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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. 

Role and Responsibilities:
Responsible for the Industrialization-design of new developed or re-designed products produced in Asia and supporting design related activities throughout the product life cycle of selected valve series

• Good in product knowledge including design, machining, assembly and the surrounding processes.
• Support Product & Quality team in finding root cause, providing technical advices.
• Have sense of responsibility and able to work independently. Taking technical ownership of the product.
• Industrialization of new standard and customer specific products in close cooperation with industrialization project managers, HQ-design engineers  and product engineers
• Establish technical product documentation, which is needed for product manufacturing
• Optimize products in collaboration with HQ-design engineers
• Verify and optimize manufacturability with manufacturing departments, supply quality engineers and project buyers
• Technical support in Cost Improvement projects
• Support customers together with product management and application engineers。

Qualifications and Key skills:

• Degree or master in mechanical engineering
• Strong skills in 3D-CAD (NX preferable) and PLM systems as well as MS-Office tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work in a team and good communication skills, also in English, for cooperation with production and product management
• Experience in project management (structured working method) is added advantage
• Enjoy working on strategic issues
• Strong analytical skills
• Experience in change management 

Special skills (such as special certifications)

• Knowledge to vacuum industry technology are a big asset.
• Experience in design and application of mechatronic components. (Motor, sensor, heaters etc)
• Experience in the production of the cast parts, sheet metal parts, injection molding parts, etc. will be value added.
• Person needs to be agile and creative, self-motivated and focussed to meeting customer needs

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.