Are you passionate about advanced materials, thin-film technologies, and turning innovative ideas into high-performance coating solutions? Join our international R&D team and help shape the next generation of surface solutions for demanding industrial applications. In this role, you will drive development projects from concept to implementation, work closely with experts across functions and regions, and collaborate directly with internal and external customers to create solutions with real impact.
Your Responsibilities
Take ownership of product development projects focused on PVD wear protective surface solutions, from understanding application requirements to defining coating properties and evaluating optimal pre- and post-treatment processes
Create and verify innovative, high-performance, and cost-effective surface solutions that help our customers improve productivity, reliability, and performance
Plan and steer development projects, ensuring transparent communication of progress, costs, risks, and timelines in line with our project management standards
Validation and transfer of new processes into production in close cooperation with internal teams and external customers
Contribute with your technical expertise during product launches and implementation, working closely with Marketing, Sales, and Production
Your Profile
Master’s degree or PhD in physics, materials science, engineering, or a comparable technical discipline
Several years of experience in the development and characterization of wear-protective nitride, carbide, oxide, boride, or comparable hard coatings
Knowledge of thin-film deposition technologies, ideally including PVD arc, sputtering, and/or PACVD processes
Experience with suitable pre- and post-treatment techniques is a strong advantage
Experience leading or contributing to development projects in an industrial or applied R&D environment
Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate technical topics into clear messages for different audiences
A proactive, structured, and collaborative working style, combined with curiosity and a hands‑on mindset
Willingness to travel internationally up to 20%
Fluent written and spoken English; German language skills are an advantage
We offer
An international R&D environment where you can shape future coating technologies and contribute to solutions used in demanding industrial applications
Close collaboration with experienced experts across technology, production, sales, and customer‑facing teams
The opportunity to take ownership, bring in your ideas, and see your developments move from lab‑scale concepts to real‑world implementation
Contact Phone: +4233886688
About Oerlikon Oerlikon is a global leader in surface technologies and advanced materials. With a unique portfolio spanning surface engineering, high-performance materials, coating equipment and components, we make products better by enhancing performance, efficiency and sustainability. Oerlikon serves a wide range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, energy, medical, luxury, semiconductors and tooling. Head‑quartered in Pfäffikon, Switzerland, Oerlikon operates in 38 countries with around10,000 employees, achieving sales of CHF 1.6 billion in 2025.
We offer a wide variety of job profiles in a dynamic, supportive environment where people are empowered to grow and reach their full potential — guided by our core values of integrity, team spirit, excellence and innovation.
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Project Manager R&D Arbeitgeber: Oerlikon Group
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