Senior Designer / Product Development Engineer with Series and Tooling Experience

Responsibilities

For a client in the Zurich area, we are looking for a Senior Designer / Product Development Engineer (m/f/d) with a focus on series and tool production.

The Tasks

As a Senior Designer / Product Development Engineer, you will play a central role in the further development of an existing product. The basic concepts are already in place. The focus is on transferring the design into a manufacturing-ready and series-production solution.

You will accompany the product development from detailed design through tooling-appropriate layout to the planned tool release after approximately three to three and a half months. You will work closely with toolmakers, suppliers, and selectively with production.

Project No.:

1084132

Project Title:

1084132 Senior Designer / Product Development Engineer with Series and Tooling Experience

Job Type:

Freelance

• Design and detailed elaboration of components and assemblies in CATIA V6
• Further development of an existing product, considering technical, functional, and manufacturing requirements
• Transfer of existing concepts into robust and series-producible solutions
• Tooling-appropriate design of plastic components, considering the requirements of the injection molding process
• Manufacturing-appropriate design of sheet metal components
• Development of a new design solution for a currently open task in the area of sheet metal design
• Optimization of existing designs regarding manufacturability, assembly, quality, and cost-effectiveness
• Consideration of tolerance positions and tolerance chains during the design phase
• Correct and forward-looking modeling of components, considering later manufacturing and tooling requirements
• Coordination of technical details with toolmakers, suppliers, and internal contacts
• Support during tool release and subsequent optimization and post-processing measures until series readiness

Requirements

Additional Information:

SOLCOM is one of the leading technology service providers in the areas of software development, IT, and engineering. For over 20 years, we have been working as partners with globally operating top companies in all industries and are active worldwide wherever innovation is decisive.

• Several years of professional experience in mechanical design and product development
• Very good CAD skills, ideally in CATIA V6
• Alternatively, sound experience with CATIA V5
• Experience in the design of plastic components
• Knowledge of tooling-appropriate design and the injection molding environment
• Understanding of tool production as well as the possibilities and limitations of plastic-appropriate designs
• Experience in the design and manufacturing-appropriate layout of sheet metal components
• Experience in developing design solutions in the sheet metal field
• Experience in transferring designs to series production
• Knowledge of tolerance management, tolerance positions, and tolerance chains
• Fluent German language skills

Project details

Jona

02.11.2026

6 months

• Start: flexible
• Duration: 6 Monate
• Remote: onsite
• Location: Jona, Schweiz, CH
• Languages: German