Sales and Application Engineer, Industrial Business Unit

Our employees describe Volvo Penta as a great place to work, built upon respect and commitment. We encourage people to take individual responsibility and offer exciting assignments in a highly innovative environment. We strongly believe that high performance comes from having fun at work, and the courage to think outside the box. Come and join us. We are both world leading and pioneers in our field.


The Volvo Penta vision is to be the world leader in sustainable power solutions. We have a history of innovation and enjoy strong market positions based on our current product and service offer. We have now left the starting blocks of developing next generation products and solutions that will be connected, electrified and automated.


We are now looking for someone to join our Sales and Application Engineering team to be part of our exciting transformation journey ahead within the ramp up of new technologies (alternative fuel engines, electrical drivelines, battery energy storage systems and fuel cells). Would you like to play a key role for customer success and like challenges? Then we have a great opportunity for you to work close to customers and with new technologies.


Key responsibilities:
Sales Engineering Industrial’s role is to provide technical consulting for our portfolio of products and services, especially for installation matters, supporting our sales organization as well as our customers. You will have the chance to travel and get involved with different customers worldwide. As a Sales and Application Engineer in our team you will also act as the voice of our customers in the development of new products and services. By conveying customer demands into Product Management Industrial and the Product Development organizations we secure fulfilment of the market requirements.


Who are you?
What’s most important is that you have an open and positive attitude. You are truly a team player, always with our customers and your team in focus. Your ability to motivate and communicate with people in English, both in speech and writing is essential. You need to have a system approach and be able to balance theoretical knowledge with a practical knowhow. Preferable you have prior experience from electromobility or conventional driveline installations with a strong customer-oriented mindset to find successful solutions for our customers.


Team player and networking skills: The job requires close collaboration with the sales organization and customers, product planning and product development as well as with colleagues in the Volvo group companies.


Self-driven and highly motivated: The role is for an openminded individual who is eager to learn and take responsibility to play a key role in our future customer installations, especially for new technology applications.


We can’t promise you an effortless job, but what we can promise you are some really skilled colleagues and some truly exciting challenges. You will work in a global environment that provides opportunities for you to develop both on a professional and personal level. We at Volvo Penta want you to prosper and be happy. Because when you succeed, we succeed. Together we drive prosperity.


Curious, and have some questions? Call us!
Come join us for a cup of coffee and we will gladly give you more information about the role and how we can help each other on our future journey! Contact Rickard Nilsson, Director Sales Engineering Industrial Telephone: +46-73-902 77 85, E-mail: rickard.r.nilsson@volvo.com


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