Application Engineer

Yazaki Europe Middle East and Africa; Voisins-le-Bretonneux; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global automotive supplier in Île-de-France is seeking an experienced Application Engineer to manage customer relationships and coordinate technical activities. The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering and 2-5 years of professional experience, preferably in the automotive sector. This position requires advanced English proficiency and knowledge of automotive standards. You will contribute to strategies for technical solutions and project monitoring.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of professional experience, ideally in the automotive industry.
• Advanced English language skills are required.
• Familiarity with automotive technical standards and ISO.
• Experience in automotive wiring harness environment or electrical connectors development is a plus
• Experience developing technical projects
• Experience in customer/vendor environments
• Knowledge of automotive standards & ISO

Responsibilities

• Manage customer relationships effectively.
• Coordinate technical activities for key customers.
• Provide reliable technical support and meet customer expectations.
• Contribute to the technical strategy and its implementation.
• Identify customer needs and offer technical solutions.
• Identify customer needs to offer technical solutions
• Collaborate with international sales to develop promotional synergies
• Understand market trends and growth opportunities
• Support RFQ processing and project monitoring

Skills

Customer relationship management

Technical support

Understanding market trends

Project monitoring

Education

Master's degree in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering

Job description

Founded in 1929, Yazaki is a Japanese full systems supplier of wire harness, electrical, data products and solutions enabling vehicle electrification, connectivity, and autonomy integration. More than 235,000 committed and highly motivated employees in 45 countries make us one of the most successful international automotive suppliers. To strengthen our team, we are looking for an Application Engineer.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensuring effective customer relationship management
• Coordinating all technical activities of our key customers for the identified components (connectors low, high voltage, BFT, electronic automotive components, datacons products etc).
• Providing reliable technical support to strengthen/develop respect and trust with our existing or new customers
• Taking responsibility for technical exchanges and specifications reviews to meet customer expectations and ensure the achievement of their objectives.
• Contribution to the technical strategy and planning
• Identifying customer needs in order to offer technical solutions via our existing or new products
• Participation in the development of the technical strategy, adapted for our different types of customers
• Cooperating with international sales teams to further develop promotional synergies with our customers
• Understand market trends and growth opportunities
• Contribution to the efficient processing of RFQs and ensure project monitoring

Requirements

• Education: Master’s degree in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering (Mechanical/ Electrical /Electronics Engineering)
• Professional experience: 2-5 years (experience in the automotive industry is a plus)
• Experience in automotive wiring harness environment / electrical connection and connectors development would be appreciable.
• English language: Advanced level
• Experience in developing technical projects.
• Experience working in a customer/vendor environment.
• Technical standards: Knowledge of automotive technical standards & ISO.