Jobs at HYDAC

Manages the sectional valves product line, including strategy, growth planning, product development, sales and application support, pricing, quotations, inventory coordination, documentation, training, and promotional materials. The role collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, sales, purchasing, and quality teams while supporting customers and distributors. Requires onsite work in Schaumburg, Illinois, with travel of 30%–40%.

Supports customer applications, hydraulic system requirements, technical sales opportunities, and customer-specific designs. Analyzes technical specifications, recommends viable solutions, evaluates vendor bids, supports quoting, and coordinates with sales, product management, engineering, manufacturing, quality, and operations. Provides technical customer support, prepares application documentation, and contributes to product growth initiatives. The role is onsite in Schaumburg, Illinois, with travel of approximately 30%–40%.

Manage the manifolds and subsystems product line to achieve sales and profit goals. Responsibilities include product strategy, growth planning, market analysis, product development, pricing, quotations, inventory coordination, customer and application support, sales training, product documentation, and promotional materials. The role coordinates with engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, quality, sales, and customers to deliver competitive solutions and improve product-line performance. Travel of 30%–40% and onsite work in Schaumburg, Illinois are required.

Supports assigned product lines through technical assistance, customer and sales support, quotations, training, documentation, reporting, and product analysis. The role coordinates with distributors, regional sales managers, German product teams, engineering, purchasing, and production. It also contributes to product development, stocking coordination, continual improvement, and assigned projects while serving as a liaison between customers, sales, and manufacturing. The position is onsite in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Support and optimize production assembly and test methods; develop tooling drawings, floor layouts and manufacturing cells; establish acceptance criteria via preproduction runs; assist vendor selection and quality in work instructions and procedures; provide technical support, blueprint interpretation, and apply APQP and GD&T principles to improve manufacturability and cost targets.

Design, commission, and optimize CNC manufacturing and assembly processes for new product introductions. Support shop floor, develop tooling and layouts, establish acceptance criteria through preproduction, collaborate with vendors and quality, and drive cost and productivity improvements.

Manage day-to-day U.S. import compliance for fluid power components: review entries, ISFs, and post-entry corrections; maintain HTS classifications and country-of-origin determinations; calculate duties and landed costs; support CBP audits and recordkeeping; coordinate with brokers, purchasing, logistics, and suppliers; monitor regulatory changes and develop audit-ready compliance procedures.

Plan and publish organic social content, produce and edit short-form video, manage community engagement, update website CMS, support paid media and CRM-driven outreach, and analyze performance to recommend optimizations.

Provide technical product support, recommend HYDAC product replacements, assist customers with selection/configuration, prepare quotes, communicate pricing and delivery, coordinate with product divisions, customer service, and sales, and support targeted sales/marketing outreach.

Provide technical product engineering support for the filter product line: design and develop drawings and BOMs, perform hydraulic/stress/kinematic analyses, support testing and quality, liaise with sales, manufacturing, vendors, and materials to ensure manufacturability and product acceptance.

Lead development and integration of vehicle-level electrohydraulic and electronic control systems. Capture customer requirements, propose system architectures, perform system FMEAs and functional safety analysis, coordinate multi-disciplinary teams to design, install, debug, and validate advanced vehicle systems, and support sales and product divisions with technical proposals and VoC.

Provide sales-focused applications engineering for hydraulic accessories, supporting field sales, quotations, pricing, distributor training, inventory recommendations, and product presentations. Promote mounting technology and media management (ball valves) while building customer and distributor relationships and traveling ~30–40%.

Drive Accessories product-line sales by developing strategic multi-year growth plans, identifying opportunities, supporting channel partners, providing pre-sales technical support, documenting interactions in CRM, conducting market and gap analyses, recommending product enhancements, and managing customer relationships to meet divisional sales objectives.

Support application designs for cartridge valves, manifolds and directional controls. Manage new application projects, coordinate with design and operations, write specs, provide technical training and sales/marketing support, evaluate vendor bids, and maintain manufacturing processes.

Serve as liaison between customers, sales, and global product divisions to provide technical and commercial support. Manage quotations, pricing, SAP reporting, product documentation, training, and continuous improvement while coordinating with international teams and supporting sales operations.

Manage accumulator and cylinder product line: support application engineering and sales, handle quotations and pricing, train distributors and managers, recommend product changes and stock levels, develop product literature and presentations, and travel ~30-40% to support customers and field teams.

Provide technical product support for assigned mechanical product lines: liaise with sales and customers, create price quotations and reports (SAP), deliver training, update distributors, perform technical and price analysis, coordinate with German counterparts, and support continuous improvement.

Provide technical support for product lines: act as liaison between customers and sales, maintain price lists, prepare quotations, train users, generate SAP reports, coordinate with German counterparts, and participate in continuous improvement.

Drive sales and grow assigned accounts for mobile hydraulics by maintaining customer relationships, implementing sales strategy, updating CRM, setting targets, traveling to customers, delivering presentations, resolving customer needs, monitoring competitors, and participating in sales and marketing activities.

Develop, test, and validate application software and HMI solutions for mobile/off-highway hydraulic systems using C, Codesys, MATLAB/Simulink and HYDAC MATCH. Provide lab and on-vehicle validation, technical customer support, and sales representation. Create reusable function blocks and implement functionally safe software in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.