Quality Assurance Engineer

About

At our Switzerland SE Plant in Horgen, you will join a dynamic team of 7 quality professionals and report directly to the CS&Q Plant Manager.

This role is based on a manufacturing site, with switches, socket outlets and data connectors as our core products.

This position is a great opportunity for a young graduate who wants to develop strong foundations in Quality Assurance, industrial processes and continuous improvement, while working close to production teams.

Your Role

As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you will play a key role in ensuring that our products meet customer expectations, internal standards and regulatory requirements.

You will be a driver of quality and continuous improvement, contributing to reliable processes and high-performing production.

With support from your team and manager, you will progressively gain autonomy and responsibility.

Your Key Missions

You will:

• Ensure products and processes comply with our quality control plans, and that appropriate mitigation actions are in place
• Identify and analyze quality issues (non-conformities, defects, deviations) and support improvement plans
• Anticipate potential quality risks and help implement preventive actions
• Support the resolution of manufacturing quality issues impacting customers, through containment, correction and prevention
• Ensure that operators are properly trained and apply quality instructions correctly
• Track quality KPIs during daily performance meetings and participate in structured problem-solving activities
• Provide evidence that products and services meet customer and contractual requirements
• Share quality results with production teams (reject rates, non-conformities, improvement ideas)
• Contribute to the deployment of quality fundamentals by supporting and driving improvement projects, tools and processes

Education

• Master’s or degree in Engineering (Quality, Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical or similar)

Experience

• 1-2 years of experience
• Internships, apprenticeships or first professional experience are fully valued

Skills & Mindset

• Fluent English (German or French is a plus)
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with production teams
• Comfortable in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Curious, proactive and solution-oriented
• Agile mindset and willingness to learn and grow

Why Join Us?

• A hands-on role in a real manufacturing environment
• Strong exposure to quality, production and continuous improvement
• Structured support and learning from experienced quality professionals
• A role with visibility, responsibility and impact
• An excellent entry point for a long-term career in Quality, Industrial Performance or Operations

About Schneider Electric

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

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• +13% organic growth
• 150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
• #1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

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