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Founded in 1952 in Germany with the development of the first cast-steel fifth wheel, JOST has grown into a global leader supplying the commercial vehicle and agricultural industries with trusted, high-quality solutions.\nWith its portfolio of leading brands - JOST, ROCKINGER, TRIDEC, Quicke, and Hyva - the company today is a Tier 1 supplier recognized worldwide for excellence in fifth wheels, landing gear, towing hitches, steering systems, front loaders, and hydraulic solutions. The 2025 acquisition of Hyva marked a significant milestone, expanding JOST’s reach into hydraulic cylinders, tippers, components for transport and waste handling, and strengthening its position across both On-Highway and Off-Highway applications.\nHeadquartered in Germany with operations on five continents, JOST continues to drive industry standards through engineering expertise, a commitment to quality, and strong partnerships with OEMs and fleets around the world.\nPOSITION OVERVIEW: The Design Engineer, Product Integration will be responsible for the development of the mechanical, hydraulic and electrical interface between the tractor and front loader for various tractor brands. The development of new products is often done in close cooperation with the customer. This role will be managing several parallel projects and being responsible for the deliveries to those projects, from conception to completion, according to the project plan. Is responsible for building a contact network and will have the autonomy to plan, control and report ongoing and future tasks to accomplish this function.\nThis position reports to the Head of R&D-Product Integrations, Sweden. It is solely accountable for the fulfillment of all assigned duties and has authority delegated commensurate with assigned responsibilities.\nAREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:Include, but are not limited to:\nDesign ow new product adaptation requested by marketing and sales and/or OEM-customer and in close cooperation with requester, following the customers’ time plan.\nConducts field work performing 3D-scanning and measuring new tractors, prototype test fits and product audits often at or together with the customer. \nProduct maintenance. \nResponsible for planning, controlling and reporting on all ongoing and future tasks.\nSupport JOST sales and support organization by updating the product configurator and support with cause of failure investigations within the area of reasonability. \nPerform successfully under time pressure with several parallel projects ongoing at the same. \nAny additional duties that have not been specifically stated, but which may be assigned and those that are logically and properly inherent to this position.\nQUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:\nBachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equal education or experience, Master’s degree is a plus.\nMinimum 2 years previous experience in industrial design. Experience with welded sheet metal construction preferred.\nGeneral technical interest and practical hands-on skills are preferred.\nPrevious experience working in PLM preferred.\nKnowledge of a tractor’s mechanical, hydraulic and electronic structure is very merit.\nRequirements\n REQUIRED SKILLS:\nMeticulous, structured and ability to independently make design related decisions.\nAbility to forge positive working relationships within a team structure, both domestically and globally\nHigh level knowledge of computer-aided design (CAD) and finite element analysis (FEA), preferably welded sheet metal construction \nEffective communication (oral and written), interpersonal organizational skills. \nHigh level of customer communication skills needed.\nExcellent time management and prioritization skills.\nCourage to ask for assistance when additional knowledge will be required in order to meet deliveries.\nAbility to work well under time pressures to meet project deadlines.\nAbility to travel occasionally (approximately once weekly/monthly) in North America.\nAbility to travel infrequently internationally. Valid passport required or the ability to obtain a valid passport.\n PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:\nWorking conditions are normal for an office environment and non-climate controlled manufacturing facility and/or dealer workshops.\nWhile performing duties of this job, the employee will regularly sit, stand, walk, reach, bend, twist and occasionally will be required to stoop, kneel, lift, pull or move objects of 50 pounds or less with or without assistance.\nJOST International participates in E-Verify and is an Equal Opportunity Employer","description_format":"text","description_chars":4685,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Transportation & Logistics","Road Transport"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-14T00:45:45Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":3,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.099,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":193,"expected_fill_days":22,"reasons":["conf:3","win:tail","crowd:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-25T05:49:26Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/jost-international-design-engineer-product-integration","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/jost-international-design-engineer-product-integration.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-25T11:26:47Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":16561,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-26T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4420631},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4420631"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fjost-international-design-engineer-product-integration"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fjost-international-design-engineer-product-integration"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fjost-international-design-engineer-product-integration"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/jost-international-design-engineer-product-integration\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fjost-international-design-engineer-product-integration"}]}