System Engineer - Machining Special Projects

Under the Program Manager’s supervision, the System Engineer leads and manages end-to-end multidisciplinary programs across the digital printing organization.
The role requires a wide perspective, systems and processes understanding, high analytical capabilities, and outstanding communication skills using a System Engineering methodical approach.
The System Engineer will be responsible for the end-to-end development & validation process during the entire Product Life Cycle (PLC).

Mission & Key Responsibilities

• Learn and understand BOBST’s existing products from different Product Lines.
• Investigate existing solutions in the market.
• Analyze and define architecture and system requirements to meet a modular design approach with a core team member (cross-organization).
• Coordinate Product/Modules development in a cross-organization matrix.
• Communicate with stakeholders to identify their needs or support (R&D, Marketing, Operations, Procurement, Customer Service, etc.).
• Efficient and organized working method, including efficient presentation and documentation management.
• Able to engage with upper management regularly with reporting on project status, activities, and achievements.
• Create reports and documentation outlining findings and solutions.
• Large know-how of quality tools and management (8D, FMEA, EFA, etc.).
• Perform System FMEA with R&D and supervise FMEA of subsystems.
• Select the best possible solutions using metrological approaches.
• Work with different groups inside and outside the organization to identify problem status, troubleshooting, and resolving all technical issues when they happen.
• Implement best practices.
• Create suitable test plans to address particular problems in a timely manner in coordination with the Test Manager.
• Lead integration and qualification processes.

Skills and Experience

• M.Sc. in System Engineering / Software / Electrical or equivalent with demonstrated experience in analyzing complex multidisciplinary systems and problems.
• Experience in project management, application design, and integration.
• Broad working know-how in Electronics, Software, Mechanics, Fluidics, and Materials.
• Analytical skills with a clear rationale behind assessments.
• Autonomous and knows how to make things happen, find relevant information, tools, vendors, etc.
• Organized and uses advanced tools for data analyses and management.
• Proficient in MS Office (MS Project, Excel, PPT, Word).
• High presentation skills.
• Willing to learn on a daily basis.
• Hands-on approach.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Flexible and resilient, able to deal with early (and unstable) R&D prototypes.
• Knowledge of digital printing technologies is an asset.
• Minimum 5 years in an industrial environment and/or machine industry.
• Willing to travel up to 15%.
• Fluent in English (French and German are assets). All technical reports will be written in English.

For more than 130 years, and in over 50 countries, BOBST has always been at the forefront of innovation. We want to accelerate connectivity, digitalization, automation, and sustainability to make packaging better than ever.
BOBST is one of the world’s leading suppliers of equipment and services to packaging and label manufacturers in the folding carton, corrugated board, and flexible materials industries. Join our highly qualified staff and together, let’s shape the future of the packaging world.

The production site of Mex, near Lausanne in Switzerland, is also the headquarters of the Bobst Group. It is the most important site, employing approximately 1500 passionate people. It also trains roughly 200 apprentices each year. The site offers an idyllic work environment in the countryside, close to major highways, and is well served by public transport. It offers many amenities, such as a corporate restaurant, sports fields, fitness facilities, and a nursery. The facilities have been recently renovated and represent a model for sustainable development.

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