Hands-on Manufacturing Engineer: NPI to Production

Sunflower Labs GmbH; Sellenbüren; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunflower Labs GmbH in Switzerland seeks an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to bridge R&D and Production, turning released data into stable, efficient processes. You will own data transfer, perform DFM/DFA reviews, and develop SOPs, fixtures, and tooling while supporting NPI and continuous improvement on the factory floor.

The role requires hands‑on troubleshooting of electronic or electromechanical products, strong documentation discipline, and English communication, with Swiss work

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering, production engineering, or industrialization.
• Practical experience manufacturing and troubleshooting electronic or electromechanical products.
• Strong understanding of assembly processes, production tooling, fixtures, testing, and documentation.
• Ability to independently review drawings, tolerances, BOMs, specifications, and released engineering data.
• Practical knowledge of DFM/DFA, root‑cause analysis, and structured problem solving.
• Programming or scripting skills sufficient to modify and debug production or test tools (Python preferred).
• Experience creating and maintaining assembly instructions, SOPs, and controlled docs.
• Ability to work independently across R&D and Production and own manufacturing readiness.
• Good spoken and written English.
• EU/EFTA citizenship or a valid Swiss work permit.

Responsibilities

• Own the transfer of released products, revisions, BOMs, drawings, specifications, and data into production.
• Perform DFM/DFA reviews and identify issues affecting manufacturability, assembly, testing, quality, cost, or cycle time.
• Provide structured manufacturing feedback to mechanical and electrical teams.
• Define production readiness and ensure engineering changes are correctly implemented on the floor.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and transition prototypes into repeatable production.
• Create, approve, and maintain assembly instructions, SOPs, test instructions, inspection instructions, and rework procedures.
• Ensure production documentation matches the latest released product revision.
• Provide day-to-day technical support to technicians and remove production blockers.
• Troubleshoot assembly, test, fixture, tooling, and configuration issues and drive root‑cause resolution.
• Collaborate with R&D on design, software, test, or documentation changes when needed.
• Develop, improve, and maintain production fixtures, jigs, test setups, tools, and supporting scripts.
• Improve assembly sequence, workstation layout, standard work, material flow, and production methods.
• Reduce rework, waiting time, manual workarounds, process variation, and cycle time.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing principles such as 5S, standard work, visual management, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

NPI readiness

Troubleshooting, hands-on

DFM/DFA

Root-cause analysis

Programming/scripting (Python)

Documentation upkeep

Lean manufacturing (5S, standard work)

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Odoo

Aligni

Job description

Sunflower Labs GmbH in Switzerland seeks an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to bridge R&D and Production, turning released data into stable, efficient processes. You will own data transfer, perform DFM/DFA reviews, and develop SOPs, fixtures, and tooling while supporting NPI and continuous improvement on the factory floor.

The role requires hands‑on troubleshooting of electronic or electromechanical products, strong documentation discipline, and English communication, with Swiss work