GKN Automotive is the global leader in drive systems.
A global automotive technology company that pioneered electric drive systems and is now driving the future of transportation. We are a trusted partner for most of the world’s automotive companies, specialising in developing, building and supplying market-leading driveline systems and advanced ePowertrain technologies. 90% of the global vehicle manufacturers choose GKN Automotive and everyday 100’s of millions of cars are driven everyday using our technology. We’ve spent more than 20 years driving innovation in electric drive systems, working with most major OEMs to deliver Electrical Control Units (ECUs). Our eDrive technology is now powering over two million vehicles on the road today.
GKN Automotive Olesnica:
Established in 1996, we employ 1500 people across the 3 sites at our facilities in Olesnica and manage over 70 production lines. We’ve invested heavily in developing our state-of-the-art engineering centre and in recent years have completely transformed our forging and production facilities to ensure our teams have the tools and resources they need to succeed and thrive in our environment. This site represents an important regional facility for the driveline technologies that GKN Automotive supply to our global customer base and has been recognised via various external awards for excellence and innovation.
Our culture is open and collaborative, and employees regularly have an opportunity to engage with leaders, provide ideas and work to develop these to become a reality. It’s a place where our multi-discipline team's partner, collaborate, and learn from each other.
Career development is supported by relevant, sponsored technical training, coaching, and access to self-driven training across a wide range of topics covering hard and soft skills. We take pride in the development of our people, supporting them to achieve their goals. Over 40% of our leadership team have progressed from operational delivery roles and 10% of our employees are now in global positions supporting the wider organization.
We also support our employees to give back to the local communities through the GeKoN programme. In recent years we have sponsored and supported various initiatives from training rescue skills in the local communities, to renovating schools making time and resources available to collaborate on these important events.
The Role:
We are seeking a Design Engineer to join our team.
Key responsibilities include:
Who you’ll be:
To be successful in this position, you will have proven experience in the design of driveline mechatronic system components and CAD Tool (Creo, Catia.)
Specific Functional Capabilities, Knowledge and Skills Required
Language Skills: Polish, English, German would be an advantage
Our Offer:
This is an excellent opportunity to work at the forefront of technology and innovation across the fast-paced Driveline technologies market supporting product development across all phases of the project lifecycle. We offer an excellent compensation and benefits package, including a flexible working culture, excellent annual leave allowances, medical insurance, life insurance, noncontributory pension plan, private medical care, system MyBenefit, sports card, co-financing integration, language learning, and ongoing career progression and development support.
We are driving change in our sector, using our talents and experience to be a leader in finding new, sustainable solutions for the next phase of the automotive industry.
Our people are at the heart of our success. If these projects excite you and you like the chance to play a part in shaping the future of the automotive industry, that will benefit the environment and society as a whole, come and help us to accelerate the future, together.