Process Engineer

Ref 2582736 | Date: 2 Oct 2026

IMA Automation Switzerland SA

ABOUT YOU

PROCESS ENGINEER

IMA Group is one of the world leaders in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceutical and food products and automation in general. It employs 6200 employees worldwide.

IMA Automation Switzerland SA, a member of the Automation division of the IMA Group, innovates, develops and produces turnkey automation solutions for the medical, pharmaceutical, micro-technology such as watchmaking and electronics industries. Our portfolio of products and services extends from high-tech and precision concepts to fully automated industrial production solutions.

Established on two sites, in La Chaux-de-Fonds (NE) and Boudry (NE), IMA Automation Switzerland possesses a wide range of skills and is looking for YOUR TALENT to complete its teams.

Process Engineer

JOB SUMMARY

At our Boudry site, reporting to MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, your mission is to perform the analysis of critical processes (processes with a high level of technical risk or critical for the customer's product) and design solutions for the development, assembly monitoring, fine-tuning and validation of these processes by relying on the other engineering departments.

Your main responsibilities consist of:

• For critical process stations, defining mechatronic concepts and theoretically sizing elements in agreement with the various IMA departments, materials, solutions and associated OEMs. Preparing design documents in agreement with the project validation engineer. Organizing and monitoring process activities on one or more customer projects. Ensuring that process activities and deliverables are adequately planned in the project schedule.
• Writing test protocols and reports, executing or organizing their execution. Performing the calibration of critical process stations: design, procedures, execution and reports. Providing information and support to documentation for the writing of manuals and SOPs. Providing the necessary training required by our customers.
• Proposing and writing process offers to meet customer needs while respecting the IMA Automation strategy. Participating in the preparation of offers for critical processes. Participating in the estimation of hours necessary for the process for project realization.
• Preparing and monitoring the project's EVM (Earned Value Management). Submitting and commenting on EVM indicators to the project manager and manager. Ensuring direct contact with customers regarding all critical process subjects identified during the offer phase or during the project.
• Reading the URS, completing the requirements matrix. Establishing the link between the customer product quality attributes and the key process criteria and parameters. Defining and presenting basic process concepts to the customer and agreeing with them on the control strategy.
• Managing the templates and instructions for Process Engineering documents. Proposing and participating in the improvement of these templates. Providing training to internal employees by informing HR for the monitoring of multi-skilling. Improving existing processes based on customer or workshop feedback.
• Explaining critical assembly and wiring points to the MAP and EMT teams. Working with the soft teams for the configuration and/or interfaces of OEM elements. Configuring and debugging elements. Assisting in various machine test and performance runs, analyzing the data from these runs to improve critical processes.
• Acquiring knowledge of new strategic processes. Following the technological evolution of the market and evolving technical choices related to the process. Developing and using numerical simulations to predict and optimize processes.

MUST HAVE

• Master's degree in engineering in electronics/ electrotechnics/ mechanics /physics or industrial computing.
• At least three years of experience in industry or research, ideally with experience in the design and development of manufacturing processes.
• Solid technical knowledge in the fields of mechanics, electronics, materials science and/or industrial computing.
• Ability to learn quickly in new fields according to project needs.
• Good organizational skills. Ability to plan, coordinate and monitor several projects in parallel as well as sub-projects autonomously.
• Flexibility and agility in order to deal with unforeseen events, rapid changes and urgent matters to be handled.
• Ability to make decisions, argue for them and carry them out.
• Excellent communication skills in order to participate in technical discussions with customers and to be able to write presentations and reports, most often in English.
• Ability to work in a team: conducting discussions with various interlocutors, having a constructive attitude, finding consensus, arguing objectively and respectfully.
• Very good knowledge of English (minimum B2)

NICE TO HAVE

• A third language (German, Italian, -) is a plus.

WHAT WE OFFER

IMA Automation Switzerland offers you a stimulating and multidisciplinary working environment, the possibility of working with leading Swiss and international companies. You will have the opportunity to benefit from a multicultural company whose corporate culture prioritizes the skills of its employees, equal opportunity and places its impact on the environment among its priorities.

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