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Application Engineer
Heilbronn, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 74074
What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.
A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's 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 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's 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.
What’s matter
- Master’s 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 (Annette Junkert)
address: GGB Heilbronn GmbH | Ferdinand-Braun-Straße 24 74074 Heilbronn
mail: karriere@ggbearings.com
www.ggbearings.com
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.
Timken is a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion. Our expanding portfolio of next-generation solutions helps customers around the world improve efficiency, solve their toughest challenges, and push the boundaries of performance. We employ 19,000 people globally, operate from 45 countries, and posted $4.6 billion in sales in 2025.
We have been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies 6x by Newsweek and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® 15x by Ethisphere.
Why Choose Timken?
- Over a century of knowledge and innovation
- A culture of top performance
- A global, diverse environment
- Products that contribute to a sustainable world
- A conviction to improve communities around us
- Competitive salary and benefits
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