Application Engineer

Beddington North
10 months ago
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Application Engineer

M25 Corridor

£50k-£60k

Are you looking for your next career step to join a market leader within the automotive industry? Company vehicle, generous bonuses, favourable working hours, fantastic salary, good pension & holidays.

About the company

My client is a supplier of mechanical, hydrodynamic, electrical, hydraulic and electronic drive and braking systems. They are the market leader worldwide for hydrodynamic transmissions. Their core activities are as follows:

  • For energy and oil & gas industries: hydrodynamic couplings (fluid couplings), variable speed planetary gear units, turbo gear units, hydrodynamic torque converters and actuating and control technology

  • For industries including steel, mining and metalworking: Fluid couplings, hydraulic systems and components, Hirth serrations, high-performance cardan shafts, safety couplings and highly flexible couplings

  • For road vehicles: automatic transmissions for Buses, hydrodynamic retarders, air compressors and VIAB turbo-retarder clutches as well as vibration dampers for agricultural machinery

  • For rail vehicles: drive systems like turbo gear units, wheelset gear units, traction inverters, cardan shafts, cooling systems, Scharfenberg couplers and front ends

    My client is offering a fantastic salary and excellent benefits as follows:

  • Company Vehicle

  • Monday – Thursday, 8:30am to 16:30pm, Friday 8:30am – 15:30pm a 36.5-hour working week.

  • £50k – £60k (dependent on experience)

  • Annual Bonus (pro rata on year of joining)

  • 25 days holiday (pro rata on joining)

  • Pensions 3% EE and 6% ER

  • Private Health Care

    My client is looking for someone who has the following:

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or electrical engineering

  • Prior experience in field services or engineering/automotive industry

  • Strong knowledge of Commercial automotive systems and components

  • Basic understanding of Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow

  • Proficient in C/C++ Programming

  • Capable of handling Vector CANalyzer and Vector Toolchain

    If you’re interested, call Alfie Harvey on (phone number removed)

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