Applications Engineer Hydraulic Attachments
Near Bologna, Italy | Up to €70,000 + benefits
This role would suit an engineer with solid experience of hydraulic attachments for construction machinery applications.
We are an expanding off‑highway construction machinery manufacturer with locations across the U.K. and Europe, seeking an Applications Engineer focused on hydraulic attachments. The position may also suit a Mechanical Design Engineer, Product Engineer, Development Engineer or Systems Engineer with customer‑facing skills and a solid background in hydraulic systems and controls.
You will act as the voice of the customer and liaise with global engineering teams to design and develop new and existing hydraulic attachment products. Your goal is to engineer optimal machine‑to‑attachment solutions that solve customer challenges, enhance machine versatility and support sales growth across Europe.
Typical involvements
* Review new machine attachment enquiries and identify key technical criteria and develop the best options
* Work with clients and engineering teams to develop solutions including hydraulic interfaces, mounting brackets, controls, installation guides etc.
* Research and understand market trends, competitors and emerging attachment technologies
* Visit customers to survey application performance and identify new sales opportunities
* Technically support with bids, create content for marketing and represent company at international trade shows
Skills / Knowledge
* A degree or higher in mechanical engineering, mechatronics or similar
* Strong technical understanding of hydraulic attachments, hydraulics systems and control
* Experience working within the construction machinery industry, aligned to hydraulic systems design & development, hydraulic attachments or similar
* High level understanding of hydraulic systems and control for excavators, wheel loaders and skid steer loaders or similar (heavy machines for construction/off‑highway, agricultural purposes)
* Customer facing experience with good commercial or sales engineering knowledge
* High proficiency in English (other language skills would be useful e.g. German, Italian, French, Spanish, Polish etc)
This role is based near Bologna, Italy. It is commutable from Imola, Faenza, Ravenna, Forli, Cesena, etc. Opportunities exist for this role to be based in the U.K., Germany or the Netherlands.
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