Senior R&D Expert – Excavator Development | Imola, Italy

Senior R&D Expert – Excavator Development | Imola, Italy

Imola, Italy | Hybrid

Travel: Up to 50% across Europe, the UK and China

I’m currently looking for a Senior R&D Expert – Application-Focused Excavators to join the engineering team of a global leader in construction machinery.

This is a newly created role connecting European customer requirements with global R&D teams to develop and optimize excavators for demanding applications.

Key Requirements

• Recent, hands-on experience in excavator development.
• 8+ years of experience in R&D, product development or application engineering within construction machinery.
• Proven experience developing excavators, ideally with expertise in application-specific solutions.
• Strong professional communication skills in both Italian and English.
• A Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or a related field.

Your Responsibilities

• Translate customer requirements into engineering solutions.
• Define specifications for application-specific excavator variants.
• Develop concepts for attachments, hydraulic systems, reinforcements and machine adaptations.
• Lead testing, validation and customer field trials.
• Collaborate with global R&D teams and technical partners.
• Provide market and competitor insights to support product strategy.

Your Profile

• Strong technical knowledge of excavators, hydraulics, machine integration and specialized attachments.
• Experience in at least two of the following application areas: demolition, material handling, waste and recycling, or civil engineering.
• Willingness to travel internationally.

What’s on Offer?

• Hybrid working environment based in Imola, Italy.
• An international role with a global construction machinery leader.
• The opportunity to influence future excavator solutions for the European market.
• Close collaboration with global R&D teams.
• Strong career development opportunities.
• Competitive salary, with flexibility to make a strong market-based offer.

If you have recent excavator development experience and are interested in an international R&D opportunity, I’d love to hear from you.

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