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Innovation, Efficiency and Ambition: this is what VAT has stood for over 50 years. 

With this passion, VAT has grown to become the leading international developer, manufacturer and supplier of high-performance high-end vacuum valves and vacuum sealing technology, employing over 2000 people worldwide.  The headquarters are located in Haag (Switzerland), the production centers in Switzerland, Malaysia, Romania and Taiwan. 

We are looking for a Graduate Trainee to join our team which will be key contact person for innovations, developments, analyses and technical questions in the field of high purity processes and applications for vacuum valves. 

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:  

• Perform professional engineering evaluations and qualifications of VAT suppliers for surface treatments including high-purity cleaning, anodizing, plating, and micro-contamination control
• Ability to review and understand international standards, VAT-specific standards and customer standards related to material composition, mechanical properties, surface treatment processes and high purity cleaning processes
• Ability to review and understand product requirements for problem solving and decision-making when quality issues arise
• Perform analysis of existing processes and identifies improvement potentials for improved process capability, process efficiency, and cost reductions
• Perform Design of Experiments, review data and develop conclusions
• Introduces and trains suppliers and internal team on VAT-specific processes, VAT standards, international standards and customer requirements.
• Develop tools and trainings for process qualifications at suppliers
• Coordinate and collaborate with suppliers and product groups regarding new projects and quality issues
• Support the Purchasing department in sourcing and developing new supply chain concepts
• Provide support during customer certifications and audits
• Ability to review journal articles related to materials science and high purity cleaning for process innovations and developments
• Support set up, implementation and testing of the internal Hard Anodizing and RGA lab facility

Minimum Qualification

• Master’s / PhD degree in Materials Science & Engineering / Chemical Engineering / Chemistry
• Completed studies in materials science, materials engineering, chemical engineering, or comparable fields of study, ideally with in-depth knowledge in contamination control and high purity cleaning process
• Knowledge on surface treatment processes, semiconductor processing, high purity cleaning, surface chemistry and interactions
• Experience with problem solving process (PSP), failure analysis (FA), design of experiments (DOE) & technical report writing
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Excellent skills in project management, presentation, and documentation
• Proficiency in English

VAT is an equal opportunity employer. We see ourselves as a responsible and far-sighted employer that offers not only jobs, but also career and personal development opportunities through various training programs. We recognize the value of employee diversity and provide equal employment opportunity for all qualified application that contributes to innovation, improves customer orientation and employee satisfaction. One-step in this direction is to ensure that people are recognized and fairly compensated for their contributions to the company. In 2021, VAT received the Fair-ON-Pay+ certificate as an acknowledgement for our commitment in ensuring equal pay for equal work between men and women.