-to-day direction.
You are comfortable influencing manufacturing partners and adapting your communication style across different audiences, including situations involving language or cultural differences.
You use AI intentionally and critically to improve the quality, output, experience, or decisions in your work, and you validate AI-assisted work before it ships.
You know when work is ready to ship, and when it can evolve.
You want your work to matter, not just exist.
Loop isn’t for everyone. We might not be a match if you:
Wait for direction instead of taking initiative
Mistake activity for impact
Feel uneasy when things are still taking shape
Prefer alignment meetings over decisions
Still listening?
Good. We are not looking for people to watch from the sidelines. Loopers step in, speak up and go for more. More firsts. More growth. More: “I can’t believe we did that.” If you are like that too, press that beautiful apply button and let’s talk.
Interview Process
Application Window: 19 August - 8 September (Applications only accepted during this window)
Recruiter Screens: 24 August - 11 September
Hiring Manager Interviews: 31 August - 23 September
Stakeholder Interviews: 17 September - 28 September
Offer Stage: 28 September - 30 September
Target Start Date: Monday the 2nd of November
Approximately 5 years of industrialization or manufacturing engineering experience, with expertise in DFM/DFA, tooling, qualification, NPI, engineering builds, consumer products, supplier collaboration, and critical AI evaluation.
Key Responsibilities
- owning industrialization
- running engineering builds
- managing tooling
Skills & Tools
AI
Job Details
- Category: Engineering
- Seniority: Senior Level
- Commitment: Full Time
- Workplace: Remote — Antwerp or Amsterdam or Europe
- Languages: English
About Loop Earplugs
A consumer products company developing and manufacturing earplugs and wearable products. — Industry: Manufacturing