Responsibilities Lead the local engineering team with 4 direct reports, ensuring reliable delivery, clear structures, and efficient processes Provide strategic and hands‐on engineering leadership to the Novara manufacturing site Lead new product introduction (NPI) and process industrialization, ensuring strong alignment with customer commitments, timelines, and business objectives Drive accurate costing and technical estimation for new and existing opportunities, ensuring competitive and commercially viable solutions Act as a key technical interface with sales and customers, interpreting specifications, providing expert guidance, and building strong relationships Support customer audits, site visits, and validation activities, including preparation of product substantiation and qualification reports Collaborate with leadership and business development teams to identify growth opportunities and expand scope Promote a continuous improvement mindset, encouraging innovation, accountability,



and proactive problem-solving across the engineering team Develop and optimize robust manufacturing processes, documentation, and tooling solutions aligned with customer and quality requirements Apply advanced quality tools to drive zero‐defect performance, lead root‐cause investigations, and implement sustainable corrective actions Manage end‐to‐end process and capital projects while supporting continuous improvement to enhance cost efficiency, quality, and operational excellence Employee will be hired under the metalworking national collective agreement, with a gross annual salary between €62,000 and €75,000, and meal vouchers worth €10 for each working day Qualifications Hold a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, combined with 7 years of experience in a production environment – aerospace preferred Hold a Master's degree in mechanical engineering, preferred focus on surface technologies/welding/production technology, 5 years experience in a production environment – aerospa

📌 Customer engineering manager (Italia)
🏢 Linde
📍 Italia