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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.

We are looking for a Customization Design Engineer to join our team to support different scales of customization, relocation, and industrialization projects. Translating customer needs into engineering characteristics and into unique products. Combines design optimization, with value-driven design to support and automate configuration of customized products. It is crucial to ensure all projects are delivered on time.

Reporting directly to the Team Leader, you will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders across the company, actively participate in all phases of the project, including requirement definition, design, development, research, fabrication, testing/integration, customer interface, maintenance, safety, and economic utilization in the manufacture of VAT products.

The role requires a strong mechanical engineering background with solid proficiency in computer-aided design (CAD), technical drawing and drafting standards, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T). The incumbent must possess excellent communication skills, the ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and the capability to collaborate effectively within diverse, cross-functional teams.

Leveraging deep mechanical expertise, the role focuses on driving continuous improvement in product quality, cost efficiency, and technological capability, while developing innovative solutions that advance VAT’s engineering excellence. Success in this position depends on effective collaboration across internal and external stakeholders, as well as demonstrating ownership, accountability, and commitment to the assigned product series and daily business operations.

Yourresponsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Good in product knowledge including design, machining, assembly, and the surrounding processes.
• Perform design tasks in relocation project and customization project by turning customer-specific request into deliveries.
• Managing engineering drawings and performing product improvement from time to time.
• Handle special project in designing and preparing production drawing for fabrication house, and work closely with production team to ensure product process.
• Design test equipment to qualify the product in end-of line test.
• In charge of engineering product documentation and, liaising with engineering change department for ECR/ECN implementation at production floor, keeping the product up to date.
• Support Product & Quality team in root cause analysis, providing technical advices.
• Industrialization of new standard and customer specific products in close cooperation with industrialization project managers, HQ-design engineers and product engineers
• Involve in product optimization via collaboration with HQ-design engineers
• Render technical support to NPI product until handoff to operations.
• Technical support in cost improvement projects
• Support customers together with product management and application engineers.
• Support Global Service Engineering team in creating spare-part / service kit.
• Perform design review and Design for Manufacturing & Assembly (DFMA) at cross-departmental level.
• Participate in PFMEA, DFMEA and design walkthrough.
• 70% design-related task with 30% engineering coordination task
• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Sense of responsibility
• Able to work independently with minimum supervision
• Team player, ability to collaborate and professionally in fast-paced environment
• Good communication skills, with good English efficiency.
• Strong analytical skills
• Skill in 3D-CAD
• Good understanding of GD&T and its application.
• 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.

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.