Jobs at HYDAC

Leads the Hydraulic Division application engineering team, overseeing technical approvals, system sizing, calculations, product selection, design reviews, and issue resolution. Coaches and develops engineers, establishes engineering standards, and coordinates with Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales, Materials, Operations, and Purchasing. Serves as the senior technical customer contact, supporting pre-sales, technical negotiations, training, customer visits, and business growth. Requires deep hydraulic systems expertise, leadership experience, and 30–50% travel.

Leads the product management team and product-line growth strategy, including sales, profitability, budgets, P&L, market targeting, distributor relationships, pricing, product launches, and customer-focused sales initiatives. Oversees product development from concept through production, manages internal resources and processes, supervises 2–4 employees, and supports technical specifications, testing, reporting, and customer presentations. Requires 40% travel and strong fluid power, sales, leadership, and business skills.

Manages the sectional valves product line, including strategy, growth planning, product development, sales and application support, pricing, quotations, inventory coordination, documentation, training, and promotional materials. The role collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, sales, purchasing, and quality teams while supporting customers and distributors. Requires onsite work in Schaumburg, Illinois, with travel of 30%–40%.

Supports customer applications, hydraulic system requirements, technical sales opportunities, and customer-specific designs. Analyzes technical specifications, recommends viable solutions, evaluates vendor bids, supports quoting, and coordinates with sales, product management, engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations. Provides technical customer support, prepares application documentation, and contributes to product growth initiatives. The role is onsite in Schaumburg, Illinois, with travel of approximately 30%–40%.

Manage the manifolds and subsystems product line to achieve sales and profit goals. Responsibilities include product strategy, growth planning, market analysis, product development, pricing, quotations, inventory coordination, customer and application support, sales training, product documentation, and promotional materials. The role coordinates with engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, sales, and customers to deliver competitive solutions and improve product-line performance. Travel of 30%–40% and onsite work in Schaumburg, Illinois are required.

Supports assigned product lines through technical assistance, customer and sales support, quotations, training, documentation, reporting, and product analysis. The role coordinates with distributors, regional sales managers, German product teams, engineering, purchasing, and production. It also contributes to product development, stocking coordination, continual improvement, and assigned projects while serving as a liaison between customers, sales, and manufacturing. The position is onsite in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Design, commission, and optimize CNC manufacturing and assembly processes for new product introductions. Support shop floor, develop tooling and layouts, establish acceptance criteria through preproduction, collaborate with vendors and quality, and drive cost and productivity improvements.

Lead development and integration of vehicle-level electrohydraulic and electronic control systems. Capture customer requirements, propose system architectures, perform system FMEAs and functional safety analysis, coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to design, install, debug, and validate advanced vehicle systems, and support sales and product divisions with technical proposals and VoC.

Support application designs for cartridge valves, manifolds and directional controls. Manage new application projects, coordinate with design and operations, write specs, provide technical training and sales/marketing support, evaluate vendor bids, and maintain manufacturing processes.

Serve as liaison between customers, sales, and global product divisions to provide technical and commercial support. Manage quotations, pricing, SAP reporting, product documentation, training, and continuous improvement while coordinating with international teams and supporting sales operations.

Drive sales and grow assigned accounts for mobile hydraulics by maintaining customer relationships, implementing sales strategy, updating CRM, setting targets, traveling to customers, delivering presentations, resolving customer needs, monitoring competitors, and participating in sales and marketing activities.

Develop, test, and validate application software and HMI solutions for mobile/off-highway hydraulic systems using C, Codesys, MATLAB/Simulink and HYDAC MATCH. Provide lab and on-vehicle validation, technical customer support, and sales representation. Create reusable function blocks and implement functionally safe software in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Support business and sales for mobile hydraulic solutions by aiding application engineering and field sales, handling quotations and pricing, training distributors and sales staff, recommending products and stock levels, developing product literature and presentations, and maintaining customer relationships. Role requires strong customer service, travel ~30-40%, and is based in-office in Schaumburg, IL.

Manage a multidisciplinary engineering group to develop advanced fluid power and electronic control systems for equipment and vehicle automation/electrification. Define system strategy and technology roadmap, lead technology transfer with Germany, ensure commercial and production readiness, support sales and customers, create standards, provide VoC and training, and oversee development from requirements through testing and installation.

Design and develop hydraulic cartridge valves and related components; produce customer and manufacturing drawings, test procedures, and work instructions; validate prototypes in the engineering lab; develop test specifications and maintain engineering documentation; collaborate with vendors and internal departments to resolve manufacturing, design, and quality issues.

Perform periodic financial reporting, forecasting, cost accounting, and FP&A for manufacturing divisions. Build financial models and visualizations using SAP, BW, Vena, Excel, and Power BI. Investigate variances, support business teams, and deliver ad-hoc analyses and presentations to drive performance and policy improvements.