Mechanical Design Engineer

At PALFINGER, we have been lifting goods to a new level for over 90 years - with a pioneering and passionate spirit. As a global technology and engineering company, we are the world's leading manufacturer and supplier of innovative crane and lifting solutions. Our success is based on the tireless efforts of our approximately 12,350 employees, who contribute their ideas and energy to our vision. With us, you can expect a dynamic working environment full of opportunities for personal and professional development. Become part of our team and start your career at PALFINGER.

Do You enjoy technical mechanics – steel work development? Do you have experience with FEM, FEMFAT? Do you work in an organized manner? Are you a team player and enjoy working internationally? Do You also enjoy optimizing systems and find working on new developments exciting?

Then you are exactly right with us!

Your responsibilities

• Develop system concepts up to series production and defining the virtually/physical validation method
• Coordinate cooperation/interface with external engineering companies and other international Palfinger Technical centers
• Interface with manufacturing and/or supplier to optimize manufacturability and cost (design to cost, design for manufacturing)
• Perform analytical calculations, FEM stress simulations and FEM-based fatigue strength calculation as part of product development and documentation as crane statics calculations
• Develop 3D model and corresponding design drawings

Your qualifications

• Graduation of a higher technical education (TU, FH) in mechanical engineering or similar
• Experience in the design and construction of steel components (Creo)
• Experience in finite element-based calculation of steel components and fatigue strength assessment (ANSYS mechanical Workbench, FEMFAT, FKM-WELD, AutoFena)
• Good written and spoken German and English
• Reliable and self-employed way of working within a team driven

We offer

• Good life balance thanks to flexible working hours and freedom in work organisation
• Performance-related remuneration and attractive incentive systems
• Career planning and development opportunities, as well as ongoing training
• Opportunity to gain international experience.
• Voluntary additional benefits from our company health management system PALfit

We offer an attractive and performance-related salary, which is based on your qualifications and professional experience and can be significantly above the “Kollektivvertrag” (= collective labor agreement) for this position (Kollektivvertrag minimum based on full-time employment is EUR 52.197,04 per year).

Are you interested in the position and still have questions? Please do not hesitate to contact us.

We are looking forward to receiving your informative application.