Product Specialist

Location: St. Galler Rheintal | Industry: High-End Photonics & Semiconductor Industry

About our Client

Our client is a globally operating technology group and one of the leading developers of optical key components. Highly complex optomechanical systems for the "big players" in the semiconductor industry, medical technology and laser material processing are created at the Swiss site.

Your Mission

In this interface role, you are the technical owner of the product portfolio. You connect the worlds of physics, engineering and market and ensure that customer requirements are translated into feasible high-tech solutions. You accompany the product throughout its entire lifecycle - from the initial idea to phase-out.

Your Focus Areas

• Product Ownership: Technical maintenance and further development of the portfolio (lifecycle management) with a focus on optical systems and semiconductor equipment.

• Requirements Engineering: Analysis of complex customer requests and translation into technical specifications for R&D and manufacturing.

• Interface Management: You act as a technical "hub" between product management, sales, development (optical design) and quality management.

• Market Strategy: Support in defining roadmaps and business cases through in-depth competitive analyses and technology scouting.

• Solution Design: Development of technical solution concepts and feasibility assessments for international key accounts.

Your Profile

• Education: Successfully completed degree (Master/Diploma/PhD) in physics, photonics, electrical engineering or comparable.

• Experience: Professional experience in product management, application engineering or technical sales within the optics or high-tech industry.

• Technical Know-how: Profound understanding of optical systems, semiconductor manufacturing or laser technology.

• Business Mindset: Ability to translate technical features into customer benefits (additional business education is a plus but not mandatory).

• Personality: Strong communication skills, customer-oriented and analytical thinking.

• Languages: Fluent German and English.

The Offer

• A strategically important role with high visibility within the group.

• Work at the technological forefront (photonics for semiconductors).

• An international environment with travel activity (approx. 10-15%) to global customers and partners.