Application Engineer - Technology Preparation

### Your Tasks ### * Support the identification and evaluation of technological opportunities for next-generation preparation machines. * Contribute to research and development activities, including technological trials from carded sliver to yarn. * Perform machine conversions, modifications, and adjustments on research, trial, and prototype machines. * Test and validate machine concepts, machine functions, software features, and technology components during research, prototype, and pre-series phases. * Ensure machine functionality, reliability, and performance while documenting results and recommending product and process improvements. * Investigate and analyze technical challenges in internal laboratories as well as at customer sites. * Act as a 3rd-level technical expert for preparation machines, providing support to Service Engineers, Customer Technology teams, and customers. * Support troubleshooting, optimization, and performance improvement activities for installed machines, including on-site customer visits when required. * Plan, execute, monitor, and evaluate lifetime testing activities and analyze machine performance and reliability data. * Provide structured feedback to development teams to support continuous product improvement. * Collaborate closely with Technical Product Owners (TPOs), Competence Centers, Process Analytics, Digital Solutions, Customer Technology teams, and customers. * Contribute to the continuous improvement of the spinning system. * Train and support Service Engineers and Customer Technologists and facilitate knowledge sharing and best-practice transfer across functions. ### Your Profile ### * Technical background as a Service Engineer, Textile Engineer, or equivalent. * Practical experience with combing and drawframe technologies. * Knowledge of blowroom and carding processes is an advantage. * Experience working with textile machinery and/or within spinning mills. * Good understanding of textile preparation and spinning processes. * Fluent English (mandatory). * German is an advantage. * Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, especially Word and Excel. * Willingness to travel internationally up to 30%. ### Our Offer ### * an international working environment with long tradition * versatile activity in a future-oriented environment with a lot of self-responsibility * good development opportunities and fair employment conditions * a motivated team with mutual respect and good cooperation