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Application Engineer

The Timken Company


Job Location:

Heilbronn - Germany

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 29 September 2026 (8 days ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon create the worlds infrastructure and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive whats next.

A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world improving the efficiency of todays industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19000 people in 45 countries and start helping our customers push the limits of whats possible in their world of motion.

Your Contribution to Success

As an Application Engineer for plain bearings you will provide technical advice and support to customers through effective product selection bearing design and the development of custom solutions that add value and enable efficient operation in customer applications. This includes:

  • Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers
  • Performing product selection bearing design and development
  • Initiating requests for costing (RFQs) and APQP process
  • Providing technical expertise and application support to customers and internal stakeholders
  • Acting as the voice of the customer within the organization

You will also support your department with internal strategic projects to help the team grow and drive the company forward.

Whats matter
  • Masters degree in Engineering or Materials Science and at least 2-3 years of relevant professional experience
  • Strong creativity combined with excellent technical skills and mechanical knowledge
  • Knowledge of plain bearing technology tribology and/or polymer materials
  • Ability to interpret and create technical drawings; knowledge of SolidWorks is an advantage
  • Strong communication collaboration and relationship-building skills with customers and colleagues
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in German and English
  • Reliable resilient and self-motivated
  • Willingness to travel

Your Benefits with US

We offer a competitive salary a good work-life balance and additional benefits such as professional development a company bike a company retirement plan capital-forming benefits and an open-door culture with flat hierarchies.

Interested We look forward to receiving your application

We look forward to receiving your application including your earliest possible start date and salary expectations.

phone: 49 (07131) 269-111 (AnnetteJunkert)

address: GGB Heilbronn GmbH Ferdinand-Braun-StraßeHeilbronn

mail:

All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications abilities experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity race religion color national origin ancestry age disability sexual orientation veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.


Required Experience:

IC


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