Application Engineer, Application Team VW Group, Business Unit Mounts (f / m / d)

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Responsibilities : Strategy :

Support Sales in acquiring target projects, including delivering technical presentations to customers

Analyze, identify, and resolve development-related customer requirements, ensuring targets for timing, quality, and cost are met

Ensure project profitability throughout the entire product lifecycle through effective change and cost management

Customer Focus :

Act as the main technical point of contact for the customer’s engineering teams

Build, develop, and maintain strong, long-term relationships with key technical stakeholders on the customer side

Closely collaborate with customer engineering teams to ensure customer satisfaction and enable sustainable long-term growth

Project Management :

Independently manage assigned projects in accordance with internal procedures (e.g. APQP, VC ProMap, ECR, Multi Project Board)

Take full responsibility for project results in terms of quality, cost, and timing across all project phases – from RFQ to EOP

Lead product and production launches in close alignment with the customer

Ensure effective and transparent communication within the project team

Conduct regular internal and external project reviews and report project status

Support ongoing production and ensure manufacturing robustness

Cost Management :

Plan, monitor, and control the budget throughout the entire development phase

Lead design and optimization initiatives and support plants on production-related topics to improve contribution margins (e.g. VAVE)

Qualifications :

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or a comparable technical discipline

Strong analytical skills combined with excellent communication and presentation abilities in a multicultural environment

AVS / NVH product knowledge is an advantage

Fluent in German and English

Team-oriented mindset, assertiveness, and confident conflict management skills

Strong willingness to learn, grow, and continuously develop