Présentation
Act as the front-line technical contact for OEM bicycle brands, supporting them in achieving best-in-class suspension performance.
Responsabilités
- In collaboration with Product Management and Sales, plan, execute, and report on suspension test sessions with European brands
- Develop high-performance tunes for rear shocks that perform across a wide range of bicycle designs
- Facilitate customer testing and validation opportunities for forks, shocks, and seat posts
- Raise early warning flags and identify areas requiring critical focus for new suspension developments
- Routinely benchmark competitor products
Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with suspension products, with proven expertise and detailed knowledge of RockShox suspension components and technologies
- Strong understanding of the inner workings and complex systems of forks and rear shocks
- Knowledge of frame design, linkages, leverage ratios, and bicycle kinematics, and their relationship to springs and dampers
- Ability to test ride and evaluate component performance; basic prototyping experience is preferred
- Maintains an open, intuitive, and inquisitive mindset
- Demonstrates creativity, tact, and diplomacy when working with customers, colleagues, supervisors, and cross-functional teams
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed (up to 40% of the time)
- Proficiency in English (spoken and written); German is a plus
- WE OFFER
- Diverse tasks and the opportunity to contribute to the development of sustainable and innovative products
- A dynamic and team-oriented work environment within a rapidly growing industry
- Flat hierarchies within an engaged, international team of bicycle enthusiasts
- Flexible working options
- Employee discounts
- Company pension scheme with employer contributions