Business Development Engineer - Automation (m/f/d)

## Your tasks include: - Validate customer-specific automation applications based on CAD data and application requirements to assess technical feasibility and support sales discussions. - Program, optimize, and validate robot applications to achieve reliable, production-ready performance. - Prepare and support automation solutions from technical concept through system ramp-up and production start at customer sites. - Coordinate and support customer-site commissioning, troubleshooting, and process optimization to ensure successful project execution. - Work closely with customers, Sales, Engineering, and external technology partners to translate application requirements into robust automation solutions. - Identify and implement opportunities to standardize successful automation use cases, processes, and solutions to accelerate deployment and scaling across customers. - Capture project learnings and continuously improve automation processes, solutions, and implementation approaches. - Contribute to the evaluation and integration of relevant automation and robotics technologies for the further development of tesa's TaaS offering. - Build strong relationships with customers and project stakeholders and act as a technical point of contact throughout the implementation phase. - Travel regularly to customer sites, partner facilities, and internal locations as required. ## What you will need - Bachelor's or Master's degree in mechanical engineering, mechatronics, automation engineering, robotics, or a comparable technical field, or a certified technician qualification with relevant practical experience. - Several years of professional experience in industrial automation, robotics, robot programming, application engineering, or a related technical environment. - Practical experience in programming, commissioning, troubleshooting, and optimizing robotic or automated systems. - Ability to interpret CAD data and translate customer-specific requirements into technically feasible automation solutions. - Experience in taking technical solutions from development through implementation and production ramp-up. - Strong problem-solving and project coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external stakeholders. - A customer-oriented mindset combined with a hands-on and pragmatic "get things done" mentality. - Strong communication and presentation skills and the ability to explain technical concepts to different stakeholders. - Willingness to travel regularly to customer sites and project locations. - Fluent in English; German language skills are a plus.