Division Engineering Manager, Hydraulic Pump and Motor Europe

Responsibilities
Are you ready to shape a brighter future?
In the Motion Systems Group and Hydraulic Pump and Motor Europe (HPME), we play a pivotal role in applications that change our world. We are in almost everything that moves. With our wide range of technologies, we help our customers solve their most complex engineering challenges by living our purpose: Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that lead to a Better Tomorrow. We believe that our team members are our key assets and that a diverse workforce is a driving force to bring our purpose to life. We foster a culture where every team member feels safe, included, and empowered. We all belong, we all matter, and we all make a difference.

We have an exciting opening for a Division Engineering Manager in Chemnitz, Germany.
This position provides strategic and technical leadership for all engineering activities within HPME, playing a vital role in generating profitable organic growth for the Division. This role is responsible for driving market-focused innovation and major product improvements by transforming customer requirements and ideas from key stakeholders like business development, the Global Product Platforms (GPP) and/or own investigations into competitive, manufacturable solutions using the WINOVATION process. The position ensures close collaboration with the Division Business Development Manager and the sister divisions in the other Parker regions to develop new products and applications that meet global customer and market requirements. The Division Engineering Manager monitors emerging technologies, technical literature, and patents to guide future product and technology roadmaps, and works in partnership with Division Quality Management to define and uphold robust engineering and quality standards that support divisional growth, reliability, and profitability.

Your Main Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering function for HPME, providing technical direction, resource planning, and performance management for the engineering team
• Drive new product development initiatives, applying the WINOVATION process to convert market and customer needs into robust, manufacturable hydraulic and electrical pump and motor solutions
• Collaborate closely with Sales Companies, and the Division Business Development Manager and Business Unit Managers to translate voice-of-customer input, market trends, and application requirements into product roadmaps and development priorities
• Oversee major design enhancements, simplification initiatives and value-improvement projects for existing products to improve performance, reliability, cost, manufacturability, and sustainability
• Support key customer projects, major quotes, and applications with technical expertise, including problem-solving and root cause analysis for complex field or production issues
• Build engineering capabilities through mentoring, coaching, training, and development of team members, fostering a customer-centric culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement thriving for a high-performing, multi-location engineering team

We Are Looking For Talent With

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• Ten or more years of experience in Engineering or R&D, with at least five years or more years of experience in a leadership role, preferably within a manufacturing environment
• Previous work experience ideally includes experience in leading engineering teams in hydraulic or fluid power product development, managing end‑to‑end new product introductions (preferably using structured innovation processes), driving major design and cost‑improvement projects on existing products, and collaborating closely with marketing, sales, quality, in an international engineering organization to deliver market‑driven solutions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English to convey engineering information clearly and effectively to all stakeholders
• Willingness to adapt to changing business environments and priorities, demonstrating resilience in the face of challenges
• Enthusiastic and ambitious growth mindset

What We Offer

• Solid employer present on the market for over 100 years.
• Career growth and opportunities: we hire from within
• Collaborative and empowered work environment where team spirit is at the center of our success.
• Company values that encourage trust, respect, collaboration and professional growth.
• Open environment: we are excited to hear your ideas
• Attractive compensation packages designed to hire and retain the best talents in the industry.

If you don't find yourself in all points, apply anyway,
because nobody is perfect and you can learn a lot with us

Have we sparked your interest?
Then take your future into your own hands as soon as possible - we look forward to getting to know you. Please apply with your complete application documents directly online by 04/02/2026.

Parker Hannifin
Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we've enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.