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Electromechanical Technician

Zürich
Full-time
Permanent employee

About the role

The Electromechanical Technician plays a central role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and continuous improvement of Distran's hardware products. The role combines hands-on repair and assembly work with quality control responsibilities, workshop ownership, and active contribution to test setup optimization and assembly process improvement.
You will be part of the Hardware team, and will work closely with the Production team, contributing to both day-to-day operations and longer-term product quality initiatives.

In this role you will:
  • Repair customer-returned devices, including electronic component replacement and fault diagnosis
  • Repair devices from assembly that have issues or fail quality tests
  • Support failure analysis of defective devices in collaboration with Hardware Engineers
  • Maintain and operate the repair workshop, ensuring it is organized, equipped, and functioning at all times
  • Conduct quality controls during assembly and on incoming parts (IQC)
  • Document repairs, quality issues, and component replacements in the ticketing system and QMS
  • Track the fault history per device, including root cause, actions taken, and parts replaced
  • Document findings in the Design Change List (CCN) and review updated assembly instructions
  • Optimize and co-develop new test setups
  • Conduct product tests such as shock/drop, ageing, and leak/seal tests
  • Support the assembly team during peak periods
  • Optimize assembly processes and component design in close collaboration with hardware engineers
  • Design simple mechanical parts and fixtures in CAD (e.g. SolidWorks)

Your profile

  • Completed apprenticeship (EFZ) as a multimedia electronics technician, electronics technician, polymechanic, or design engineer
  • Further education at a higher technical school (HF Techniker/in) is an advantage
  • Demonstrated experience in the repair of electronic devices or precision mechanical assemblies 
  • Experience working in a structured production, quality, or hardware environment is an advantage 
  • Strong hands-on skills in electronics repair, including fault diagnosis and component-level replacement
  • Solid understanding of mechanical assembly principles; experience in both electronics and mechanics
  • Soldering / unsoldering components on PCBs, or willingness to learn
  • Basic CAD knowledge (SolidWorks or similar) is an advantage
  • Familiarity with QMS documentation, ticketing systems, or quality control processes is beneficial
  • High affinity for quality
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Curious and practically minded 
  • Collaborative and communicative, able to work effectively within a multidisciplinary hardware team 
  • Fluent English for internal communication and documentation

What we offer

Bringing groundbreaking innovative technology to a market best seller is a rewarding social and professional experience. This job is for you if you like to give meaning to your work and have a strong impact on a product, on a company and on your professional growth.

Note to agencies

Distran does not accept unsolicited resumes from any sources other than directly from a candidate. Distran will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited offer, even in a situation where Distran employs the relevant candidate. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Distran’s Human Resources team to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully executed agreement for service and in response to a specific job opening. Distran will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place.


About us

Distran is a fast-growing, award-winning, Swiss high technology company producing an extraordinary product: a sensor that literally sees the sounds. Our unique product is used by major global players in Oil and Gas, Chemical, Power and even Space Exploration to detect gas leaks before they become dangerous to either humans or the environment. With strong growth in 35+ countries, our company continues to expand thanks to our amazing people passionate about innovation, climate change, and protecting the environment.