Manufacturing Engineer Industrialization & Production

Sunflower Labs is an internationally operating company providing a fully autonomous AI-powered drone security system built to protect commercial industrial and residential properties. Security that flies ahead of every threat.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced hands-on Manufacturing Engineer to join our Manufacturing team and act as the technical bridge between R&D and Production.

You will take ownership of released product data and turn it into stable documented and efficient production processes. This includes DFM/DFA review production readiness assembly instructions and SOPs tooling and test-process support troubleshooting and continuous improvement.

We are seeking you a professional with a strong foundation in manufacturing electronic or electromechanical products hands-on technical troubleshooting and practical programming or scripting used in production or test environments. Experience with robotics autonomous systems or similarly complex hardware is a plus.

R&D to Production / Industrialization :

• Own the transfer of released products revisions BOMs drawings specifications and technical data from R&D into production.

• Perform DFM/DFA reviews and identify issues affecting manufacturability assembly testing quality cost or cycle time.

• Provide structured manufacturing feedback to mechanical and electrical teams.

• Define production readiness and ensure engineering changes are correctly implemented on the production floor.

• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and transition prototypes into repeatable production.

Production Documentation & Daily Support :

• Create approve and continuously maintain assembly instructions SOPs test instructions inspection instructions and rework procedures.

• Ensure production documentation always matches the latest released product revision.

• Provide day-to-day technical support to technicians and remove process or tooling-related production blockers.

• Troubleshoot assembly test fixture tooling and configuration issues and drive root-cause resolution.

• Work with R&D when production issues require design software test or documentation changes.

Tooling Lean & Continuous Improvement :

• Develop improve and maintain production fixtures jigs test setups tools and supporting scripts.

• Improve assembly sequence workstation layout standard work material flow and production methods.

• Reduce rework waiting time manual workarounds process variation and cycle time.

• Apply Lean Manufacturing principles such as 5S standard work visual management and continuous improvement.

• Several years of hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering production engineering industrialization NPI or a similar role.

• Practical experience manufacturing and troubleshooting electronic or electromechanical products.

• Strong understanding of assembly processes production tooling fixtures testing and manufacturing documentation.

• Ability to independently review drawings tolerances BOMs specifications and released engineering data.

• Practical knowledge of DFM/DFA root-cause analysis and structured problem solving.

• Programming or scripting skills sufficient to understand modify and debug production or test tools; Python or similar is a strong fit.

• Experience creating and maintaining assembly instructions SOPs and controlled production documentation.

• Ability to work independently across R&D and Production and take ownership of manufacturing readiness.

• Good spoken and written English.

• EU/EFTA citizenship or a valid Swiss work permit.

Nice to have :

• Experience with robotics drones aerospace automotive or other complex hardware products.

• Experience with both mechanical and electrical assemblies and production test systems.

• Experience designing production fixtures jigs or test equipment.

• Experience with FMEA 8D 5 Why Lean 5S or Kaizen.

• Experience with ERP/MRP or PLM systems such as Odoo Aligni or similar tools.

• Basic German.

• Flexibility to work from home when tasks allow without fixed weekly work-from-home days.

• Comprehensive training on products and production procedures.

• Hands-on experience with advanced drone and robotics technology.

• On-site parking occasional team lunches and team events.

We are looking forward to receiving your detailed CV together with cover letter and certificates.