Application Engineer / Applikationsingenjör

The role
As Application Engineer at FlexLink, you will lead the development of solutions and proposals for customers in which material handling solutions and palletizing systems for industrial automation are delivered. You will act as the technical responsible to guide and propose the best solutions for the customer’s applications.
You will:
Maintain and develop customer relation at an early stage of the process working close together making proposals and quotations in competition with other global players
Develop factory layouts based on our unique and proven solutions creating and describing the values for the end-user to be convinced.
Do conceptual design of new solutions required.
Make calculations, visualizations and simulations to verify functionality and performance needed.
Make accurate cost-estimations and time-schedules, identify risks.
Involve and commit colleagues and lead internal reviews
Make the most attractive descriptions and presentations, build credibility and trust
Support the realization of the proposal in project phase
Work in an international role

You will report to the Head of Business Development within our Automotive sector, working with clients predominantly within the automotive industry. Even though most of your team is based in Germany, you will have plenty of colleagues locally in Gothenburg, Sweden in FlexLink’s HQ.
This is you
To be successful in this role, we believe that you have a higher education in Mechanical Engineering or Industry Automation (or equal). You also have:
3+ years’ experience of layout engineering, mechanical design or controls engineering of material handling solutions and palletizing systems for industrial automation
Experience of working closely with customers and end-users
Project results; cost-control, negotiations, scheduling and risk management
Fluent English in both writing and speech
Swedish or German language knowledge is a plus
Fluent in design / layout engineering with CAD tools
Experience of doing visualizations and simulations

We see that you have a passion for machines and mechanical solutions with the automation needed to make it run. You also have great communication skills and a service-minded attitude.
This is the right opportunity and environment with challenging opportunities for you who get things done and has the ambition to grow as an individual together with the team and take on further challenges and responsibilities!
About FlexLink
FlexLink is an industry leader for automated production flow solutions. Working closely with global customers, we provide innovative, optimizing solutions to produce goods smarter, safer and at lower operating costs. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, FlexLink has operating units in 26 countries and is represented in more than 60. In 2021, FlexLink had about 1,100 employees and a turnover of 240 MEUR.
FlexLink is part of Coesia, a group of 21 companies specialised in highly innovative industrial and packaging solutions based in Bologna, Italy. The Group, whose sole Shareholder and President is Isabella Seràgnoli, is present in 35 countries with 84 production plants in 136 operating units and has over 8,000 employees.
Join the team! We are looking forward to receiving your application.
This is a permanent position, full-time. Being part of FlexLink means that you have flexibility in your working hours, and we apply a hybrid remote working model.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the responsible recruiter Jenny Smith on jenny.smith@coesia.com
External agencies are kindly requested not to contact the company regarding this position.