Movement Constructor Continuous Improvement (M/F)

Patek Philippe SA Genève

Mission

As part of this role, reporting to our Research & Development Division, your mission will be to sustainably improve the performance and quality of our existing products. You will also lead the redesign of watchmaking components with the aim of guaranteeing the repair and longevity of all our vintage calibers by the International Customer Service (SCI), thereby contributing to the preservation of our horological heritage and the satisfaction of our customers.

Responsibilities

• Independently conduct feasibility and construction studies of partial mechanisms ranging from basic mechanical movements to grande complications, including automatics, quartz, perpetual calendars, and chronographs.
• Ensure the management of a multidisciplinary project team by being the guarantor of the robustness of the proposed solution within the deadlines.
• Manage prototyping and qualification phases as well as the follow-up of the improvement deployment in partnership with different services of the Division.
• Establish, manage, and follow up reporting on project progress in collaboration with the line manager.

Profile sought

• Bachelor in microtechnology, specialization in watchmaking construction.
• 5 years of experience in movement construction in the high-end watchmaking field.
• Very good knowledge of watchmaking theory as well as watchmaking construction and manufacturing processes.
• Proficiency in CAD (ideally Solidworks), NIHS standards, and GPS dimensioning.
• Rigor, precision, sense of analysis and synthesis.
• Proactive, autonomy, resilience.
• Interpersonal skills, team spirit, sense of diplomacy.
• Pragmatism, results and field orientation.
• Ease of adaptation within project teams.
• Ability to manage uncertainty.

Job reference

3747

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