Jobs at Kion Group AG

Leads moderately complex, high-value projects from initiation through closure, managing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, resources, vendors, contracts, stakeholders, and project teams. Ensures strategic alignment, timely delivery, quality, cost control, effective governance, and clear communication. Provides status reporting, resolves issues, manages change orders, and implements mitigation and corrective actions across the project lifecycle.

Lead and develop a distributed engineering team (~20+), oversee project delivery, scope, budget and schedules, ensure quality/safety/compliance, balance workload and resources, provide coaching and onboarding, support technical reviews/quotations, and travel up to 50% for site engagement and training.

Manage complex technical and intralogistics automation projects from initiation through completion. Oversee scope, schedules, budgets, risks, quality, safety, suppliers, and customer satisfaction. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, translate customer requirements into deliverables, monitor progress, report to stakeholders, and support purchasing and change requests. The role requires strong communication, structured execution, leadership, international collaboration, and willingness to travel.

Leads mechanical engineering project execution at customer sites, overseeing safety, quality, delivery, cost, risk, budgets, staffing, and resource allocation. Provides technical direction, manages and develops engineering teams, supports recruiting and onboarding, and drives continuous improvement. The role includes customer-facing collaboration, cross-functional technical and cost reviews, project lifecycle oversight from design through commissioning and acceptance, and performance reporting. Travel of up to 20% is required.

The Product Quality Engineer leads quality activities across global product-development programs from concept through launch and production. Responsibilities include defining quality requirements, managing DFMEA/PFMEA and technical risks, conducting launch-readiness assessments, coordinating validation and manufacturing readiness, supporting CAPA and 8D root-cause actions, and transferring lessons learned. The role collaborates across engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, program management, and quality teams while providing data-based product-readiness visibility.

Provides second-level remote software support to customers through phone, email, and chat. Diagnoses software issues, collaborates with development teams, documents problems, creates knowledge-base content, trains customers, and participates in on-call coverage. Requires familiarity with databases, Windows, programming languages, networking, material handling, and customer service. Includes approximately 5% travel to customer and company locations.

Develop, test, optimize, and support PLC and control-system software for industrial automation and material-handling products. Analyze requirements, troubleshoot software and integration issues, perform functional and stability testing, document architectures and designs, and provide technical support throughout the product lifecycle. The role also mentors junior engineers and ensures software quality, maintainability, and compliance with engineering standards.

Designs, develops, debugs, and sustains embedded firmware and electronics products. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, firmware and hardware architecture, technical documentation, functional testing, performance profiling, test-tool development, cybersecurity compliance, production hardware support, issue resolution, continuous improvement, training, and cross-functional collaboration.

Supports the full lifecycle of automated guided vehicle systems, including testing, PLC integration, commissioning, troubleshooting, upgrades, configuration, and customer support. The role involves on-site AGV commissioning, technical documentation, customer training, incident resolution, project coordination, and assisting senior engineers with equipment costing and scheduling. It requires collaboration with customers and engineering teams, compliance with safety standards, and occasional travel to customer sites.

Lead procurement strategy for the Steelwork category by developing sourcing strategies, analyzing supplier markets and cost drivers, negotiating with suppliers, managing supply-chain risk, and improving cost, quality, delivery, capacity, and supplier performance. Collaborate with Engineering, Project Management, Finance, Quality, and Procurement teams to support business growth and supply continuity.

Software Engineering Interns support project execution and tool development while participating in Dematic’s team-based innovation challenge, professional development sessions, and self-paced learning. Candidates collaborate with peers, solve real-world problems, and contribute to technology-focused initiatives. The role is intended for full-time senior students pursuing Computer Science, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering degrees, with knowledge of multiple programming languages and SQL preferred.

Leads procurement execution for complex, high-value customer projects. Develops project-specific procurement strategies, manages supplier performance and procurement risks, resolves commercial and delivery issues, and ensures cost, schedule, quality, and customer commitments are met. Partners with project, engineering, finance, manufacturing, quality, category management, and suppliers. Owns procurement plans, performance metrics, executive reporting, continuous improvement, and mentoring across multiple strategic projects.

Develops large-scale material handling and warehouse automation solutions from customer requirements and RFPs. Responsibilities include creating system concepts, layouts, estimates, material lists, proposals, risk analyses, and value-engineering recommendations. The role coordinates cross-functional engineering, sales, procurement, vendors, and customers; leads pricing reviews; supports presentations; and transitions solutions into project execution. Expertise in controls, WCS, WMS, ASRS, conveyors, sortation, and distribution center operations is required.

Develop controls modernization and lifecycle solutions for automated storage and retrieval systems. Evaluate customer sites, define hardware and software requirements, create bills of materials and cost estimates, coordinate multidisciplinary project delivery, and hand off solutions to execution teams. Provide technical guidance on ASRS controls, manage multiple opportunities, and travel up to 20% to customer and company locations.

Develop and evolve a cloud-based, multi-user facility layout and configuration tool within a fleet management ecosystem. Responsibilities include full-stack development, performance and security optimization, code reviews, automated testing, technical analysis, deployment, production operations, and continuous improvement. The role also contributes to engineering standards, tooling, and technical collaboration across global teams.

Executive Assistant supporting senior leaders by managing complex calendars, domestic and international travel, meetings, events, presentations, communications, reports, and special projects. The role requires discretion with confidential information, proactive problem-solving, cross-functional coordination, strong organization, and relationship-building across global teams and time zones.

Oversee complex material-handling projects from planning through execution, managing scope, schedule, budget, staffing, equipment, risks, profitability, invoicing, and project performance. Lead project teams, develop detailed engineering, installation, and integration schedules, support pre-sales solution development, validate customer business cases, and prepare proposals, estimates, and high-level schedules. The role requires extensive U.S. travel and collaboration with customers, owners, contractors, and internal teams.

Manages facility operations, warehouse fulfillment, outbound shipping, staffing, labor planning, KPIs, customer requirements, and workforce development. Leads 50–100 employees while driving safety, quality, productivity, delivery accuracy, and continuous improvement. Applies Lean and Six Sigma to eliminate waste, solve operational problems, improve processes, and implement automation and digital tools. Oversees employee training, performance management, succession planning, and cross-functional coordination across inventory, receiving, quality, and systems functions.

Manages strategic international accounts across manual and automation solutions, developing customer relationships, business opportunities, sales plans, tenders, and framework agreements. Coordinates technical, service, and management teams to deliver customer objectives, solution development, and multiple projects. Requires strong B2B sales, key account management, project management, intralogistics knowledge, negotiation, and intercultural communication skills. The role involves approximately 60% travel.

Supports the Amazon sales team through Salesforce opportunity management, sales administration, pricing and quote preparation, customer lead follow-up, order booking support, and internal coordination. The role assists Account Managers, researches customer sites and installed systems, manages small-scale opportunities, and maintains accurate records. It is designed as an entry-level development path toward regional account management in automation and material handling services.