Material handling equipment manufacturer scaling electrified, automated logistics solutions
Kalmar manufactures and services material handling equipment for port terminals and logistics hubs across 120+ countries. The company is actively migrating to SAP and warehouse management systems while building embedded software for electric terminal tractors—a shift toward autonomous, decarbonized equipment. Engineering hiring (46 open roles) dominates the workforce, concentrated in mid-level and intern positions, reflecting heavy investment in embedded systems, automation, and product platform development.
Notable leadership hires: Solution Sales Director, People Experience & Technology Head
Kalmar designs, manufactures, and services material handling equipment used in port terminals, logistics centers, and distribution networks worldwide. The product line spans diesel and electric-powered terminal tractors, AGVs, and related automation systems. Operations span five continents, with approximately 5,000 employees across engineering, manufacturing, support, and field service. The company generates roughly EUR 2 billion in annual revenue and maintains a service-led business model emphasizing long-term customer partnerships and equipment lifecycle support.
Kalmar uses SAP (ERP), Google Workspace, Salesforce, AWS (Lambda, RDS, ECS, Glue), Jira, BigQuery, Looker Studio, Docker, Jenkins, and Python for backend services. Embedded systems use Robot Framework and Bash for testing and automation.
Active projects include embedded software for electric and diesel terminal tractors, WMS and AGV system implementation, automated testing for customer applications, real-time dashboard development, warehouse layout optimization, and vehicle platform modeling and simulation.
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