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Hydraulic Technician roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent in mechanical, fluid power, or industrial engineering technology. Employers in manufacturing, aerospace, and heavy equipment industries file LCAs through DOL before sponsoring, certifying the role meets prevailing wage requirements for your work location.
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Get Access To All JobsAs worldwide experts in filtration, MANN+HUMMEL develop solutions for vehicles, industrial applications, clean air inside vehicles and the sustainable use of water. With team spirit and an open culture of communication, we are continuously working towards achieving our vision of ‘leadership in filtration’. Become part of our team.
Salary Compensation
The position is classified in the non-tariff category, based on a 40-hour workweek and the fulfillment of all tasks and requirements.
Interested? We look forward to receiving your application. Please submit it exclusively via our internal applicant management system, SuccessFactors. You can access it through the homepage by navigating to M+H Careers – our internal job portal.
If you do not have a MANN+HUMMEL email address, please send your application, including the reference number 8025, to jobs@mann-hummel.com.
If you have any questions, please contact your HR Business Partner.
Role Summary
As Global Business Development & Product Manager Hydraulic (m/f/d), you will lead the global Hydraulic Initiative and drive the strategic development of MANN+HUMMEL's hydraulic business across the Heavy Duty and Industrial / Off-Road markets.
Combining business development, portfolio strategy, market development, and cross-functional leadership, you will identify growth opportunities, strengthen our market position, and translate market and customer requirements into sustainable business success. Working closely with Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Operations, Quality, Controlling, regional Product Management, and regional stakeholders, you will shape our hydraulic solutions strategy, drive portfolio expansion, and support the successful implementation of global growth initiatives.
Your Responsibilities
- Developing and continuously refining the global strategy for hydraulic solutions, including product portfolio, roadmap, market approach, and business models
- Defining, implementing, and monitoring market, customer, and product strategies in close collaboration with Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Operations, and regional organizations
- Creating, coordinating, and executing business development plans and business cases while ensuring stakeholder alignment and achievement of strategic and financial targets
- Driving market intelligence and competitive analysis activities to identify customer needs, market trends, competitive developments, and growth opportunities in hydraulic applications
- Translating customer and market requirements into structured product specifications, portfolio priorities, and innovation initiatives
- Establishing and maintaining innovation and product roadmaps together with Engineering and relevant business functions
- Defining regional targets and coordinating the necessary actions together with regional stakeholders and specialist functions
- Leading and coordinating global cross-functional teams across Sales, Engineering, Project Management, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, and Controlling
- Collaborating closely with project managers to ensure successful execution of customer, application, and market-driven projects
- Acting as a strategic sparring partner for Sales to support customer acquisition, market penetration, and business expansion activities
- Supporting global customer engagement activities, including customer visits, presentations, trade fairs, exhibitions, and business development initiatives
- Driving market expansion, competitive positioning, and sustainable growth of the hydraulic business globally
Your Profile
- Education: You have successfully completed a university degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business Engineering, or a comparable technical or commercial discipline.
- Experience: Several years of professional experience in Business Development, Product Management, Strategic Market Development, Application Engineering, Technical Sales, or a comparable role within an international industrial environment.
- Expertise:
- Strong market, customer, and product knowledge in hydraulic systems, fluid power, filtration, heavy-duty, off-road, industrial, or related technical solution environments
- Proven track record in business development, strategic portfolio management, and business case development
- Experience identifying growth opportunities and driving market expansion initiatives
- Strong commercial acumen combined with solid technical understanding
- Experience leading cross-functional projects and managing international stakeholders in a matrix organization
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate market needs into sustainable business opportunities
- Language Skills: Very good English skills are required; German language skills are beneficial.
- Personality:
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong sense of ownership
- Strategic thinker with a hands-on and execution-oriented approach
- Commercially driven with a strong customer and market focus
- Strong influencing skills and the ability to build alignment across functions and regions
- Results-oriented and motivated by driving sustainable business growth
- Proactive, self-driven, and comfortable operating in a dynamic international environment
- Willingness to travel internationally
Diversity and inclusion are part of our DNA. We select solely based on the best talent. We therefore welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, gender, origin, ethnicity, disability, or any other characteristics protected by law.
If you have any questions regarding this job posting, our recruiting team will be happy to assist you. You can reach us at TalentAcquisitionGermany@mann-hummel.com. Please make sure to include the job title and location of the position you are interested in when contacting us.
Please note that, for data protection reasons, we cannot accept applications via email. Kindly use our online application form instead.
Social Benefits
- You work with a high degree of autonomy and decision-making freedom
- A 40-hour work week
- Performance-based compensation and comprehensive social benefits
- Flexible working hours/trust-based working time, plus 30 days of vacation
- Hybrid working option: 4 days in the office and 1 day working from home (employees with children under the age of 12: 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home)
- Everyone has Talent: Our talent management process supports your professional development
- In-house company restaurant
- Reserved places in a private daycare center nearby (for both under-3 and over-3 children)
- A modern company pension plan to complement your statutory pension insurance
- Additional private health insurance (e.g., dental insurance)
- A wide range of discounts through our Corporate Benefits Portal (e.g., on vacations, fashion, insurance, etc.)
- Mobility benefits: subsidy for the Germany Ticket, JobRad leasing, and e-charging stations in the free company parking garage with a company charging rate
Are you full of ideas? Are you keen to take on responsibility and really achieve something? Then our doors are open to you. This company lives out its values, gives people the freedom to use their own initiative, and offers many development exciting opportunities and many exciting projects – all of which awaits you here.
As worldwide experts in filtration, MANN+HUMMEL develop solutions for vehicles, industrial applications, clean air inside vehicles and the sustainable use of water. With team spirit and an open culture of communication, we are continuously working towards achieving our vision of ‘leadership in filtration’. Become part of our team.
Salary Compensation
The position is classified in the non-tariff category, based on a 40-hour workweek and the fulfillment of all tasks and requirements.
Interested? We look forward to receiving your application. Please submit it exclusively via our internal applicant management system, SuccessFactors. You can access it through the homepage by navigating to M+H Careers – our internal job portal.
If you do not have a MANN+HUMMEL email address, please send your application, including the reference number 8025, to jobs@mann-hummel.com.
If you have any questions, please contact your HR Business Partner.
Role Summary
As Global Business Development & Product Manager Hydraulic (m/f/d), you will lead the global Hydraulic Initiative and drive the strategic development of MANN+HUMMEL's hydraulic business across the Heavy Duty and Industrial / Off-Road markets.
Combining business development, portfolio strategy, market development, and cross-functional leadership, you will identify growth opportunities, strengthen our market position, and translate market and customer requirements into sustainable business success. Working closely with Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Operations, Quality, Controlling, regional Product Management, and regional stakeholders, you will shape our hydraulic solutions strategy, drive portfolio expansion, and support the successful implementation of global growth initiatives.
Your Responsibilities
- Developing and continuously refining the global strategy for hydraulic solutions, including product portfolio, roadmap, market approach, and business models
- Defining, implementing, and monitoring market, customer, and product strategies in close collaboration with Sales, Engineering, Purchasing, Operations, and regional organizations
- Creating, coordinating, and executing business development plans and business cases while ensuring stakeholder alignment and achievement of strategic and financial targets
- Driving market intelligence and competitive analysis activities to identify customer needs, market trends, competitive developments, and growth opportunities in hydraulic applications
- Translating customer and market requirements into structured product specifications, portfolio priorities, and innovation initiatives
- Establishing and maintaining innovation and product roadmaps together with Engineering and relevant business functions
- Defining regional targets and coordinating the necessary actions together with regional stakeholders and specialist functions
- Leading and coordinating global cross-functional teams across Sales, Engineering, Project Management, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, and Controlling
- Collaborating closely with project managers to ensure successful execution of customer, application, and market-driven projects
- Acting as a strategic sparring partner for Sales to support customer acquisition, market penetration, and business expansion activities
- Supporting global customer engagement activities, including customer visits, presentations, trade fairs, exhibitions, and business development initiatives
- Driving market expansion, competitive positioning, and sustainable growth of the hydraulic business globally
Your Profile
- Education: You have successfully completed a university degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business Engineering, or a comparable technical or commercial discipline.
- Experience: Several years of professional experience in Business Development, Product Management, Strategic Market Development, Application Engineering, Technical Sales, or a comparable role within an international industrial environment.
- Expertise:
- Strong market, customer, and product knowledge in hydraulic systems, fluid power, filtration, heavy-duty, off-road, industrial, or related technical solution environments
- Proven track record in business development, strategic portfolio management, and business case development
- Experience identifying growth opportunities and driving market expansion initiatives
- Strong commercial acumen combined with solid technical understanding
- Experience leading cross-functional projects and managing international stakeholders in a matrix organization
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate market needs into sustainable business opportunities
- Language Skills: Very good English skills are required; German language skills are beneficial.
- Personality:
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong sense of ownership
- Strategic thinker with a hands-on and execution-oriented approach
- Commercially driven with a strong customer and market focus
- Strong influencing skills and the ability to build alignment across functions and regions
- Results-oriented and motivated by driving sustainable business growth
- Proactive, self-driven, and comfortable operating in a dynamic international environment
- Willingness to travel internationally
Diversity and inclusion are part of our DNA. We select solely based on the best talent. We therefore welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, gender, origin, ethnicity, disability, or any other characteristics protected by law.
If you have any questions regarding this job posting, our recruiting team will be happy to assist you. You can reach us at TalentAcquisitionGermany@mann-hummel.com. Please make sure to include the job title and location of the position you are interested in when contacting us.
Please note that, for data protection reasons, we cannot accept applications via email. Kindly use our online application form instead.
Social Benefits
- You work with a high degree of autonomy and decision-making freedom
- A 40-hour work week
- Performance-based compensation and comprehensive social benefits
- Flexible working hours/trust-based working time, plus 30 days of vacation
- Hybrid working option: 4 days in the office and 1 day working from home (employees with children under the age of 12: 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home)
- Everyone has Talent: Our talent management process supports your professional development
- In-house company restaurant
- Reserved places in a private daycare center nearby (for both under-3 and over-3 children)
- A modern company pension plan to complement your statutory pension insurance
- Additional private health insurance (e.g., dental insurance)
- A wide range of discounts through our Corporate Benefits Portal (e.g., on vacations, fashion, insurance, etc.)
- Mobility benefits: subsidy for the Germany Ticket, JobRad leasing, and e-charging stations in the free company parking garage with a company charging rate
Are you full of ideas? Are you keen to take on responsibility and really achieve something? Then our doors are open to you. This company lives out its values, gives people the freedom to use their own initiative, and offers many development exciting opportunities and many exciting projects – all of which awaits you here.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Hydraulic Technician
Document your degree equivalency early
USCIS requires a U.S. bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent for H-1B eligibility. Get a credential evaluation from a NACES-approved organization before applying, since hydraulic roles often draw scrutiny when the degree field isn't an exact match.
Target employers with active LCA filings
Search the OFLC Wage Search for certified LCAs under SOC code 49-9044 (Millwrights) or 17-3027 (Mechanical Engineering Technologists). Employers with recent certifications have already committed to the prevailing wage and understand the H-1B filing process.
Use Migrate Mate to filter verified sponsors
Search Hydraulic Technician roles on Migrate Mate to see employers with confirmed H-1B filing history. This filters out postings from companies that list sponsorship as optional but have no track record of filing for technical trade roles.
Verify the specialty occupation classification upfront
Hydraulic Technician roles face more RFEs than engineering roles because the position can be classified as skilled trades rather than specialty occupation. Ask the employer to confirm the job description requires a specific bachelor's degree, not just equivalent experience, before accepting an offer.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before your start date
H-1B employers must be E-Verify participants to hire under cap-exempt status or in certain workforce categories. Ask HR to confirm enrollment status before your I-129 is filed, since non-enrollment can delay or complicate cap-gap authorization.
Check O*NET for job zone and degree alignment
Pull the O*NET profile for your specific hydraulic role to confirm it's classified as Job Zone 3 or higher with a listed degree requirement. This documentation strengthens the specialty occupation argument in your H-1B petition if USCIS issues an RFE.
H-1B Visa Hydraulic Technician: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Hydraulic Technician role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the employer defines the position. If the job description requires a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering technology, fluid power engineering, or a directly related field, it can qualify. Roles written as skilled trades requiring only vocational training don't meet the specialty occupation standard. Ask the employer to confirm the educational requirement before the LCA is filed.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas for Hydraulic Technician positions?
Aerospace manufacturers, heavy equipment OEMs, industrial automation companies, and defense contractors are the most consistent H-1B sponsors for hydraulic roles. Mining and oil and gas operations also file regularly. You can find employers with active H-1B filing histories for this role on Migrate Mate, filtered by industry and location.
How does the prevailing wage requirement affect Hydraulic Technician H-1B applications?
The employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your specific role and work location before USCIS approves the petition. For hydraulic technicians, the wage level depends on your SOC code, geographic area, and assigned wage level (I through IV). Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the prevailing wage for your location before negotiating an offer.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new Hydraulic Technician employer mid-status?
Yes. Under H-1B portability rules, you can start working for a new employer as soon as they file a non-frivolous I-129 transfer petition, without waiting for approval. The new employer must file their own LCA and I-129, and the role must still qualify as a specialty occupation. Your 60-day grace period between jobs gives you time to secure a transfer filing.
What documentation does a Hydraulic Technician need to support an H-1B petition?
You'll need educational transcripts, a foreign credential evaluation if your degree is from outside the U.S., and any professional certifications relevant to hydraulic systems such as IFPS certifications. The employer contributes a detailed job description tying the role to the required degree field, the certified LCA, and proof of prevailing wage compliance. USCIS may request additional evidence if the specialty occupation basis isn't clear from the initial filing.