Associate Mechanical Designer (f/m/d)

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Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will be part of the engineering team delivering medium voltage drive modernization and upgrade projects. You will create and maintain mechanical design documentation, engineering drawings, bills of material and project-specific deliverables that enable efficient manufacturing, installation, and project execution. Working closely with experienced engineers and senior designers, you will contribute to the successful and timely delivery of customer projects by ensuring accurate technical documentation, effective change management, and high-quality engineering data.

The work model for the role is: #LI-Hybrid

This role is contributing to Motion Services Switzerland in Untersiggenthal. Main stakeholders are Project Management, Sales, Production, Field Service, and fellow Engineering team members.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Creating and maintaining mechanical drawings, manufacturing documentation, and project-specific design deliverables using CAD tools.
• Managing bills of materials, engineering changes, and technical documentation in SAP and related engineering systems and supporting technical feasibility studies.
• Contributing to the project execution by preparing documentation packages for manufacturing, installation, and commissioning activities while ensuring compliance with quality and safety requirements.
• Collaborating closely with Project Management, Production, Field Service, and Supply Chain teams to optimize technical documentation and support on-time project delivery.

Qualifications for the role

• Completed vocational education as a Mechanical Designer (Konstrukteur/in EFZ) or comparable technical qualification.
• A few years of experience in mechanical design, drafting, or engineering support within an industrial environment.
• Experience with 3D CAD tools, preferably Solid Edge, and creating technical drawings for manufacturing.
• Familiarity with SAP for bill of materials, document management, and engineering change processes.
• Hands-on mindset and willingness to work closely with production and project execution teams.
• Structured and detail-oriented working style with high standards for quality and accuracy, combined with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Fluent in German and comfortable communicating in English.

Our team dynamics

You will join a practical and experienced engineering team supporting customer modernization and upgrade projects for medium voltage drives. Under the mentorship of senior colleagues, you will develop technical expertise and gradually take ownership of increasingly complex engineering and documentation tasks.

Benefits

We also offer our employees the following benefits:

• Employee share acquisition plan (ESAP)
• REKA credit
• Employee discounts (MyDiscounts / Swibeco)
• Parental leave
• Fitness allowance
• Eco bonus

More about us

ABB Motion Service Division serves customers worldwide by maximizing uptime, extending product life cycle and enhancing the performance and energy efficiency of their electrical motion solutions. The Division is leading the way in digitalization by securely connecting motors and drives, increasing operational uptime and improving efficiency. The services offered make the difference for our customers and partners every day by helping keep their operations running profitably, safely and reliably.

This recruiting process is led by talent partner, Ece Özen, ABB Switzerland Ltd.

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