Witty Machines - Full Time - in-person - Zürich, Switzerland
At Witty Machines, we are building the smartest machines for small and medium sized businesses in the food industry. We are looking for an early employee to help us improve our products. As a Mechanical Engineer, you'll build the mechanical and pneumatic systems that make our machines work reliably on real production lines.
You'll work across mechanical design, electronics, and pneumatics, taking modules from prototype to something robust enough to run unattended in a customer's factory, day in, day out.
This is a hands on role. You will design new modules and machines from scratch and keep improving what's already running in the field. You'll occasionally be on site deploying new machines and updating existing ones, and from time to time talking directly with customers about how the systems perform.
What you’ll be responsible for
- Develop new parts and modules on the mechanical and pneumatics side
- Adapt and improve existing modules, fixing issues and increasing performance and reliability
- Help develop new products from concept through to production
- Help deploy new machines and update existing ones in production, sometimes on site at customer locations
- Occasionally talk to existing or prospective customers to understand their needs and how the system is performing
- Coordinate closely with the rest of the engineering team to make sure mechanical design work seamlessly with the rest of the system
What we are looking for
- Degree or years of experience in mechanical, mechatronics, or electrical engineering
- Proficient in the use of at least one CAD software
- Experience working on robots or industrial automation is a plus
- Team player mentality, comfortable justifying their decisions and finding the best solutions for the company
- A pragmatic, get-it-working mindset
- Willingness to travel to customer sites
- German or French is a plus, given occasional customer contact
Why join
- Good opportunity to join an early stage company with a clear target market and some traction
- Good salary with a fair equity stake
- You get to work in a strong team, tackling important problems
- Opportunity to have a front row seat in a very hot and fast developing field (robotics, AI)
- Chance to make a substantial impact on the company's growth and success
- A clear path to grow with the company and move into a leadership role, as the company grows
Compensation
90-120k CHF cash + 0.1-0.75% equity in the company.
How to apply
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