Your role

The Airtec Division of Atlas Copco Compressor Technique wants to recruit a project engineer to further expand its capacity regarding active magnetic bearings, a key technology for Atlas Copco’s range of direct-drive turbo compressors. Due to their very high energy efficiency and maintenance-free operation, these compressors constitute a disruptive technology that significantly contributes to Atlas Copco’s long-term climate and business ambitions.

The magnetic bearing team offers unique development opportunities to young graduates:

• The team masters all aspects of active magnetic bearing design, with a project portfolio that is a balanced mix of long-term, high-risk research projects and short-term product development projects.
• The team interacts strongly with the production line in Wilrijk and with the worldwide Atlas Copco field support, implying exposure to every aspect of an industrial product’s life cycle.
• The team is supported by a well-developed network of internal and external consultants and a strong lab team with extensive experimental facilities.
• The team is setting up a smart and integrated quality system that correlates big data collected during manufacture with big data collected in the field through Atlas Copco’s Smartlink system.

Within this stimulating environment, the project engineer’s role will be a mix of different tasks:

• Technical support to solve production, lab and field issues; • Project management: support of test rig design, assembly and test;
• Experimental work: carrying out tests and interpreting measurements; • Process work: streamlining our operations by automating repetitive tasks, organizing training, ...;
• Big data related work: support for the team’s efforts regarding the integrated quality system.

This mix of tasks provides an ideal framework to develop a set of skills and knowledge that will allow the project engineer to grow into either a project leadership or technology leadership role.

To succeed, you will need

The project engineer is a Master of Engineering (mechatronics, aerospace, mechanical, electrical, energy, space studies, ....).

Although active magnetic bearing systems are advanced mechatronic systems, we require no specific prior knowledge. All training will be carried out either on the job or through dedicated internal or external training seminars.

The project engineer is passionate about mechatronics and has a strong interest in doing experimental and analytical work in a multidisciplinary environment. He/she prefers a hands-on approach and does not only like troubleshooting but also likes converting the troubleshooting experience into systematic product or process improvements.

In return, we offer you

You will work in an enthusiastic team where team spirit and mutual respect come first. You will be welcomed in an international and diverse environment with specialists from different disciplines. There is an onboarding program which includes a personal godmother/godfather. You will be encouraged to create your own path within Atlas Copco and get access to our online internal job market with all opportunities worldwide within the Atlas Copco Group. We offer an interesting salary with fringe benefits, including hospitalization insurance, group insurance, paid holidays and a cafeteria plan for car and bike leasing.

Our culture is rooted in Swedish values including a sense of family, respect and diversity. Flexible working hours and the option of hybrid working also contribute to your healthy work-life balance. Our site in Wilrijk has its own training center to further develop your skills, as we offer lifelong learning. We also strongly believe in 'a healthy mind in a healthy body'. You can join more than 20 staff clubs to play sports or relax, from football, to padel, tennis, darts, basketball, cycling, volleyball... Either on our own tennis courts, on our football pitch or in our indoor sports center, or at external locations. We hold the after drink in our chalet. In our inclusive and caring environment, you will get the support and inspiration you need to grow, on every level. Here, your ideas will be embraced and you will never stop growing.

At Atlas Copco, we question the status quo and are always looking for a "better way". Our leading technology and ideas allow us to innovate for the future. We believe that passionate people make the difference. With us, you take control of your own professional journey and are encouraged to act. We have a diverse range of challenging jobs and many growth opportunities. This is where it begins – join us at the Home of Industrial Ideas.