Working at Freudenberg: We will wow your world!
Responsibilities:- Partner directly with customers and sales teams to translate technical requirements into high-impact, application-specific solutions that win and grow business.
- Act as the technical voice in the room—advising customers, sales, and leadership on product capabilities, applications, and competitive positioning.
- Lead solution development, including design modifications, application validation, and feasibility analysis to meet customer needs.
- Drive cross-functional execution with engineering, quality, operations, and commercial teams to deliver solutions from concept through launch.
- Own and lead technical problem-solving—analyzing field issues, driving root cause, and ensuring fast, effective resolution.
- Support sales growth by contributing to proposals, technical presentations, and customer engagements that differentiate our capabilities.
- Identify opportunities for innovation, product improvements, and new applications based on market insights, customer feedback, and technical trends.
- 5 - 10 years of experience in application engineering, technical sales, product engineering, or a customer-facing engineering role.
- Proven ability to work directly with customers to understand needs, present solutions, and influence technical decisions.
- Strong foundation in engineering principles with the ability to apply them in real-world product applications.
- Experience interpreting technical drawings, specifications, and schematics to develop and communicate solutions.
- Background in manufacturing, industrial products, or engineered systems preferred.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and business acumen—able to bridge engineering and sales to drive results.
- Willingness to travel domestically at least one week per month and occasionally travel internationally.
The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Freudenberg-NOK General PartnershipSkills Required
- 5 - 10 years of experience in application engineering, technical sales, product engineering, or a customer-facing engineering role
- Proven ability to work directly with customers to understand needs and present solutions
- Strong foundation in engineering principles and application
- Experience interpreting technical drawings, specifications, and schematics
- Background in manufacturing, industrial products, or engineered systems
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and business acumen
Freudenberg Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Freudenberg Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Freudenberg Group.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is considered strong at many U.S. sites, with low‑cost options, HSA contributions, and on‑site clinics in some locations.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is standard across U.S. entities, though exact match mechanics differ by business group and year.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is often described as good, with some locations offering generous holiday schedules.
Freudenberg Group Insights
What We Do
Freudenberg is a global technology group that strengthens its customers and society long-term through forward-looking innovations. Together with its partners, customers and research institutions, the Freudenberg Group develops leading-edge technologies and excellent products and services for about 40 markets and for thousands of applications: seals, vibration control components, technical textiles, filters, specialty chemicals, medical products and the most modern cleaning products. Strength of innovation, strong customer orientation, diversity, and team spirit are the cornerstones of the Group. The 170-year-old company holds strong to its core values: a commitment to excellence, reliability and pro-active, responsible action. In 2022, the Freudenberg Group employed more than 51,000 people in some 60 countries worldwide and generated sales of more than €11.7 billion. Learn more about us and visit our digital home at freudenberg.com and read the stories that make us Freudenberg. Visit and follow us at www.freudenberg.com https://www.instagram.com/freudenberg.group/ www.youtube.com/FreudenbergGroup www.facebook.com/freudenberggroup *** Netiquette *** We look forward to receiving your comments and posts. On behalf of all users, we ask for constructive contributions, mutual respect, courtesy and tolerance. All contributions will be checked and we reserve the right to delete contributions. This applies in particular to unlawful content, incorrect statements, advertising for third parties, spam or slander. In addition, we reserve the right to remove comments that are otherwise inappropriate or incorrect. Contributions made by external users do not necessarily reflect Freudenberg’s opinion. Please find our data protect information here: https://www.freudenberg.com/fileadmin/downloads/english/2020-11_DataProtectionInformation_SocialMedia_EN.pdf
