Subject Matter Expert: Clearance Gauge

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Subject Matter Expert: Clearance Gauge

Bern

01.11.2026 or by arrangement

60-100%

103785

What you can look forward to.

We consider the railway as a complete system. As a Subject Matter Expert: Clearance Gauge, exciting topics and complex interdisciplinary system questions await you around expert assessments for the clearance gauge. You will handle your tasks independently or in a team. Furthermore, you can look forward to a committed and collegial environment as well as a partnership at eye level, where know-how is gladly shared. Benefits such as a free GA travelcard, discounted travel abroad - also for the family - can be found on our website under Benefits.

What you can achieve.

• As a Subject Matter Expert: Clearance Gauge, you check and evaluate verification documents of infrastructure facilities and vehicles for completeness, plausibility and compliance with legal and normative requirements and prepare expert assessments.
• You are responsible for handling complex cross-facility tasks and analyses on clearance gauge topics.
• Together with other stakeholders, you define the infrastructure requirements and network access conditions regarding the clearance gauge.
• You work on interdisciplinary, cross-divisional projects at the interface between vehicle and infrastructure.
• You are an SBB mandate holder in national and international working groups in the field of clearance gauge and influence the scientific and technical development of regulations in the interest of Switzerland.

What you bring with you.

• With your quick grasp of complex issues and your structured way of working, you can quickly familiarise yourself with and contribute to new subject areas.
• You convince with networked thinking, quick comprehension and strong negotiation skills and communicate fluently and at eye level with different stakeholders and hierarchical levels.
• In addition, you have several years of experience in the railway sector, preferably in infrastructure or rail vehicle technology.
• For this role, we require a completed degree in mechanics, structural engineering (ETH/FH) or an equivalent qualification with several years of professional experience.
• You have very good knowledge (at least C1) of German and good knowledge of English (at least B2). Another national language is a plus.

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 K, regional allowance level 1. More about salary and benefits .

How to succeed in starting.

Your desire to move Switzerland with us is our greatest motivation. Therefore, we waive a cover letter for this position. If you still want to share your motivation with us, you can still do so in our application tool. Achieving great things is easier on a first-name basis. This starts already with your application.

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

About the position

Thomas Falk, Head of Technical Network Access Phone +41 79 668 79 52