Senior Solution Engineer - Dutch Speaker

Senior Solution Engineer - Dutch Speaker

Location

• Hoofddorp, Netherlands

Employment Type

• Full-time, Permanent

Working Pattern

• Onsite preferred
• Hybrid can be considered for strong candidates
• Minimum one day per week in the office is required

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Solution Engineer to support warehouse automation and intralogistics projects across Europe.

This is a customer-facing pre-sales and solution design role. The successful candidate will work closely with Sales, Project Delivery, Engineering and R&D teams to understand customer requirements, assess warehouse processes, design automation solutions, prepare technical proposals and support project execution after contract award.

The role is ideal for someone with strong experience in warehouse automation, AGV/AMR, intralogistics or material handling solutions, who can confidently communicate with Dutch-speaking customers and independently create warehouse layouts using AutoCAD.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead pre-sales activities for warehouse automation projects across Europe
• Conduct customer requirement analysis, site surveys, data analysis and business process assessments
• Develop technical automation solutions based on customer needs, warehouse processes, operational data and project requirements
• Independently create and modify warehouse layouts using AutoCAD
• Prepare and present solution proposals, technical concepts, layout plans and solution comparisons to customers and internal stakeholders
• Support tender and bidding activities, including technical proposals, bid documentation and technical clarification materials
• Review customer specifications and provide technical input during the sales and bidding process
• Gather and analyse customer requirements and feedback
• Work with internal teams to improve products, solutions and project delivery quality
• Support detailed engineering activities after project award
• Provide technical support during commissioning, testing and project acceptance
• Act as the key technical interface between customers, Sales, Project Delivery, Engineering, R&D and other internal stakeholders

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Engineering, preferably in Automation, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Logistics or a related discipline
• Minimum 7 years of experience in warehouse automation, intralogistics, AGV, AMR, material handling or logistics automation
• Strong pre-sales, solution design or technical consultancy experience within automation or intralogistics projects
• Proven ability to analyse customer needs and design competitive automation solutions
• Experience providing technical guidance during the sales cycle
• Hands-on experience independently creating warehouse layouts using AutoCAD is required
• Strong understanding of warehouse processes, material flow, logistics operations and automation concepts
• Experience with medium to large-scale automation projects, ideally ranging from several hundred thousand euros to over one million euros
• Experience supporting tenders, technical proposals, bidding activities or customer-facing solution presentations
• Fluent Dutch and English communication skills are required
• Native Dutch speakers are strongly preferred
• Strong communication, presentation, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with WMS, WCS or warehouse process optimisation
• Experience with simulation software such as FlexSim
• Experience with AGV/AMR fleet management, robotics, conveyor systems, AS/RS, sortation systems or large-scale system integration projects
• Additional European languages would be an advantage

Ideal Candidate Background

The ideal candidate may currently be working as one of the following:

• Solution Engineer
• Solution Design Engineer
• Pre-sales Engineer
• Sales Engineer
• Application Engineer
• Intralogistics Consultant
• Warehouse Automation Engineer
• Logistics Automation Solution Consultant

Relevant industry backgrounds include:

• Warehouse automation
• AGV / AMR
• Intralogistics
• Material handling
• Logistics automation
• Automation system integration