Diagnostic Technician / Vehicle Diagnostic Technician Fault Detection

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Diagnostic Technician / Vehicle Diagnostic Technician Fault Detection

Winterthur

01.10.2026 or by arrangement

60-100%

104020

This is what you can look forward to.

You can expect an exciting and varied role as a Diagnostic Technician for fault diagnosis. In this position, you will work a continuous five-day week and occasionally on weekend shifts, playing a key role in ensuring trains run and are quickly returned to service in the event of faults. This way, you contribute daily to providing our customers with the greatest possible comfort. You will work on one of the most modern vehicle fleets (Flirt Evo), which will be put into operation from 2026. You can look forward to a collegial environment where knowledge is gladly shared, as well as interesting opportunities for further development. For us, teamwork and community spirit are important. We are an attractive employer and offer many benefits such as extra child allowances, generous Sunday bonuses, free 2nd class GA travelcards and discounted travel abroad – also for the family. All information can be found on our website at Benefits | SBB .

This is what you can achieve.

• As a vehicle diagnostic technician, you are responsible for creating fault diagnoses on passenger transport rolling stock.
• You enjoy carrying out fault diagnoses during operation and downtime, as well as working in shift patterns with irregular hours and weekend duties.
• You support increasing train availability and minimising fault times.
• You return maintained and repaired vehicles to service, ensuring our customers travel with the highest possible comfort.
• You support knowledge exchange about the fleet and secure the expertise for maintaining the vehicle fleet at the maintenance location.

This is what you bring with you.

• You possess a high degree of independence, initiative and responsibility. Networked-analytical thinking and acting, as well as your flexibility, characterise you as a person.
• For this exciting and demanding position, you have completed a 4-year EFZ apprenticeship in an electrical field. You have gained several years of solid professional experience in your career so far.
• Very good oral and written German skills (C1/C2) are required for this position.
• Since all instructions and documentation are in digital form, you are comfortable with common modern work tools and IT programmes such as MS Office and SAP.
• A category B driving licence is an advantage.

Your salary and benefits.

We have a fair and progressive salary system and actively promote pay equality. Therefore, further and detailed information about the salary system at SBB is transparently available. This position is at requirement level F, regional allowance level 1. More about salary and benefits .

This is how to succeed in starting.

Your desire to move Switzerland with us is our greatest motivation. Therefore, we do not require a cover letter for this position. If you still wish to share your motivation with us, you can do so in our application tool. Achieving great things is easier on a first-name basis. This starts with your application.

We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies for this position.

About the position

Rico Hanske, Team Leader Phone +41 79 923 13 48