I have always enjoyed working with high-tech machines, and working on cutting edge technology is a great challenge. I really like to build the team and to make sure that we achieve customer satisfaction together.

I have been working together with a lot of different cultures and learned a lot about stakeholder management. I really developed my skills in team building and coaching.

The first time I became familiar with NTS was through a lector at Avans. What appealed me the most was the diversity of machines NTS is manufacturing. I enjoyed working on a variety of machines, such as robots to strip painting of airplanes, 3D printers for metal parts and pick-and-place robots.

I've gotten to see a lot of different companies, learned a lot about manufacturing processes and got to develop myself in the field of process validation, test design and dynamic qualification.

At Euro-Techniek I started my graduation assignment in collaboration with the lectureship of Avans with the goal to share field experience with other students and professors. I think it was a nice opportunity to close the gap between theory and practice.

During my assignment I developed and programmed an automated production line for loading bulk sheet metal parts in a hydraulic press. There was even an article published in a Dutch engineering trade journal.

At my first traineeship I had a nice opportunity to improve the motion controller of an electrically operated sliding door and to implement the mechanical design in Autodesk Inventor.