R&D Product Development Engineer (Junior / Senior)
Dietikon, Zurich, Switzerland
Engineering – Optotune /
Full-time /
On-site
Are you ready to be at the forefront of creating groundbreaking optical products? Optotune is looking for passionate and inventive Product Development Engineers to join our team and drive the future of optical technology.
Working within our product development team, you develop exciting new products by integrating advanced actuator technologies with Optotune’s core adaptive optical components. In the team, you bring the next generation of innovative optical products from idea to production.
Tasks
- Design, development, qualification and launch of new products, incorporating principles and concepts from mid to high-volume manufacturing production
- Feasibility studies and evaluation of new applications
- Support of product transfer and release to operation
- Technical customer support
- Continuously improve the yield and throughput during the product
- development by understanding the root causes from a product design perspective
- Create intellectual property and contribute to technology management
- Collaboration and reporting in multidisciplinary project teams
- Inspire team members to strive for alignment, entrepreneurial thinking and high performance
Requirements
- MSc/BSc degree in mechanical or electrical engineering, photonics, mechatronics, physics or equivalent
- Experience in product development, preferably in optics, mechanical engineering or consumer electronics industries
- Experience in high-volume manufacturing is a benefit
- Product design, simulations and programming experience (Comsol, Python, Solidworks, Altium) are of advantage
- Experience in advanced mechanics, control systems and dataware analytics is valuable
- Familiar with FMEA, Gage R&R, DOE, SPC and other statistical modeling
- Creative and analytical thinking, proactive, well organized, autonomous, hands-on, open-minded for challenging ideas
- Good knowledge of English
- Position is open to both early career and senior levels. For applicants who have recently graduated (less than one year), please also provide your academic record as part of the application process
Why us?
- A competitive salary with ESOP
- Retirement savings plan with company match
- Generous vacation policies
- Opportunities for professional development and career growth
- A collaborative and fast-paced work environment
- Start-up flair mixed with SME professionalism
- Flexible working environment & home office
- Respectful and supportive culture with a lot of fun
- We are extremely international and proud of our diversity in every aspect
- Awesome regular company events!
We are a dynamic and motivated team. We live an open culture in which your work will be crucial to the success of the company. You will work with extraordinary colleagues, all striving for one common goal: to create an outstanding company.
So if you are looking for a challenging job in an innovative environment and you are determined to use your extraordinary skills to bring our revolutionary products to the market, then we would be pleased to get to know you. Only CV in English is needed.
