Industrialization & Production Engineer (Robotics)

Sunflower Labs GmbH; Schweiz; Hybrid; CHF 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility to work from home

Comprehensive training on products and

Hands-on experience with drone andRob-

On-site parking

Job summary

Sunflower Labs GmbH in Switzerland seeks an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to bridge R&D and Production, turning released data into stable production processes, performing DFM/DFA reviews and ensuring production readiness.

You will own documentation, support NPI, develop fixtures and tooling, and drive continuous improvement across assembly, testing, and production. English required; EU/EFTA citizenship or Swiss work permit.

Qualifications

• Several years of hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering, production engineering, industrialization, NPI, or a similar role.
• Practical experience manufacturing and troubleshooting electronic or electromechanical products.
• Strong understanding of assembly processes, production tooling, fixtures, testing, and manufacturing 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 understand, modify, and debug production or test tools; Python or similar is a strong fit.
• Experience creating and maintaining assembly instructions, SOPs, and controlled production documentation.
• Ability to work independently across R&D and Production and take ownership of 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 technical data from R&D 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 production floor.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and transition prototypes into repeatable production.
• Create, approve, and continuously maintain assembly instructions, SOPs, test instructions, inspection instructions, and rework procedures.
• Ensure production documentation always matches the latest released product revision.
• Provide day-to-day technical support to technicians and remove process or tooling-related production blockers.
• Troubleshoot assembly, test, fixture, tooling, and configuration issues and drive root-cause resolution.
• Work with R&D when production issues require design, software, test, or documentation changes.
• 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

Hands-on manufacturing

Problem solving

Independent ownership

English proficiency

Python scripting

Tools

Python

ERP/MRP systems (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 production processes, performing DFM/DFA reviews and ensuring production readiness.

You will own documentation, support NPI, develop fixtures and tooling, and drive continuous improvement across assembly, testing, and production. English required; EU/EFTA citizenship or Swiss work permit.