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Head of Product Engineering

Inseriert am: 16.10.2018

Head of Product Engineering



Your responsibilities



  • Development of camera modules and accessories, based on our camera chips, as well as development of application software as standard and customized products from concept to series production

  • Feasibility analyses, application engineering and customer support

  • Conversion of chip developments into marketable products with the tasks of

    • Evaluation support of the chip design

    • Characterization of the chips

    • Support of the production engineering with the qualification of the chips


  • Technical, personnel and administrative management of the interdisciplinary Product Engineering team

  • Project coordination and management

  • Familiarisation, training and support of team members

  • Planning, control and monitoring of development activities from concept to series maturity

  • Feasibility analyses with the development of the basis for the quotation

  • Cooperation in the development of product specifications together with customers

  • Development of camera modules and accessories based on our camera chips from concept to series maturity

  • Development and support of customer-specific application software, based on our modules

  • Application engineering and customer support for our modules and chips

  • Technical consulting and support of our “chip customers” especially in the design-in phase

  • Close cooperation with the R&D, M&S, P&L and Quality departments

  • Responsible for occupational safety in his area according to the separate job description “Member of the safety organisation”.

  • Active personnel development with the objective of optimally deploying and, if necessary, exchanging personnel (priorities: 1. social, 2. technical)

  • Active promotion of the team spirit “One company, one team, one spirit!



Your skills



  • Completed studies in electrical engineering, photonics or applied physics

  • Very good knowledge of the application of

    • Optical Physics

    • Optoelectronics

    • FPGA and image processing


  • Several years of professional experience as development engineer HW and SW

  • Professional experience in optics and optical sensor technology

  • Several years of professional experience as group leader and project manager

  • Willingness to become familiar with the technology, products and services of the company (semiconductor physics, microelectronics, optics, foundry)

  • Joy of customer contact

  • Flair for complex technologies

  • Determination, ability to work in a team and enjoyment of interdisciplinary tasks

  • Quick comprehension and recognition of correlations

  • High quality awareness, high willingness to provide services and independent, precise working methods

  • Proactive, flexible and resilient

  • Willingness to travel abroad worldwide

  • Good knowledge of PC software (Word, Excel, Internet)

  • Fluent (written and oral) in English for negotiation purposes


You want to make a difference?


You want to make a difference? Direct applications are preferred. Please send your complete application documents by email to hr@espros.com .
For further information, please contact Mr. Walter Bürkli, Head of Human Resources, Tel. +41 58 411 03 45.

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