Lead Engineer, Defence - Central & Eastern Europe (m/f/d)

Job Description

Req ID: 48279

Job Location: Hamburg, DE

Employment Type: Full Time

Segment: Danfoss Power Solutions Segment

Job Category: R&D, Technology and Engineering

Work Location Type: On-site

Job Title: Lead Engineer, Defence - Central & Eastern Europe (m/f/d)

The Impact Youll Make

Danfoss is proud to be at the forefront of driving a global transformation in digital and electric solutions that increase productivity and energy efficiency. We are truly passionate about investment, and innovation, as we continue to support our customers journey towards a greener and lower-carbon future.

We now have an exciting new opportunity for a Lead System Application Engineer to provide critical technical expertise for our expansion into the European Military and Defense market. This role is the technical backbone of the sales team, bridging the gap between complex customer requirements and the capabilities of Danfoss Power Solutions products. You will be the primary technical advisor for customers, the sales team, and internal engineering departments, ensuring that our solutions are successfully designed, integrated, and deployed in demanding Defense applications.

Your focus territory will be the DACH region as well as Eastern Europe, and you might also support local SAE as required, if theyre taking care of defense customers in other EMEA countries. Please note that this role will require legal eligibility to work on Defense-related projects under national security laws.

What Youll Be Doing

In this exciting new role, your responsibilities will be:

Technical Solution Design: Act as the lead technical expert during the sales process. Analyze customer needs and design robust system solutions using e.g. Danfoss Power Solutions technologies (e.g., PLUS+1®).

Pre-Sales Technical Support: Provide in-depth technical support to the Sales Manager and Account Manager, including preparing and delivering technical presentations, product demonstrations, and proof-of-concept projects.

Application Development & Integration: Work directly with customer engineering teams to integrate Danfoss hardware and software into their vehicle and system architectures. Provide hands-on support for software development, hardware integration, and system start-up.

Product Adaptation & Requirements Analysis: Identify and document technical and functional requirements specific to military applications, such as environmental hardening (shock, vibration, temperature), cybersecurity, and system redundancy (SIL/PL).

Gap Analysis: Collaborate with Product Management and R&D to identify gaps in our current product portfolio and advocate for new features or product adaptations needed to meet military-grade demands.

Post-Sales Support & Troubleshooting: Provide expert-level post-sales support to resolve complex technical issues in the field, ensuring customer satisfaction and system reliability.

Testing & Validation: Support customers and internal teams during validation and qualification processes, including MIL-SPEC testing, conformity assessments, and performance validation.

Knowledge Transfer & Training: Develop and deliver technical training programs for customers and internal stakeholders to ensure a deep understanding of Danfoss products and their application in the Defense sector.

What Were Looking For

We would expect you to demonstrate:

University degree in a relevant engineering discipline, such as Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Systems Engineering, alongside relevant experience as an Application Engineer, Systems Engineer, Field Application Engineer or similar, preferably within the Defense, aerospace, automotive, or heavy-duty mobile machinery sectors.