Production Engineer

Production Engineer Role Description Energiot is looking for a Production Engineer to join our team in Barcelona and support the industrialization, production ramp-up, and manufacturing execution of our self-powered IoT devices for electrical grid monitoring. The person will act as the main link between product development, assemblers, suppliers, purchasing, quality, and operations. This role focuses on ensuring that production units are delivered on time, with the required quality, documentation, traceability, and cost control. This is a hands-on position for someone comfortable managing suppliers, following up production tasks, controlling stock and materials, coordinating deadlines, detecting risks early, and escalating issues when needed. The role will be key to scaling Energiot's manufacturing capacity and supporting the delivery of hundreds of devices. Key Responsibilities Coordinate production activities with external assemblers, suppliers, workshops, and manufacturing partners. Follow up manufacturing timelines, delivery dates, supplier commitments, and production milestones. Manage purchasing follow-up, quotations, order tracking, lead times, and delivery status. Monitor stock levels, critical components, consumables, mechanical parts, electronic assemblies, and production materials. Support the preparation and execution of production batches, validation units, and customer deliveries. Ensure production documentation is complete, updated, and correctly used, including BOMs, assembly instructions, test procedures, quality checklists, and revision control. Coordinate with hardware, firmware, mechanical, product, and operations teams to align production requirements with project deadlines. Identify bottlenecks, supplier risks, quality issues, delays, missing materials, and process deviations. Escalate production risks clearly and early, proposing practical actions to avoid delays or quality problems. Support incoming inspection, production quality control, non-conformity tracking, and corrective actions. Help improve production workflows, assembly processes, test procedures, quality gates, and traceability methods. Support logistics, packaging, labeling, shipment preparation, and material coordination for field deployments when required. Qualifications Essential: Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, or Advanced Vocational Training in Industrial Engineering, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related field. Experience in production, manufacturing coordination, industrialization, operations, procurement, or supplier management. Experience working with assemblers, suppliers, workshops, or manufacturing partners. Experience in hardware product manufacturing, electronics assembly, IoT devices, industrial equipment, or similar technical products. Ability to read and work with technical documentation such as BOMs, drawings, assembly instructions, wiring diagrams, specifications, and test procedures. Good understanding of manufacturing processes, quality control, stock management, production planning, and supplier follow-up. Experience with incoming inspection, quality checklists, supplier non-conformities, and corrective action follow-up. Basic knowledge of electronics, mechanical assemblies, cables, connectors, sensors, or embedded devices. Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple suppliers, orders, deadlines, and priorities at the same time. Ability to detect risks, follow up open issues, escalate blockers, and push tasks until completion. Hands-on, proactive, structured, and highly autonomous mindset. Strong communication skills with technical teams, suppliers, and non-technical stakeholders. Fluent in Spanish and English. Preferred / Nice to Have: Experience with ERP, inventory management tools, purchasing workflows, or production tracking systems. Experience coordinating production ramp-up, pre-series, or serial manufacturing phases. Knowledge of production traceability, serial number management, revision control, and configuration control. Experience improving manufacturing processes, supplier performance, quality gates, or production scalability. What We Offer Full-time, permanent contract. Entrepreneurial startup culture with a high level of ownership. Private medical insurance coverage (Adeslas PYME total). Office located in Barcelona, with a strong focus on innovation and sustainability. Departamento R&D Locations Barcelona - Spain Remote status Hybrid About Energiot Energiot is a pioneering company specializing in autonomous IoT solutions for electrical grid monitoring. Our key product, a self-powered IoT device, utilizes patented piezoelectric energy harvesting technology, allowing it to operate battery-free. We offer grid operators the benefits of real-time asset monitoring, predictive maintenance, and improved grid reliability. The devices are versatile, sustainable, and designed for global deployment, providing a practical and maintenance-free solution to enhance grid operations. Energiot is a distinguished spin-off of the IMB-CNM CSIC and collaborates with them, which has a 1500m2 microtechnology cleanroom. We provide an unparalleled IoT system for electricity grid operators, championing optimization in the power grid's operation and maintenance and escalating the inclusion of renewable energy sources Founded in 2017 Coworkers about 10