Business Development Engineer

• Join an iconic Australian Brand
• Forbes Top 100 innovative company 
• Unlock an opportunity to work for ASSA ABLOY, we’re more than just locks 
   

About Us

ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in door opening solutions, dedicated to satisfying end-user needs for security, safety and convenience. With offices in over 70 countries, we are represented in all major regions within both mature and emerging markets. In Australia, ASSA ABLOY has a manufacturing site which takes design concepts through to finished products for both the local and export market. Our iconic brands, such as Lockwood, Abloy, Whitco and Yale, are driven by innovation and have been recognised with ASSA ABLOY’s inclusion in Forbes’ Top 100 most innovative companies list on four separate occasions.

About The Role

Are you a dynamic engineer with a knack for business development?  Looking for a new challenge in your career? Do you desire to be part of a global division shaping the future of customer-targeted products? If so, keep reading!

What you will be doing

In this newly created role, you will play a critical part in our strategic growth ambitions. This is a unique role to be spilt between approximately 40% Business Development and 60% Concept Design. You will forge strong relationships with OEM customers by becoming a trusted partner in their product development pipeline. This highly customer-facing role involves close collaboration with Sales and Business Development team members, supported by our established Product Management and Product Development teams to ensure new customised solutions are delivered to specification and on time.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Build and nurture relationships with OEM customers, especially with their technical and new product development teams
  Provide high-level product support ensuring seamless integration into OEM product development processes 
• Develop concepts for customised OEM solutions
  Work closely with OEM customers and internal cross-functional teams to prototype, design, validate and deliver concepts to market on time
• Collaborate with Product Management and OEM customers on product roadmaps to ensure our product platforms remain current for future applications and configurations
• Ensure project deliverables are captured via our established new product development process
• Provide quick technical support, including CAD modelling, to fit our solutions into OEM products
• Drive business growth through strategic partnerships

About you

We seek an individual ready and excited to take on the challenge of forging a new role that provides razor-sharp customer focus in developing a fantastic product portfolio and iconic brands.  With a strong track record of delivering customer centric results through successful new product development, our Business Development Engineer will build meaningful technical relationships with our key OEM customers, becoming a trusted advisor to their development process and creating genuine business opportunities that drive growth.

Key requirements:

• Background in mechanical or product design engineering, must have experience in SolidWorks
• Strong business development skills
• Must have demonstrated customer solving abilities

• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities
• Team player ready to join in our established development process and innovative culture

Why work with us?

• Opportunity to work for a large successful global organisation
• Ongoing learning and development to meet your professional development needs
• True career opportunities in the wider business with many and varied career pathways
• Onsite café with subsidised coffee, onsite parking, close to public transport and a great team environment
• A supportive and accessible leadership team and a solid values platform that underpins who we are and how we operate

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 61,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access.  As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.