Technical Product Engineer (m/w/d) -Microwave & Oven Appliances

Your responsibilities

As Technical Product Engineer, you combine strong engineering expertise with a deep understanding of European market and customer needs. You translate these needs into technically feasible product solutions and work closely with Midea HQ R&D in China to bring products from definition and development through testing and validation to successful market introduction.

Your Responsibilities:

• Analyze European market trends, consumer needs, competitor products and emerging technologies to identify product opportunities and improvement potential.
• Translate European customer and market needs into clear product requirements, technical specifications and performance targets.
• Define and evaluate product features and technical solutions regarding customer value, feasibility, performance, cost and competitiveness.
• Act as a key technical product interface between European stakeholders and Midea HQ R&D teams in China, ensuring that European market requirements are properly understood and implemented.
• Coordinate and support product development activities from product definition and concept evaluation through prototype development, testing and validation to market readiness.
• Define product validation requirements and acceptance criteria and actively participate in design reviews, prototype evaluations and product testing.
• Analyze product and test results, identify technical or product-related gaps and drive improvements together with R&D and engineering teams.
• Contribute to the European product and technology roadmap and identify opportunities for new features, technologies and product solutions.
• Work closely with R&D, Product Management, Sales & Marketing, Quality, Sourcing and Manufacturing throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Provide technical product expertise for customer meetings, product demonstrations, trade fairs and product launches.
• Build strong cross-functional collaboration between teams in Europe and China to ensure successful product development and market introduction.

Your profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Product Engineering or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in product development, R&D or product engineering, ideally within home appliances or consumer electronics.
• Strong technical knowledge of microwave ovens, ovens, cooking appliances or related technologies.
• Proven experience across the product development lifecycle from concept and requirements through development, testing and validation to market launch.
• Ability to translate customer and market needs into clear product requirements and technical specifications.
• Good understanding of European consumer needs, market trends and competitive products.
• Experience working with international and cross-functional R&D/engineering teams.
• Strong project coordination, analytical and problem-solving skills with a customer- and solution-oriented mindset.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Willingness to travel within Europe and occasionally to China.
• Fluent English required; German and/or Chinese is an advantage.

What we offer

• Shape the next generation of products for the European market.
• Work in an international R&D environment, collaborating with teams across Europe and China.
• Bring your ideas and technical expertise to life, from product concept to market launch.
• Enjoy a high degree of autonomy, ownership and opportunities for personal and professional growth within a global technology company.
• Benefit from flexible and hybrid working options, a company pension scheme, and a wide range of training and development opportunities.

About us

MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME - With this slogan, Midea Group has been committed to enriching households and people's lives through innovative technologies and products for over 50 years. Through continuous development, Midea Group is now a global leading technology group in consumer electronics and air conditioning, robotics, industrial automation and logistics. Every day more than 190,000 employees from over 200 countries develop products and solutions for the world of tomorrow.

Midea Europe GmbH is a subsidiary of the Midea Group. With products of the brands Toshiba, Midea, Comfee we offer surprising solutions for our customers in Europe. Rapid growth, daily challenges and opportunities motivate our employees to help shape the Midea success story.

Contact details

If you would like to be part of Midea's success story, please apply via our online portal with your application documents (cover letter, resume, and earliest possible start date).