Application Engineer - Robotics

Magnax; West-Vlaanderen; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

One remote day per week

Kortrijk location

Job summary

Magnax in Kortrijk, Belgium, is seeking an Applications Engineer to bridge markets, customers and R&D. You will translate customer needs into motor requirements, select solutions and build proposals with pricing. You will support product documentation and engage in customer visits and trade fairs.

You hold a Master’s degree in engineering and have at least 2 years in robotics, with fluency in English. Some travel is required as you map market opportunities and drive customer value.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Master’s degree in engineering (electromechanical/electrical/mechanical/mechatronics).
• At least 2 years of robotics industry experience (actuators, cobots, industrial robots, humanoids, AMRs).
• Ability to discuss motors, gearboxes and controllers with a customer’s engineering team.
• Strong communication skills and ability to write clear proposals.
• Willingness to travel occasionally and work with customers in English.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the first technical contact for customer inquiries and develop requirements.
• Translate customer specs into motor requirements with R&D input and build proposals with technical solutions and pricing.
• Select motor solutions and evaluate integration with drives and gearboxes.
• Follow up with customers through the sales cycle and hand over to project teams when won.
• Provide market insights and report to management on robotics trends and opportunities.
• Support product documentation and sales tools; participate in customer visits and trade fairs as needed.

Skills

Robotics experience

Customer engagement

Electric drive systems

English fluency

Independent ownership

Education

Master's degree in engineering

Job description

Magnax is a Belgian deep-tech company founded in 2015, specializing in yokeless axial flux electric motor technology. The company develops high torque density and high-efficiency motor technology for industrial and advanced electrification applications.

Magnax is building next-generation electric motors based on yokeless axial flux technology. Our motors are compact, light and efficient. That makes them a strong match for robotics.

We are a team of about 30 people in Kortrijk, mostly engineers, from many different countries. We work in English. We keep things informal, and ideas move quickly from concept to prototype.

To grow our position in robotics, we are looking for an Applications Engineer. You are the technical link between the market, our customers and our R&D team.

This is what you'll do

Customer enquiries and proposals

• You are the first technical contact for incoming customer enquiries. You find out what the customer really needs.
• Together with R&D, you translate customer specs (RFIs and RFQs) into motor requirements.
• You select the right motor solution and check how it fits into the customer's system: drives, gearboxes, mechanical integration.
• You build the proposal yourself, technical solution and pricing included, with support from R&D.
• You follow up with the customer until the project is won, then hand over to the project team.
• You keep track of the robotics market: applications, players, competing technologies and trends.
• You map where axial flux motors bring the most value and which segments we should target.
• You report your findings to management in a clear, structured way. Your input shapes our product and commercial choices.

Product and sales support

• You help create and update product documentation, datasheets and sales tools.
• You bring customer feedback back to R&D.
• You join customer visits and trade fairs now and then.

Who are we looking for?

• You have a master's degree in engineering: electromechanical, electrical, mechanical or mechatronics.
• You have at least 2 years of experience in the robotics industry. Actuators, cobots, industrial robots, humanoids, AMRs.
• You understand electric drive systems. You can talk motors, gearboxes and controllers with a customer's engineering team.
• You like customer contact. You ask the right questions and you write a clear proposal.
• You enjoy analysis. You turn scattered market information into insights management can act on.
• You work independently and take ownership of the technical solution. You speak and write English fluently. Other languages are a plus.
• You are open to occasional travel.

You report to the Belgian management team.

What can we offer?

Sure, every company talks about perks. But here’s why you’ll look forward to getting up in the morning:

• Make an impact: Your work won’t just sit on a server collecting digital dust. You’ll see your ideas come to life in the real world.
• Life at Magnax boring: Whether brainstorming over Belgian beers, making last-minute design tweaks, or Friday wrap lunches where creativity and tortillas collide—we keep things fresh.
• Flexibility that works for you: We know work-life balance is key. That’s why we offer flexible hours to fit your lifestyle, and one day of remote work a week when it fits your role. Because we know great ideas don’t always come from the same desk.
• Kortrijk, our hidden gem: We might be a little biased, but Kortrijk’s got everything—creative energy, amazing food, and just enough peace to let your next big idea come to life.

Our philosophy?

At Magnax, mistakes aren’t failures—they’re launch pads. We build, we test, we laugh, and then we try again. It’s engineering with heart.

Your future is here

Join us, and your ideas will be challenged, while your skills will grow. Whether you’re reshaping our R&D dream team or solving the next big manufacturing challenge, you’ll be part of something big.

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