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Development Engineer
Other Engineering
6300 Gråsten, Denmark
Posted on Nov 13, 2026
The Impact You'll Make
At Danfoss Drives, you will help ensure our products are ready to perform reliably when they leave the factory. As a Development Engineer in our Product Engineering team, you’ll turn customer and production needs into robust mechanical design solutions while balancing quality, cost, and manufacturability.
You will join a close-knit engineering team who are the design owners and supporting products which are produced in the factory in Gråsten. Working across production, procurement, engineering, product managers and suppliers, you will solve practical mechanical challenges, introduce product adaptations, and contribute to solutions that improve energy efficiency and electrification.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Design, develop, and test electromechanical product solutions in line with international standards and internal requirements.
- Create customer- and production-driven product adaptations, considering quality, cost, manufacturability, and product performance.
- Validate and document designs, test results, and engineering decisions to support effective knowledge sharing and document control.
- Implement design changes across production, including changes that may affect multiple manufacturing sites at different part of the world.
- Collaborate closely with production, procurement, engineering colleagues, and suppliers to solve mechanical challenges and move solutions efficiently into production.
What We're Looking For
You bring a hands-on approach to mechanical engineering and enjoy solving technical problems together with people from different functions. You are curious, open to new ways of working, and comfortable managing multiple stakeholders.
For this role, we are looking for:
- A degree in mechanical engineering or a related engineering discipline, combined with at least 5 years of relevant industry experience.
- Practical experience designing mechanical or electromechanical products, ideally involving plastics, sheet metal, or cast components.
- Experience with mechanical design and CAD tools; experience with NX is particularly valuable for this role.
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, production, procurement, and suppliers.
- Good communication skills in English. Danish is particularly valuable for this role.
Experience with cables and connectors, Creo, Teamcenter or comparable product lifecycle management systems, as well as knowledge of frequency converters, would be an advantage rather than a prerequisite.
What You'll Get from Us
You will help engineer a better future by contributing to solutions that make a real difference around the world.
In this role, you’ll join an experienced team of mechanical engineering colleagues and gain hands-on exposure to products in production, giving you the opportunity to see the practical impact of your engineering decisions.
We will support your career growth with mentoring, learning opportunities, and access to global career paths.
You will have the flexibility, autonomy, and support you need to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
You will be part of an inclusive workplace where people of all backgrounds are respected, valued, and empowered to succeed.
You will receive a competitive rewards package that includes benefits such as an annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, health insurance, and more. As a global company, these benefits vary by country and contract.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you are an experienced mechanical engineer who enjoys turning real production and customer challenges into practical engineering solutions, we’d like to hear from you.
Even if you don’t meet every preferred qualification, we encourage you to apply. Your experience and perspective may be exactly what we need.
For further information about the position, please contact Naveen Deepak Selvarajan, Senior Manager, Mechanical Engineering, at +45 8193 0677. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition Partner, Lisa Tveen Bachmann, at +45 2859 4039.
Please apply at your earliest convenience. Applications will be reviewed while the position remains open, and the posting will close once we have found the right candidate.