System Engineer

• Lead requirements gathering and define functional specifications, ensuring traceability to market needs and internal constraints.
• Develop and maintain system architecture for new products, variants, and major evolutions, coordinating technical choices across disciplines.
• Manage design and development phases from feasibility to pre-series, ensuring compliance with system-level requirements.
• Drive resolution of complex technical issues and lead root cause analysis for quality and reliability improvements.
• Oversee lifecycle management, including continuous improvement, cost reduction, and obsolescence handling.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and external partners, ensuring alignment on priorities and technical solutions.
• Apply systems engineering methods and contribute to process and tool improvements, ensuring complete and accurate documentation.
• Provide technical support to Marketing, Sales, and After-Sales for critical projects and customer interactions.

• Master's degree in Engineering (mechanical, mechatronics, electrical/electronic, physics, materials, software) or equivalent; Systems Engineering training is a plus
• 5+ years of experience in industrial product development, ideally in complex systems (machinery, automation, printing/coding)
• Proven experience in multidisciplinary projects involving mechanics, hydraulics, electronics, and software
• Strong technical knowledge in areas such as hydraulics/fluid systems, electronics, physics, and materials behavior
• Solid Systems Engineering skills: requirements management, system architecture, interface control, risk analysis, validation strategies
• Good understanding of manufacturing and industrialization constraints; familiarity with CAD, simulation tools, PLM, and requirements management tools
• Knowledge and practices of AI tools is an asset
• Reliable, structured, and autonomous working style with strong sense of responsibility for product performance
• Excellent communication and leadership skills; able to coordinate and influence without direct authority
• Decision-making ability and resilience in complex, ambiguous situations; results-oriented mindset
• Fluent in English; position based in Tuttlingen with occasional travel

• An exciting task - creative freedom in an innovative environment with quality products
• A family-owned company- flat hierarchies, international growth and strong roots in Germany
• Security and team spirit- the basis of a financially independent company and harmonious collaboration with a first-class team
• Short decision-making paths - through your commitment, you can accomplish a lot and develop yourself further
• Interesting compensation package- performance-based compensation, attractive social benefits, company pension plan and much more

Leibinger means quality "Made in Germany", innovative strength and international appeal combined with the culture of a third-generation family-owned company with efficient and short decision-making paths. As a partner to manufacturing companies from all industries, we hold a significant market position as a quality leader. A robust business model thanks to broad industry support, a dynamically developing market and our forward-looking product strategy are all reasons for our above-average growth rates. Join us, benefit from these excellent conditions and strengthen our Innovation Team as