SKF is Hiring | Application Engineer |

Position – Application Engineer
Company – SKF
Location – Pune, Maharashtra, IN

Job description

Requisition ID: 22454

Job Category: Engineering & Technology

Career level: Specialist

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Pune, IN

About SKF

SKF started its operations in India in 1923. Today, SKF provides industry leading automotive and industrial engineered solutions through its five technology-centric platforms: bearings and units, seals, mechatronics, lubrication solutions and services. Over the years the company has evolved from being a pioneer ball bearing manufacturing company to a knowledge-driven engineering company helping customers achieve sustainable and competitive business excellence.

SKF’s solutions provide sustainable ways for companies across the automotive and industrial sectors to achieve breakthroughs in friction reduction, energy efficiency, and equipment longevity and reliability. With a strong commitment to research-based innovation, SKF India offers customized value-added solutions that integrate all its five technology platforms.

SKF Purpose Statement

Together, we re-imagine rotation for a better tomorrow.

By creating intelligent and clean solutions for people and the planet

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Application Engineering

Reports To: Application Engineering Manager

Role Type: Individual Contribution

Location: Pune

Job Responsibilities

  • To be responsible for managing technical relationships with Customers (OE/EU) or Distributors.
  • Contribute to opportunity generation and create customized value-added solutions.
  • To contribute substantially in the development and implementation of customized solutions and other unique offerings
  • To develop analytical methods, interpret and verify results from application engineering software to create value for customers
  • To perform Application Reviews on complex machines and equipment
  • To create application engineering proposals and customized solutions according to customer requirements and present to the customer concisely with the application concept, design, and technical specifications.
  • Monitor competitor activities with respect to products and technical development, and define the SKF action plan to counter those.
  • Work on customer key pain areas and develop solutions that can improve performance and result in business for SKF.
  • To evaluate technical requirements and common trend in the market and provide feedback to SKF Product/ Application Competence Centers to steer new product/service design and development.
  • To demonstrate, develop and transfer advanced engineering knowledge and expertise, on a high level, according to requirements in own field of work.
  • To identify and develop customer needs, providing high level of creativity (develop Application Specific/ Services Offering based on product performance capabilities).
  • To represent SKF and market products and services at customers and institutions through visits, presentations, seminars, and fairs.
  • To develop and perform Root Cause Analysis of bearing-related problems, also in new types of applications.
  • To develop and execute internal and external training, act as a trainer and develop training material
  • Ensure that the technical details of the customer’s requirements, needs, and pain area are identified, compiled, recorded, and analyzed.
  • Obtain customer’s product approvals in line with application proposals, product drawings, sample submitted and completed sample tests.
  • Monitor customer approval tests conducted on prototypes/initial samples at the customer’s premises/installations.
  • Manage the portfolio of customer/technology-related product development program for optimal profit
  • Maintain a close relationship with the customer’s engineering management. Represent the voice of the customer during Design FMEA & Process FMEA.

Skill Set

  • Mechanical Engineering Domain Knowledge- relevant work experience in Design/Application Engineering/Maintenance
  • Experience in handling or working with OE/ End users.
  • Result-driven and a passion to win
  • Think and act decisively and with clarity.
  • Collaboration and Managing Internal and External Stakeholders.
  • Team management
  • Solution selling
  • Basic understanding of logistics at a distributor point

KPIs

  • No of New Solutions (New Market Offer / Engineered to Order/Application specific Offer ) introduced in the Segment
  • No of Industry visibility activities done – conduct technical forums/ seminars with customers.
  • No of internal trainings for the SKF customer
  • Documented solutions for the customer.
  • Failure’s modes of application and probable solutions
Education & Experience
  • B.E. / B. Tech (Mandatory)
  • Experience of 5-8 years in Application engineering/design engineering / Maintenance
  • Industry – Industrial / Manufacturing /Engineering firms, Industrial OEMs

Interested, please share your updated profile – shivani.kumar@skf.com / Kavita.sharma@skf.com

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