Junior Application Engineer Railway

at  ITT INC

ABOUT KONI

KONI is recognized globally as an intelligent company developing suspension solutions unique for every application. KONI develops products for all types of applications, including, street cars, race cars, four-wheel drive vehicles and SUVs, bus, truck, train and even bridges and other industrial applications. These products are used from the street to the track, the freezing North Pole and the dry Sahara desert.
KONI revolutionized the suspension industry with the invention of the first adjustable hydraulic shock absorber. Since this, KONI continues to set the benchmark for in suspension technology. KONI innovates, engineers and manufactures market leading performance and adjustable shock absorbers, providing customers with a comfortable, safe and sustainable driving experience in any vehicle, across any terrain.
KONI was founded in 1857 by A. de Koning in Oud-Beijerland, the Netherlands, initially making leather equipment for horses. The company name “KONI” was established in 1928, with KONI first making friction type shock absorbers in 1932. In 1945, KONI began development of the world’s first adjustable hydraulic telescopic type shock absorber for cars and trucks, a product style which remains synonymous with KONI.
Known for a proud and successful history in motor sports, KONI has and continues to work with leading teams across rally and racing, including winning Grand Prix World Championships, to solve suspension problems and develop new innovative technologies. KONI also has a long history of working with companies to develop Original Equipment (O.E.) applications which transform vehicle driving quality and experiences.
KONI has developed from a skilled small local company into a multi-national leading shock absorber specialist with 5 locations (The Netherlands, India, US, China and Czech Republic) worldwide and well known across the world. For our Railway business we are looking for an Application Engineer Railway.

In this role you are responsible to define best technical solution for customer and Lead the implementation to Start of Production (SOP). You support sales providing cost effective technical solution in order to win the target order, act as the main technical interface with customer, collect customer needs and requirement and participate with R&D to development of new dedicated products, prepare drawings, testing plan and other customer and fabrication related documents and you act as Project Manager in order to assure development milestones, engage the cross functional Team and have a smooth handover of the project to the Operation Team with the FAI completion.

Main responsibilities / tasks:

• Input estimation of testing and homologation fee for the project evaluation.
• Involve in the production process review and give technical support in prototype production.
• Define the product development plan with team.
• Prepare and release customer drawings, production drawing, Fabrication Instruction (FI), Testing plan and other related instruction.
• Work with customer to get drawing and test plan approval
• Take care of project management (milestones, team meetings, smooth handover to production)
• Organize the project kick off meeting,
• Involvement & guidance of technical specification with customers
• To supply KONI differentiating value together with sales team
• Drive the technical project progress from project start to BOM release base on project schedule
• Increase customers intimacy and understand and discuss the needs for new products( With R&D)
• Lead Technical part of New Train Homologation process.
• Inform and coordinate designated production plant in preparation for new product SOP.
• Verify that all the project deliverable (PPAP, Testing, drawing, FI) are in place before SOP

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