Manufacturing Engineer

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Manufacturing Engineer to join our Manufacturing team and act as the technical bridge between R&D and Production.

You will take ownership of released product data and turn it into stable, documented, and efficient production processes. This includes DFM/DFA review, production readiness, assembly instructions and SOPs, tooling and test-process support, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.

We are looking for someone with a strong foundation in manufacturing electronic or electromechanical products, hands-on technical troubleshooting, and practical programming or scripting used in production or test environments. Experience with robotics, autonomous systems, or similarly complex hardware is a plus.

This is a Mid / Senior position for someone who can independently take a released design from R&D and make it production-ready.

You should be comfortable moving between engineering discussions and the production floor: reviewing a drawing, debugging an electronic assembly or test process, improving a fixture or script, updating an SOP, and helping technicians remove blockers. The goal is to make production more reliable, repeatable, and efficient as we scale.

Responsibilities

• Own the transfer of released products, revisions, BOMs, drawings, specifications, and technical data from R&D into production.
• Perform DFM/DFA reviews and identify issues affecting manufacturability, assembly, testing, quality, cost, or cycle time.
• Provide structured manufacturing feedback to mechanical and electrical teams.
• Define production readiness and ensure engineering changes are correctly implemented on the production floor.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and transition prototypes into repeatable production.
• Create, approve, and continuously maintain assembly instructions, SOPs, test instructions, inspection instructions, and rework procedures.
• Ensure production documentation always matches the latest released product revision.
• Provide day-to-day technical support to technicians and remove process or tooling-related production blockers.
• Troubleshoot assembly, test, fixture, tooling, and configuration issues and drive root-cause resolution.
• Work with R&D when production issues require design, software, test, or documentation changes.
• Develop, improve, and maintain production fixtures, jigs, test setups, tools, and supporting scripts.
• Improve assembly sequence, workstation layout, standard work, material flow, and production methods.
• Reduce rework, waiting time, manual workarounds, process variation, and cycle time.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing principles such as 5S, standard work, visual management, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Several years of hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering, production engineering, industrialization, NPI, or a similar role.
• Practical experience manufacturing and troubleshooting electronic or electromechanical products.
• Strong understanding of assembly processes, production tooling, fixtures, testing, and manufacturing documentation.
• Ability to independently review drawings, tolerances, BOMs, specifications, and released engineering data.
• Practical knowledge of DFM/DFA, root-cause analysis, and structured problem solving.
• Programming or scripting skills sufficient to understand, modify, and debug production or test tools; Python or similar is a strong fit.
• Experience creating and maintaining assembly instructions, SOPs, and controlled production documentation.
• Ability to work independently across R&D and Production and take ownership of manufacturing readiness.
• Good spoken and written English.
• EU/EFTA citizenship or a valid Swiss work permit.

Bonus Points

• Experience with robotics, drones, aerospace, automotive, or other complex hardware products.
• Experience with both mechanical and electrical assemblies and production test systems.
• Experience designing production fixtures, jigs, or test equipment.
• Experience with FMEA, 8D, 5 Why, Lean, 5S, or Kaizen.
• Experience with ERP/MRP or PLM systems such as Odoo, Aligni, or similar tools.
• Basic German.

100% · On-site

Seniority: Mid / Senior