Mobile Hydraulics Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and validate mobile hydraulic systems for our mining machines
• Perform functional analyses and size hydraulic components: pumps, directional control valves, valves, accumulators, and piping
• Produce technical documentation: specifications, hydraulic schematics, calculation notes, control law specifications, and manufacturing guidelines
• Participate in testing, commissioning and acceptance of systems
• Perform hydraulic system simulations
• Resolve reliability issues related to hydraulic systems in coordination with multiple departments
• Analyze wear mechanisms and failures
• Integrate technical improvements into serial production and propose retrofit solutions for the existing machine fleet
• Document the chosen technical solutions

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in hydraulics, mechanical engineering, mechatronics or equivalent
• Proven experience in mobile hydraulics: construction equipment, agricultural machinery, material handling machines or other mobile machines
• Strong knowledge of hydraulics, fluid mechanics, power transmission systems, cooling systems, lubricants and control systems
• Proficiency with design tools, ideally Creo, and hydraulic schematic/simulation software such as AMESim, Automation Studio, etc.
• Minimum B2 level in English
• Knowledge of German is highly desirable