Manufacturing Engineer

Your mission

Job Goals    

• Collaboration with cross-functional teams and drive continuous improvement and support production operations.
• Ensure manufacturability of new products (DFM – Design for Manufacturability).
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and certifications.

Key Tasks

• Review engineering drawings and provide feedback to optimize designs for production.
• Design and implement manufacturing processes, tools and equipment.
• Develop, implement and refine manufacturing processes for new and existing products.
• Provide technical support to production teams and troubleshoot manufacturing issues.
• Create and maintain documentation for manufacturing processes and work instructions.
• Train and mentor production staff on new processes and equipment.
• Prepare reports on process performance and improvement of metrics.
• Conduct feasibility studies and process simulations.
• Implement Lean Manufacturing Principles.
• Collaborate with the quality team to troubleshoot and resolve quality issues.

Competencies & Duties      

• Working independently and responsibly. Perform tasks as described above. Proactive communication when issues arise, or help is needed.
• Compliance according to ANAVIA’ employment contract, compliance with company’ safety instructions and employee’ safety requirements, compliance with employers’ quality manual, work instructions and corresponding process specifications and instructions.
• International travel required of up to 25% of employee’ working hours.

Your profile

Qualifications             

• Completed higher education (e.g. ETH, HTL).
• At a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar position.
• Thorough knowledge of production and assembly processes and coresponding work requirements, preferably in the aviation industry.
• Sound technical and practical understanding of complex mechanical, mechatronic and electrical systems. 
• Thorough knowledge of CAD software (e.g. Creo, SolidWorks, etc.).
• Process-oriented and structured work methods. 
• Good language skills in English (oral and written). 
• Location: On-site in Näfels | Bilten, Switzerland.
• Eligibility: Swiss or EU citizens only.