Patek Philippe SA Genève
Plan-les-Ouates
Continuous Improvement Movement Constructor (M/F)
- 14 October 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Plan-les-Ouates
About the job
Patek Philippe SA Geneva
Continuous Improvement Movement Constructor (M/F)
Mission
Within this role, attached to our Research & Development Division, your mission will be to sustainably improve the performance and quality of our existing products. You will also lead the redesign of watch components to ensure the repair and longevity of all our older calibres by the International Customer Service (ICS), thereby contributing to the preservation of our watchmaking heritage and customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities
- Conduct feasibility studies and construct partial mechanisms ranging from basic mechanical movements to grand complications, including automatics, quartz, calendars, and chronographs, independently.
- Manage a multidisciplinary project team, ensuring the robustness of the proposed solution within deadlines.
- Oversee prototyping and qualification phases as well as the follow-up of improvement deployment in partnership with various Division departments.
- Establish, manage, and monitor project progress reports in collaboration with the hierarchical manager.
Profile sought
- Bachelor's degree in microtechnology, specialising in watch construction.
- 5 years of experience in movement construction within the high-end watchmaking sector.
- Excellent knowledge of watchmaking theory, watch construction, and manufacturing processes.
- Proficiency in CAD (ideally Solidworks), NIHS standards, and GPS dimensioning.
- Rigour, precision, analytical and synthesis skills.
- Proactive, autonomous, resilient.
- Good interpersonal skills, team spirit, diplomacy.
- Pragmatism, results-oriented and hands-on approach.
- Adaptability within project teams.
- Ability to manage uncertainty.
Job reference
3747