Customization Engineer

Permobil is a globally leading provider of power wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs and seating and positioning solutions, with a strong dedication to improving the quality of life for its users. The company’s strong portfolio of brands, competitive product offering, innovation capabilities and leading market positions provide a strong base to capture additional growth, both in existing and new markets. We are now looking for a new Customization Engineer to our customization engineering team that develop innovative and individualized solutions to meet customer needs. Individualized Power Wheelchairs has always been part of our DNA and we are now taking this business to the next level. You will have an important role in a fast-moving company where you will learn and develop for the future.
About the role
As a customization engineer, you work to understand the user’s clinical needs and are responsible to identify or innovate solutions that meet these needs. You will communicate with customers to quote and design solutions that meet the clinical aspects and user needs with innovative, safe and produces effective solutions.
You will work in close cooperation with the customization team, production, quality assurance and other engineers to make Permobil stay and continue to develop as a truly great company for our users and customers.
Key duties
- Respond to customer request on customized solutions on Power Wheelchairs, make initial assessments on how to meet the customer request and quote proposed solution.
-Continuously drive improvements in the quote to delivery process of customized solutions and ease of doing business
-Design customer solutions for Permobil’s products in line with regulations.
- Make risk/benefit assessment and propose existing solutions or conceptual solutions.
- Simulate and/or Design the parts and solutions that will be adapted on the products
- Create documentation such as risk assessment, design plan, drawings, and assembly instructions
- Coordinate and prioritize together with all departments within the production unit
Your background:
We believe that you are an ambitious engineer in early stages of your career with a curiosity to learn customer requirements and transform them to solutions and business. Starting in the front end, assessing customer requests and responding with quotes solutions will build an outstanding understanding of the user needs within power wheelchair business.
We believe you have a university degree in science or engineering and some experience as mechanical engineer or equal. You are fluent in oral and written English and Swedish.
The team is working closely with Permobil sales companies and your skills in pro-active communication will be highly valued.
To fit in our company and in this role, we believe that you are flexible, self-motivated, a team player and have "Can-do attitude". You have an ambition to grow and develop with the company and to teach and develop the people around you are part of your personality. Of course, you have a passion for our end users and love working in a company that impacts peoples’ lifes.
More Information
Location is Timrå/Sundsvall. The selection and interview process are ongoing. Therefore, we urge you to send in your application as soon as possible.
For more information about the position, please contact Manager Customization Engineering Devie Elf at 070-574 72 76.
For more information about the recruitment process, please contact Maria Myren HRBP Nordics & UK at maria.myren@permobil.com
For union related questions please contact through unionen@permobil.com
We look forward to your application!
We have already chosen our sourcing channels for this recruitment and kindly ask not to be contacted by any advertisement agents, recruitment agencies or manning companies.
More about Permobil:
Permobil founder Dr. Per Uddén believed that helping people achieve the greatest level of independence is a basic human right and, for over 50 years, Permobil has held fast to that belief. Permobil is a global leader in advanced rehabilitation technology, passionate about better understanding our users’ needs and improving their quality of life through state-of-the-art healthcare solutions. Today, those solutions include power wheelchairs, seating and positioning products, power assist, and manual wheelchairs. Permobil is part of Patricia Industries, a subsidiary of Investor AB and is headquartered in Sweden. Permobil has 1700 team members in more than 16 countries around the world. For more information regarding the company’s storied history and complete product line visit permobil.com.