Product Design Engineer- Sustainment

About VAT Group

At VAT, we change the world with vacuum solutions. As the world’s leading supplier of high-performance vacuum valves, we have been driving innovation for more than 60 years. With over 3,200 employees worldwide, we operate from our headquarters in Haag, Switzerland, with manufacturing sites in Switzerland, Malaysia and Romania, as well as sales and service hubs around the world. We are guided by our passions integrity, teamwork, customer centricity, and innovation – always working together as #oneVAT.

Joining us means becoming part of a passionate, international team where your voice is heard, your ideas matter, and your career growth is supported.

We are looking for a Product Design Engineer- Sustainment to join our team to drive different scales of customization, relocation, and industrialization projects. The candidate is a lead engineer who is taking full technical ownership of the products, which includes facilitating direct customer engagement, translating customer needs into engineering characteristics and into unique products.The role requires proactive problem-solving, effective communication, and a deep understanding of user needs.

Your responsibilies include, but not limited to:

• Good in product knowledge including design, machining, assembly, and the surrounding processes.
• Responsible in managing the product technical portfolio and keeping it up to date with support from Customization Design Engineer.
• Lead the technical of relocation project and customization project by turning customer-specific request into deliveries.
• Technical lead for Product & Quality team in providing technical advices, root cause analysis and implementing short and long term measures.
• Establishing design guideline and a checker to make sure good design quality.
• Support the Change Request and Change Management, liaising with engineering change department for ECR/ECN implementation at production floor, keeping the product up to date.
• Involved in customer audit and provide technical support for Customer Complaint.
• Support laboratory activities.
• Drive the product industrialization by design improvement, optimization and cost down project.
• Industrialization of new standard and customer specific products in close cooperation with industrialization project managers, HQ-design engineers and product engineers
• Drive product optimization via collaboration with manufacturing departments, supplier development engineers and project buyers
• Render technical support to NPI product until handoff to operations.
• Support customers together with product management and application engineers.
• Perform design review and Design for Manufacturing & Assembly (DFMA) at cross-departmental level.
• Work together with Product Manager in conducting product training.
• Participate in PFMEA, DFMEA and design walkthrough.
• 70% engineering coordination task with 30% design-related task.

Minimum Qualitification:

• Degree or master in mechanical engineering.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience.
• Skilled in 3D-CAD
• Good understanding of GD&T and its application. 
• Able to work independently with minimum supervision
• Team player, ability to collaborate professionally in fast-paced environment
• Good communication skills, with good English efficiency.
• Strong analytical skills
• Proactive, agile, creative, self-motivated

Preferred Qualification:

• Experienced with CAD software – SIEMEN NX
• Experienced in change management
• Experienced in project management (structured working method)
• Knowledge to vacuum industry technology
• Experienced in design and application of mechatronic components. (Motor, sensor, heaters and etc)
• Experience in production of cast parts, sheet metal parts, injection-moulding parts.

Our commitment to inclusion, fairness and equal opportunities

We believe in meaningful careers, continuous learning, and equal opportunities for everyone to drive our innovation and success. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace. If you have concerns, our compliance channel is available at our website. All reports are handled with strict confidentiality and in accordance with our Code of Conduct.