Application & Pre-Sales Engineer - Industrial Machinery

About the role

TOMRA Food, a multinational provider of sensor-based sorting, peeling and post-harvest solutions for the food industry, is hiring a full-time Application & Pre-Sales Engineer in Valencia. Working with Sales and Service teams, you will analyse customer processes, support product demonstrations and field trials, evaluate equipment performance and help define the technical configuration for each application.

Key responsibilities

• Work with Sales and customers to understand their production processes and requirements, and identify the right technical solution.
• Analyse customer processes, production requirements, equipment performance and operational data.
• Support and run product demonstrations, customer trials, field tests and performance validation.
• Define equipment configurations and contribute to technical specifications, system layouts, quotations and supporting documentation.
• Design and evaluate processing solutions, including integration of TOMRA and third-party equipment.
• Present technical solutions in meetings, presentations, workshops, webinars and reference visits.
• Support the technical handover of awarded projects to implementation teams and share application knowledge across TOMRA Food.

Required profile

• Degree in Engineering, Technology, Automation or a related technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience with industrial machinery, automation, processing equipment or material handling.
• Experience interacting directly with customers in a technical capacity.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills, and clear communication of technical information to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to interpret operational data and equipment performance information.
• Professional proficiency in Spanish and English.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% across the EMEA region and a valid unrestricted driving licence.
• Nice to have: food processing or Agri-Tech experience, field service or application engineering, technical sales or pre-sales, AutoCAD, Inventor or SolidWorks.

What we offer

• Up to 10% annual performance-based bonus.
• Flexible hybrid working and 29 calendar days of holiday.
• International exposure across the EMEA region and continuous technical learning.
• Company-paid extended life insurance and private health insurance at a discounted rate.
• All business travel covered, with laptop, mobile phone, PPE and workwear provided.