Precision Dispensing Process Engineer — On-Floor Manufacturing

Actalent; Risch-Rotkreuz; On-site; CHF 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Actalent is supporting a Rotkreuz site in Switzerland with a Precision Dispensing / Process Engineer role focused on stabilizing manufacturing, reducing scrap, and improving product quality. The role works directly on the production floor with engineers, operators, and quality teams to deliver measurable improvements.

Responsibilities include hands-on investigations, evaluating dispensing systems, and conducting production-line trials using DOE and root-cause analysis to drive robust processes

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in automated precision dispensing or fluid deposition, ideally involving low-viscosity fluids.
• Experience setting up, tuning, characterizing, and troubleshooting dispensing equipment/platforms.
• Proven experience turning troubleshooting into measurable manufacturing improvements (scrap reduction, yield improvement, cycle-time stabilization).
• Comfortable working hands-on in a manufacturing environment alongside shop-floor operators.
• Technical degree such as BSc/MSc in Process, Mechanical, Chemical, Materials, or Biomedical Engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience with root-cause analysis, statistical methods, and structured experimentation.
• Solid understanding of material properties, dispensing parameters, and equipment condition.
• Fluent English and minimum B2 German.

Responsibilities

• Conduct hands-on investigations across the manufacturing line to identify root causes of WIP yield loss, downtime, and dispensing-related deviations, and develop remediation plans.
• Spend consistent time on the production floor observing manufacturing runs and working closely with operators and shift leads.
• Fine-tune, characterize, and troubleshoot dispensing equipment/platforms, including low-viscosity fluids and tight tolerances.
• Plan, execute, and evaluate production-line trials using structured problem-solving methods such as DOE and root-cause analysis.
• Analyze sensor production and quality-control data to identify variability and evaluate corrective actions.
• Collaborate across equipment vendors, shop-floor operators, Process Engineering, Quality, and Regulatory teams to implement sustainable process improvements.

Skills

Precision dispensing

Fluid deposition

Root-cause analysis

DOE

Statistical methods

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on manufacturing

Problem solving

Education

BSc/MSc in Process/Mechanical/Chemical/Materials/ Biomedical Eng

Tools

Dispensing equipment platforms

DOE methods

Statistical data analysis

Job description

Actalent is supporting a Rotkreuz site in Switzerland with a Precision Dispensing / Process Engineer role focused on stabilizing manufacturing, reducing scrap, and improving product quality. The role works directly on the production floor with engineers, operators, and quality teams to deliver measurable improvements.

Responsibilities include hands-on investigations, evaluating dispensing systems, and conducting production-line trials using DOE and root-cause analysis to drive robust processes