Chief Engineer - Mobile

Chief Engineer

• Mobile
• Full Time The Timken Company
• North Canton, OH Apply Now Posted on 04/24/26 (

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OHQC25imQc) What Timken makes possible begins with you. Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next. A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world— improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our pl and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and t are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.

CHIEF ENGINEER

• MOBILE Purpose The Chief Engineer — Mobile manages the Mobile Application Engineering Team supporting both off‑highway and on‑highway customers across the Americas and coordinates with global colleagues to support customers worldwide.

The incumbent leads product and technical capability development, defines application engineering approaches, and drives engineering strategies that enable Timken's growth in mobile markets (on‑highway and off‑highway). Responsibilities Serve as the technical leader internally and externally for mobile market segments (on‑highway and off‑highway) within the Americas and act as a global technical resource as needed. Act as the primary technical contact for customer technical executives and decision makers, influencing customer design decisions through technical expertise, data‑driven rmendations, and clearmunication. Set direction for how Timken products are designed into mobile applications, identifying new products, materials, and technical capabilities required to meet business growth targets. Negotiate project goals and business plans with executives, R D, Product Management, and IT to address identified needs and deliverables. Be accountable for technical sign‑off on application engineering deliverables, internal deviation and product change requests and product release standards in coordination with R D and Quality. Manage customer application questions, internal engineering change control, and quality/performance issues, including technical leadership and escalation support for quality and performance investigations. Manage long‑term product development projects, joint development agreements, research initiatives, and strategic partnerships while honoring NDAs. Identify and be accountable for managing technical risk and liability exposure for the mobile business; implement reviews and mitigation plans for high‑risk applications. Drive adoption of new technology, tools, and processes across the application engineering team. Oversee prototype design, test programs, and evaluation prores for new or customized mobile solutions; manage prototype launches and test requests. Contribute to DFMEA activities and lead major new risk assessments for product or equipment changes. Protect Timken intellectual property: review patent disclosures and ensure appropriate IP handling in collaborations. Manage a team of approximately 10 engineers, setting priorities, allocating resources, and ensuring timely delivery of internal and external customermitments. Recruit, hire, and mentor application engineers; develop staff technicalpetencies and succession plans. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering required; Master's degree preferred. 15+ years of engineering and/or technical leadership experience in mobile, automotive, off‑highway, or related markets. Deep knowledge of bearing systems and powertrain/driveline applications for on‑highway and off‑highway vehicles and equipment. Strong customer engagement experience with the ability to influence and negotiate at executive and technical levels. Proven leadership experience: hiring, coaching, mentoring and building high‑performing engineering teams. Excellentmunication skills, both written and verbal. Willingness to travel to customer sites, supplier locations and Timken facilities as required (15-20%). All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. T will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law. Apply Now State ⌄ Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District Of Columbia Florida Gia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon Please mention you saw this job on JobsInLogistics this job: