yellowshark
Zürich
Field Service Technician (m/f) - Automation Technology
- 19 October 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- CHF 70 000 - 95 000 /year
- 8004 Zürich
About the job
For our client, we are looking for a service technician with a committed personality and technical background who enjoys bringing sophisticated systems to life directly on site at the customer’s premises.
- Technical training and instruction: preparation and delivery of practical user training for operators and maintenance personnel
- Interface between technology and sales: support of colleagues in technical support as well as in field sales through professional know-how and customer feedback
- Documentation & quality assurance: preparation of service reports, certificates and technical documentation for traceability and quality assurance
- Customer care with foresight: building, maintaining and developing long-term customer relationships through competent advice and reliable service
- Experience with PC-based controls and network technologies
- Very good German skills, basic knowledge of English and/or French desirable
- Independent, solution-oriented working style and a high degree of customer orientation
- Residence in Switzerland (ideally the Zurich region), driving licence category B and willingness to travel for field service (occasionally also internationally)
- Commitment, flexibility and entrepreneurial thinking complete your profile
- Modern technical equipment and digital working tools
- Versatile, responsible activity with a high degree of independence
- Company vehicle also for private use
- Work in a dynamic environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths
Tasks
- Service assignments at the customer’s site: commissioning, maintenance, fault analysis and repairs on modern measuring, testing and inspection systems (e.g. control and precision scales, metal detectors, X-ray inspection systems)- Technical training and instruction: preparation and delivery of practical user training for operators and maintenance personnel
- Interface between technology and sales: support of colleagues in technical support as well as in field sales through professional know-how and customer feedback
- Documentation & quality assurance: preparation of service reports, certificates and technical documentation for traceability and quality assurance
- Customer care with foresight: building, maintaining and developing long-term customer relationships through competent advice and reliable service
Profile
- Completed basic training in electrical engineering, mechatronics or automation technology (e.g. automation technician with Federal VET Diploma, electrical installer with Federal VET Diploma, electronics technician with Federal VET Diploma or equivalent)- Experience with PC-based controls and network technologies
- Very good German skills, basic knowledge of English and/or French desirable
- Independent, solution-oriented working style and a high degree of customer orientation
- Residence in Switzerland (ideally the Zurich region), driving licence category B and willingness to travel for field service (occasionally also internationally)
- Commitment, flexibility and entrepreneurial thinking complete your profile
Additional Information
- Thorough induction into your areas of responsibility- Modern technical equipment and digital working tools
- Versatile, responsible activity with a high degree of independence
- Company vehicle also for private use
- Work in a dynamic environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making paths
