Adaptation Engineer – Lead

Aurora Engineering AB; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 1,100,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora Engineering AB is seeking an Adaptation Engineer – Lead to drive customer-specific adaptations from concept through delivery. You will lead cross-functional teams, assess feasibility and cost, and ensure product changes meet quality and timing targets.

You will guide engineers, coordinate with sales, manufacturing and purchasing, and maintain essential technical documentation while optimizing development costs and production lead times.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• Experience in Adaptation Engineering, Product Development, or Product Engineering.
• Experience designing or modifying existing products, components, or assemblies per customer requirements.
• Ability to independently manage large projects or end-to-end engineering processes.
• Strong analytical and complex problem-solving capability.
• Experience providing technical leadership, coaching, and engineering reviews.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Receive and analyze customer adaptation requirements from Sales & Marketing.
• Evaluate and document technical feasibility, development cost, and production lead time.
• Select appropriate technical solutions for customer-specific adaptations.
• Design and develop adaptations for existing products, components, and assemblies.
• Prepare and maintain all required technical documentation.
• Coordinate adaptation activities from customer requirement through engineering delivery.
• Manage large projects and end-to-end engineering processes with limited managerial oversight.
• Identify and resolve difficult and complex engineering problems.
• Ensure adaptations meet agreed technical, quality, cost, and delivery requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, sales, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Coach, review, and delegate work to engineers and less-experienced team members.

Skills

Adaptation Engineering

Product Development

Product Engineering

Technical leadership

Cross-functional skills

Project management

Analytical thinking

Engineering reviews

Coaching

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Adaptation Engineer – Lead to work with the design and development of customer-specific adaptations for existing products, components, and assemblies.
The role involves translating customer demands received through Sales & Marketing into technically feasible solutions while considering development cost, production lead time, manufacturability, and technical requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Receive and analyze customer adaptation requirements from Sales & Marketing.
• Evaluate and document technical feasibility, development cost, and production lead time.
• Select appropriate technical solutions for customer-specific adaptations.
• Design and develop adaptations for existing products, components, and assemblies.
• Prepare and maintain all required technical documentation.
• Coordinate adaptation activities from customer requirement through engineering delivery.
• Manage large projects and end-to-end engineering processes with limited managerial oversight.
• Identify and resolve difficult and complex engineering problems.
• Ensure adaptations meet agreed technical, quality, cost, and delivery requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, sales, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Coach, review, and delegate work to engineers and less-experienced team members.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 8+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• Strong experience in Adaptation Engineering, Product Development, or Product Engineering.
• Experience designing or modifying existing products, components, or assemblies according to customer requirements.
• Strong understanding of technical feasibility assessment, cost impact, and production lead times.
• Experience preparing and managing technical engineering documentation.
• Ability to independently manage large projects or end-to-end engineering processes.
• Strong analytical and complex problem-solving capability.
• Experience providing technical leadership, coaching, and engineering reviews.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.