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GKN Automotive Tool & Equipment Designer in Felsozsolca, Hungary

It is a truly exciting time to join us here at GKN Automotive in Hungary. We built a brand new manufacturing facility on the outskirts of Miskolc in 2023. Our Miskolc facility is a key regional facility for the driveline technologies that GKN Automotive supply to our global customer base. We employ hundreds of colleagues from the local community and will continue to develop the site over time.

This is an excellent opportunity to work at the forefront of technology and innovation across the fast-paced Automotive market in a new and important strategic location. We offer a market competitive compensation and benefits package including: a competitive salary, bonus scheme, transportation allowances, cafeteria benefit and ongoing support for career progression and development.

We are seeking a Tool & Equipment Designer to join our team.

What will you be doing in this role? :

  • construction of tools, instrumentation and gauges for production purposes

  • introducing changes and improvements in the existing constructions of instrumentation and machines, improving the conditions of production processes and optimizing costs

  • cooperation with other departments of the company to ensure the efficiency, quality and continuity of work and production processes (including in emergency situations)

  • standardization of construction solutions and improvement of the construction process

  • participation in tests of the constructed instrumentation

  • supplementing and supervising data contained in databases

Requirements:

  • higher technical education or during graduation - preferred majors: mechanics and mechanical engineering, Mechatronics, Automation or Robotic

  • 3-5 years of professional experience in a similar position (preferably the automotive industry)

  • very good knowledge of the technical drawing, including the principles of dimensioning and tolerancing

  • practical knowledge of materials science, mechanics and strength of materials

  • experience in working with 3D CAD systems (Creo Parametric preferred)

  • knowledge of manufacturing processes

  • good knowledge of the English language

  • creativity and innovation

  • communication skills and the ability to work in a group

Offer:

  • Market leading company with lots of potential

  • Opportunity to take part in brand new company projects

  • Attractive salary and benefits at a stable and financially healthy company

  • An organization where you can commit to the long-term

  • Wide scale of responsibilities

  • Career advancement opportunity

Our people are at the heart of our success. If these projects excite you and you like the chance to play a part in shaping the future of the automotive industry, that will benefit the environment and society as a whole, come and help us to accelerate the future, together.

About GKN Automotive:

GKN Automotive is a global leader in eDrive technologies, the architects of an electrified future. Our innovation, expertise and global footprint give us the ability to drive a sustainable future, delivering eDrive technologies, competitively and at scale.

We have been inventing the future for 250 years. Our technologies and innovations made front-wheel drive cars possible and all-wheel drive systems more efficient. GKN Automotive is now at the forefront of the mass production of advanced, efficient, systems for electrified vehicles.

Through continuous innovation and improvements in efficiency, performance, and control systems we are collaborating with global automotive manufacturers, helping them produce the next generation of electrified vehicles. We are the go-to technology partner for leading electrified vehicle manufacturers, with the ability to tailor every eDrive solution, matched to our Driveline technology.

GKN Driveline provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, pregnancy, or disability.

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