Senior R&D; Expert – Excavator Development | Imola, Italy
Imola, Italy | Hybrid
Travel: Up to 50% across Europe, the UK and China
I’m currently looking for a Senior R&D; Expert – Application-Focused Excavators to join the engineering team of a global leader in construction machinery.
This is a newly created role connecting European customer requirements with global R&D; teams to develop and optimize excavators for demanding applications.
Key Requirements
- Recent, hands-on experience in excavator development.
- 8+ years of experience in R&D;, product development or application engineering within construction machinery.
- Proven experience developing excavators, ideally with expertise in application-specific solutions.
- Strong professional communication skills in both Italian and English.
- A Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or a related field.
Your Responsibilities
- Translate customer requirements into engineering solutions.
- Define specifications for application-specific excavator variants.
- Develop concepts for attachments, hydraulic systems, reinforcements and machine adaptations.
- Lead testing, validation and customer field trials.
- Collaborate with global R&D; teams and technical partners.
- Provide market and competitor insights to support product strategy.
Your Profile
- Strong technical knowledge of excavators, hydraulics, machine integration and specialized attachments.
- Experience in at least two of the following application areas: demolition, material handling, waste and recycling, or civil engineering.
- Willingness to travel internationally.
What’s on Offer?
- Hybrid working environment based in Imola, Italy.
- An international role with a global construction machinery leader.
- The opportunity to influence future excavator solutions for the European market.
- Close collaboration with global R&D; teams.
- Strong career development opportunities.
- Competitive salary, with flexibility to make a strong market-based offer.
- If you have recent excavator development experience and are interested in an international R&D; opportunity, I’d love to hear from you.
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