Manufacturing Engineer

Permanent employee, Full-time · ANAVIA Näfels, ANAVIA Bilten

Your mission
Job Goals    
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams and drive continuous improvement and support production operations.
  • Ensure manufacturability of new products (DFM – Design for Manufacturability)
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and certifications.
 
Key Tasks
  • Review engineering drawings and provide feedback to optimize designs for production.
  • Design and implement manufacturing processes, tools and equipment.
  • Develop, implement and refine manufacturing processes for new and existing products.
  • Provide technical support to production teams and troubleshoot manufacturing issues.
  • Create and maintain documentation for manufacturing processes and work instructions.
  • Train and mentor production staff on new processes and equipment.
  • Prepare reports on process performance and improvement of metrics.
  • Conduct feasibility studies and process simulations.
  • Implement Lean Manufacturing Principles.
  • Collaborate with the quality team to troubleshoot and resolve quality issues.

 

Competencies & Duties      

  • Working independently and responsibly. Perform tasks as described above. Proactive communication when issues arise, or help is needed.
  • Compliance according to ANAVIA’ employment contract, compliance with company’ safety instructions and employee’ safety requirements, compliance with employers’ quality manual, work instructions and corresponding process specifications and instructions.
  • International travel required of up to 25% of employee’ working hours.

 

Your profile

Qualifications             

  • Completed higher education (e.g. ETH, HTL).
  • At a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar position.
  • Thorough knowledge of production and assembly processes and cor-responding work requirements, preferably in the aviation industry.
  • Sound technical and practical understanding of complex mechanical, mechatronic and electrical systems. 
  • Thorough knowledge of CAD software (e.g. Creo, SolidWorks, etc.).
  • Process-oriented and structured work methods. 
  • Good language skills in English (oral and written). 
  • Location: On-site in Näfels | Bilten, Switzerland.
  • Eligibility: Swiss or EU citizens only.
About us
ANAVIA, a Swiss high-tech multinational, specialises in the design, development and manufacture of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) systems of up to 750 kilograms. We offer industry-leading unmanned helicopter systems for a variety of missions and applications.

With a team of highly trained and experienced composite, mechatronics, electronics, maintenance flight test and software engineers and other functional experts, we own and manage the entire value chain – from conceptualisation to final quality manufacturing.
Headquartered in Switzerland with a fully owned business unit in the UAE, we have a reputation for groundbreaking innovation and uncompromising quality that reflects our “Made in Switzerland” heritage. This is reinforced by our robust, all-European supply chain that ensures the highest quality standards, stable, and safe procurement processes for reliable manufacturing and delivery.

All of our systems and sub-systems are free of ITAR restrictions.
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