Main responsibilities and tasks:

Burckhardt Compression is seeking a technically solid and cutting-edge engineering leader to drive product improvement initiatives across reciprocating compressor products and related rotating equipment. The role will be responsible for identifying, conceptualizing, prioritizing, and executing engineering improvements that enhance product performance, reliability, manufacturability, quality, cost competitiveness, and customer value. The ideal candidate combines deep mechanical design expertise with solid innovation, project leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills. This role will act as a catalyst for continuous improvement, transforming field feedback, quality concerns, operational challenges, and new technology opportunities into tangible product enhancements.

Product Improvement Leadership

• Lead and drive Product Improvement Cell with end-to-end ownership of strategic improvement initiatives.

• Develop and maintain a structured pipeline of product improvement opportunities based on customer feedback, field issues, workshop observations,



testing results, quality data, value engineering inputs, and technological advancements.

• Identify opportunities to improve product reliability, performance, manufacturability, maintainability, safety, and lifecycle cost.

• Drive standardization and modularization initiatives to improve engineering efficiency and reduce complexity.

• Generate creative concepts for product enhancement and next-generation solutions.

• Lead feasibility studies, concept evaluations, technical risk assessments, business cases, and project charters.

• Prepare and present improvement proposals to Engineering Steering Committees and management forums.

• Evaluate emerging technologies, materials, manufacturing methods, and digital solutions for application in compressor products and components.

Engineering Design Excellence

• Review and validate designs, assemblies, part drawings, and design mod

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