We're looking for a new colleague to join ZF Aftermarket at our location in Qingdao, Shandong.
Your tasks:
- Defines & drives regional application engineering of friction materials in alignment with Business line, regional needs and Global Friction material Engineering.
- Supports Regional Sales and Marketing of ZF Aftermarket in AP.
- Ensure product application engineering excellence and efficiency within regional ZF Aftermarket in AP.
- Drives friction material engineering release process from external suppliers in AP.
- Ensure the execution of product releases (NPI) in time, in quality and in budget.
- Build up and maintain working network within the regional ENG community.
- Supports production and process engineering in the FMG plant in Qingdao.
- Ensure product validation excellence and efficiency within Aftermarket.
- Define and build up team/infrastructure to ensure to support growth in AP
Your profile:
- Technical Expertise: Profound knowledge of friction materials, tribology, material science, and manufacturing processes related to braking systems. Familiarity with friction materials' behavior under different conditions is crucial. A minimum of 5 years of experience in the friction industry.
- Research and Development Skills: Ability to conduct research, develop, and test new friction materials, formulations, and technologies. Strong problem-solving skills to address challenges related to friction, wear, and performance.
- Product Development: In-depth understanding of brake system components, ability to design and develop effective friction materials that meet performance, safety, and durability requirements.
- Communication Skills Internal: Ability to communicate with FMG Spain team and local engineering team to drive the engineering topics. Ability to provide technical trainings to internal stakeholders like CatMan sales, purchasing etc.
- Communication Skills External: Ability to support on technical trainings or communicate with customers in APAC market (China & RoAP) on the technical related questions, like noise, dust and other friction related question.