Schaeffler

Sales

• Drive growth in the Distribution Business by expanding business with existing customers.
• Identify and develop white spaces and enter new sectors and territories.
• Lead and manage corporate rate contracts and long‑term frame agreements.
• Develop opportunities in Reconditioning and Lifetime Solution offerings.
• Increase Schaeffler’s market share across existing and targeted sectors/customers.
• Support new product development initiatives.
• Deliver high‑impact, sector‑specific presentations to secure brand approvals.

Sales Professional

Recruitment

• Manage end-to-end recruitment lifecycle for core plant and manufacturing positions.
• Execute bulk, lateral, and critical hiring for plant operations and support functions.
• Partner closely with Plant HR, hiring managers, and business leaders to understand manpower planning and hiring priorities.
• Source candidates using multiple channels - Job portals / Employee referrals/ Professional networks /Internal databases
• Conduct initial screening, shortlisting, and coordinate interviews with plant panels.
• Drive offer negotiation, offer rollout, and candidate closure within agreed timelines.
• Coordinate pre-joining engagement and ensure smooth onboarding with HR Operations.
• Maintain recruitment trackers, dashboards, and MIS reports.
• Ensure compliance with plant hiring policies, safety norms, and manpower goals.

Plant Recruiter

• Drive growth in the Distribution Business by expanding business with existing customers
• Identify and develop white spaces and enter new sectors and territories
• Lead and manage corporate rate contracts and long‑term frame agreements
• Develop opportunities in Reconditioning and Lifetime Solution offerings
• Increase Schaeffler’s market share across existing and targeted sectors/customers
• Support new product development initiatives
• Deliver high‑impact, sector‑specific presentations to secure brand approvals

Sales Professional – Partner End User Sales

Human Resources

• Actively participate as a hands-on project member in the implementation, rollout, and on-going enhancement of SAP EHS solutions to ensure effective management of employee health and safety.
• Conduct thorough analysis of business requirements and translate them into technical specifications within the SAP EHS framework.
• Perform detailed configuration and customization of SAP EHS modules, ensuring alignment with organizational health and safety protocols and compliance standards.
• Collaborate in the testing and validation of system configurations to ensure accuracy and functionality while minimizing disruptions.
• Document system configurations, processes, and user guidelines to facilitate knowledge transfer and ensure consistent operational support.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including HR, IT, and EHS departments to align SAP EHS implementation with company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Stay current with SAP EHS updates, industry trends, and best practices, recommending opportunities for system enhancements and process improvements.
• Develop and maintain documentation, standards, and best practices for the deployment and operation of SAP EHS solutions.
• Ensure accurate reporting and data analysis through SAP EHS to support strategic decision-making related to employee health and safety.
• Support daily operations related to our EHS solution, ensuring seamless system functionality.
• Resolve incident tickets and service requests; coordinate ticket handover and specific case management with external partners.
• Ensure continuous system availability and performance.
• Participate in scrum events and maintain JIRA for agile work organization.

HR IT Expert

QA Engineer

• Initiate, drive, and coordinate the development, implementation, and optimization of manufacturing technologies for new and existing Schaeffler products by using statistical measures in terms of quality, efficiency, sustainability, and robustness.
• Develop and implement quality concepts for Product Engineering Processes (PEP/APQP), production transfers, and technical process modifications.
• Lead quality planning activities throughout product development phases, focusing on line transfers and manufacturing processes.
• Design and enhance inspection concepts, gauges, and test equipment to meet quality requirements.
• Analyze quality data and communicate insights effectively with project teams, global customers, and suppliers.
• Serve as Project Engineer or Project Quality Engineer in complex mechatronic projects when needed.
• Cooperate closely with Schaeffler Operations manufacturing technology networks, division, business division, and business unit manufacturing technology groups, and within the region while maintaining close collaboration with other central functions like Purchasing, IT, Maintenance, and Quality.

Engineer – Manufacturing Quality Engineering

• Join the Finance Processes and Digitalization team in this multi-semester co-op opportunity, where you will lead Employee Engagement and HR related activities for Finance Americas.
• Bring to life employee engagement and employee development initiatives in collaboration with the HR department using virtual and in-person tools.
• In collaboration with the Branding department, develop and manage a social media campaign aimed at raising awareness of career opportunities within Finance in the manufacturing industry.
• Develop projects that support managers in executing culture and engagement initiatives within their teams.
• Support Fit for Quality culture by promoting targeted trainings by job type based on the Schaeffler Finance skill matrix.
• Represent Schaeffler Finance at career fairs and other university events in collaboration with our University Relations department.
• Drive team-building activities and foster a sense of belonging for the FICO summer co-op students.
• Provide support for additional tasks as requested by the head of the department.

Co-op – Employee Engagement, HR

Engineer

• Collaborate closely with Industrial Engineering to optimize processes and machinery continuously.
• Conduct thorough failure and damage analyses on constructions, evaluating and recommending alternative solutions.
• Plan and manage assigned maintenance or repair projects, coordinating across multiple technical disciplines and resources.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation for processes and equipment to ensure operational reliability.
• Oversee digitalization projects, working with internal teams and external partners to implement technological advancements.

Maintenance Planning Engineer

• Lead the design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of manufacturing technologies tailored to both newly launched and established Schaeffler products.
• Drive cross-functional initiatives to optimize manufacturing processes emphasizing quality, efficiency, sustainability, and robustness, leveraging advanced statistical tools and data analytics for informed decision-making.
• Conduct comprehensive process investigations to fine-tune equipment and production setups, considering the intricate interactions between product specifications, materials, tooling, and manufacturing locations.
• Evaluate new technology deployments by thoroughly assessing product design and material feasibility, cycle time impacts, tooling requirements, and overall quality implications to ensure successful integration into production lines.
• Collaborate closely with production teams to proactively identify and resolve manufacturing challenges, using data-driven troubleshooting approaches and continuous monitoring of production parameters.
• Develop and maintain detailed manufacturing process documentation, including equipment and technology release protocols, setup instructions, and standard operating procedures that comply with internal and external standards.
• Ensure adherence to globally defined manufacturing technology standards, best practices, and regional norms to maintain consistency and regulatory compliance across operations.
• Negotiate specifications, timelines, and investments with suppliers from Schaeffler’s approved vendor portfolio, outlining validation criteria and overseeing qualification and commissioning of production equipment, technologies, and tooling.
• Foster effective collaboration with internal manufacturing technology groups at the divisional, business unit, and regional levels, as well as with central functions such as Purchasing, IT, Maintenance, and Quality Assurance to align strategies and leverage shared expertise.
• Participate actively in manufacturing technology networks within Schaeffler, promoting technology transfer, innovation, and continuous improvement initiatives throughout the organization.

Senior Engineer – Manufacturing Technology

Software Engineer

• Responsible for planning and optimizing production systems by applying systematic approaches to boost productivity and profitability.
• Ensure the continuous improvement of operations across the value stream.
• Plan, analyze and optimize the production system.
• Create and maintain IE master data (e.g. Routing, BOM, Workcenter).
• Coordinate cross-functional projects across the entire value stream related to process improvements, change management and product launches.
• Evaluate production KPIs for continuous improvement and to guide decision-making (e.g. OEE, TEEP, etc.).
• Perform product cost calculations.
• Implement workplace design through time and motion studies (e.g. MTM, REFA) focused in continuous improvements.
• Plan and manage capacity and investment planning.

Engineer – Industrial Engineering

Application Engineer

• Assess customer requirements thoroughly to guide application development efforts.
• Translate customer needs into clear, actionable technical specifications, ensuring accuracy through the 4-eyes review principle.
• Manage technical project activities to ensure timely and efficient progress.
• Develop applications in line with agreed specifications, balancing innovation and practicality.
• Facilitate external product releases, guaranteeing that customers receive optimal, fit-for-purpose solutions.

• Provide technical assistance for regional operations and purchasing teams by assisting with industrial engineering projects and process improvements.
• Collaborate on and lead projects aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and reducing costs across multiple sites.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by collecting and analyzing data, identifying improvement opportunities, and implementing solutions.
• Assist in the development and documentation of standard operating procedures, workflows, and technical guidelines.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams including production, quality, and supply chain to ensure project alignment and effective communication.
• Monitor project progress and continuously check availability and utilization of capacities, resources, services and materials.
• Evaluate capacities needed and coordinate project planning, staffing and resourcing.
• Responsible for planning and optimizing production systems by applying systematic approaches to boost productivity and profitability.
• Determine and evaluate KPIs for continuous improvement and to guide decision-making.
• Develop programs, statistical reports, budgets and presentations.

Industrial Engineer

Operations

• Maintain, repair, install and set up electrical and mechanical equipment, machines, tools or parts, used in a production facility assigned.
• Contribute to planning of maintenance schedules and execute respective maintenance assignments.
• Analyze technical issues, complete repairs and work orders with reference to electrical systems.
• Execute ramp up, setup and start procedures in order to prepare machines and equipment for operations.
• Contribute to installation projects on site, and support accountable Engineers.
• Support maintenance of technical documentations for processes and equipment.

Maintenance Mechanic II – 2nd Shift

• Responsible for planning and optimizing production systems by applying systematic approaches to boost productivity and profitability, focused on Torque Converter Value Streams and its sub-processes, machining (turning, milling), welding and assembly.
• Ensure the continuous improvement of operations across the value stream.
• Plan, analyze and optimize the production system.
• Create and maintain IE master data (e.g. Routing, BOM, Workcenter).
• Coordinate cross-functional projects across the entire value stream related to process improvements, change management and product launches.
• Evaluate production KPIs for continuous improvement and to guide decision-making (e.g. OEE, TEEP, etc.).
• Perform product cost calculations and simulations.
• Implement workplace design through time and motion studies (e.g. MTM, REFA).
• Management of capacity and investment planning.

• Conduct mechanical and material design activities required to develop competitive products.
• Conduct lab characterization of materials (scanning electron microscopy, dynamic mechanical analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, Electro-Chemical characterizations, etc.).
• Break down battery structures into subsystems and components, create a detailed product specification, and check whether existing subsystems and components can be reused.
• Perform E-Chem tests and post analysis to figure out the root cause of the cell failures.

Product Development Engineer – Battery & Fuel Cell

Procurement

• Support market analysis development and implement targeted category strategies to optimize purchasing.
• Define and coordinate profitable purchasing strategies and negotiation tactics across divisions and functions.
• Continuously monitor supply markets, optimizing the supplier portfolio for quality, cost efficiency, timely delivery, sustainability, and compliance.
• Lead negotiations on prices and contract terms within the framework of strategic material agreements and supplier contracts.
• Manage procurement categories, including purchase price planning and the identification of cost-saving projects.
• Drive project management efforts for Humanoid Robotics launches, ensuring seamless purchasing integration from initiation to execution.
• Participate in or lead technical cost-saving initiatives relevant to assigned projects.
• Oversee and support Purchasing Price Analysis (PPA) projects within the North America business unit, ensuring alignment with unit objectives.
• Execute additional tasks as delegated by management to support organizational goals.

Sales Professional

Plant Recruiter

Sales Professional – Partner End User Sales

HR IT Expert

Engineer – Manufacturing Quality Engineering

Co-op – Employee Engagement, HR

Maintenance Planning Engineer

Senior Engineer – Manufacturing Technology

Engineer – Industrial Engineering

Application Engineer

Industrial Engineer

Maintenance Mechanic II – 2nd Shift

Industrial Engineer

Product Development Engineer – Battery & Fuel Cell

Project Purchasing Professional