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About the Role

Our client is a well-established Swiss industrial engineering company with deep expertise in precision manufacturing and technical solutions for demanding industries.

The company operates from its production site in Switzerland and serves customers across areas such as clamping tools, spherical plain bearings, and engineered distribution solutions. Its products and engineering support are used in sectors including aerospace, railway, and industrial manufacturing.

The organization places strong emphasis on technical excellence, continuous improvement, and the development of its engineering teams across application, quality, and production functions.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Application Engineer to join the client’s application engineering team within the production department.

This role focuses on designing, planning, coordinating, and monitoring spherical plain bearing projects based on customer requirements. The position combines mechanical engineering expertise, customer-facing technical support, product validation, and project coordination.

Contract: Permanent

Model: ONSITE in Delémont

Hiring Process: 3 interviews - HR screening, 2 Technical Interviews

Key Responsibilities

• Review customer applications and propose technical solutions to ensure product performance
• Provide technical support to Sales and Product Management teams on spherical plain bearing design and applications
• Support cost analysis, customer support, quality assurance, production support, and new application reviews
• Work with customers to resolve technical issues and application-related challenges
• Prepare and deliver technical presentations together with Sales Engineers for target accounts
• Act as a technical consultant on product design, application issues, service problems, quality deviations, and material or component substitutions
• Ensure drawings and process documentation comply with technical specifications and customer requirements
• Define bearing testing requirements, test plans, and validation processes
• Analyze and report test results to customers to support product approval
• Approve new product designs and release them to manufacturing
• Coordinate projects internally and externally, acting as a technical interface between customers, engineering teams, and management
• Travel occasionally for customer visits, approximately 10–20% of the time

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5–10 years of experience in bearing design and bearing applications
• Strong understanding of mechanical engineering principles, technical drawings, and product validation
• Experience providing technical support to customers or internal commercial teams
• Fluent English communication skills, both written and spoken
• Experience in aerospace, aeronautics, railway, or industrial manufacturing sectors