• Job Description

  Req#: 19330

  Are you a passionate engineer, eager to apply your skills in a dynamic and expanding setting? Would you be interested in advancing SKF’s expertise and value proposition in alignment with our Aerospace strategy for our clients?

  You can be our new….

  Aerospace Application Engineer

  (UK)

  The Aerospace Business Unit takes care of everything related to Aerospace applications. This includes Sales, Manufacturing, Business Development, and creating new products and processes. This unit works in many countries and markets all over the world. It has customers that include the biggest names in the Aerospace industry with the focus of reducing the environmental footprint into every aspect of our operations to contribute to a greener and more sustainable future.

  In your role, you will work with the Sales team to suggest technical solutions that meet our customers’ needs. You will also be the point of contact for our customers for all technical matters. This includes answering questions, dealing with complaints, and figuring out technical risks. Your job is to bring effective technical knowledge to the market. You will also take part in technical training sessions, both within our company and outside.

  What you can expect in the role:

  • Look for and chase new business opportunities by understanding what customers need and want, spotting market trends, and introducing new SKF technology to strategic business opportunities.
  • Develop and support Electric Aviation customers within the UK & Europe.
  • Help coordinate engineering activities from the beginning of a business opportunity until the end of production, following the ETO (Engineering To Order) process.
  • Make sure to follow verification and validation procedures correctly and keep track of how our products are performing in the field.
  • Carry out bearing calculations; get ready and keep track of design and process validation test plans using resources from around the world.
  • Regularly work with the customer’s engineering team to solve technical problems and get approval for changes to products or processes throughout the program’s life cycle: help solve technical issues and make sure lessons learned are used in the business.
  • Work with and have an impact on a fast-moving global team of people from engineering, sales, business development, project management, design, quality, testing, manufacturing, and customer service; create and give technical presentations and training events to large groups of customers.
  • Coordinate and keep tasks aligned that involve many customers in your region and build and improve relationships with customers’ engineering/technical teams with the target of implementing innovative light weight and/or low friction solutions to reach the CO2 emissions reduction of the aerospace industry.
  • Assist customers with the selection of environmentally friendly/compliant bearing solutions for their applications.

  We expect you to have:

  • An Engineering degree. If it’s in Mechanical, Material or Aerospace Engineering, that’s even better. If you have experience in technical sales or applications engineering, that’s a plus.
  • Be a good listener and communicator of technical knowledge (both in writing and speaking).
  • Ability to speak and write in English well.
  • You should have a good personality and be good at managing relationships with customers. This will help you motivate and influence the technical choices of our customers.
  • If you have experience with calculation tools and engineering design software, and if you know about manufacturing processes, that’s a plus.
  • Flexibility to travel within the UK and internationally.

  At SKF we are committed to creating a diverse environment, and we firmly believe that a diverse workforce is essential for our continued success. Therefore, we only focus on your experience, skills, and potential. Come as you are – just be yourself. #weareSKF

  You’ll like working here if:

  You’re good at dealing with people, solving problems, and making decisions. You can handle and organize your work on your own. Also, if you are good at organizing your time and working with a team of people from different cultures.

  We offer:

  A chance to grow professionally in a team that’s international and always changing. You’ll get to use your skills and abilities, and work with colleagues who want to make a difference for our customers and for the planet! You’ll also have the freedom to manage your own work schedule. This could include visiting customers, working from home, going to trainings, attending internal meetings, visiting SKF engineering and production sites, and doing reports.

  Some additional information:

  This position will be ideally located in Clevedon at the SKF Aerospace factory offices. A Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks is required for this role which includes a satisfactory disclosure and barring security check.

  You will report to Jerome Boussaguet, Aerospace Application Engineering Manager Europe, who is located in Chateauneuf-sur-Isere (France). If you have any questions about the position, please contact Jerome on +33 6 37628781/Teams or by email jerome.boussaguet@skf.com.

  For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Valerie Phipps, People Business Enabler (Valerie.phipps@skf.com). Note that we can't accept applications via email.

  Is this you?

  If the answer is “Yes!”, please submit your application with your CV and cover letter in English, not later than 29th February 2024.

  We will screen candidates continuously throughout the application period, so make sure to submit your application as soon as possible.

  Visit Recruitment@SKF for support and more information about recruitment at SKF

• About the company

  AB SKF is a Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing company founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1907.

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