System Development Troubleshooter

System Development Troubleshooter

Who We Are

Roche Diagnostics International Ltd in Rotkreuz is one of the world’s leading providers of diagnostic system solutions for clinics, laboratories, and doctors’ offices. The company employs over 2200 people in Rotkreuz and is one of Roche Diagnostics main sites.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

(Please note that this vacancy is currently not linked to an open position. We are anticipating future needs in our organization. If you are interested in this kind of role, please apply today and we may contact you should a position matching your profile become available.)

The Position

In a global and cross-functional environment, the System Development department is responsible for workflow optimization and the successful integration of hardware, software, consumables and reagents to finally perform the system verification of diagnostics instruments.

As a System Integration Troubleshooter, you will work as a part of a cross-functional team on the development or product care of complex diagnostics systems consisting of fluidcs, robotics software, thermal, electrical, mechanical and biochemistry elements.

As System Integration Troubleshooter, your main responsibilities will consist of (but will not be limited to):

• Conducting root-cause investigations of systemic issues found during development or escalated from field or Operations in all lifecycle phases (from early feasibility to product care), and collaborate with other functions do develop solutions for complex issues




• Building up subject matter expertise and providing support to the RMD Development Teams (Assay-, Software- and Instrument-Development), Global Customer Support (GCS), Case Investigation and Resolution (CIR) and Operations. This requires close cross-department interaction to gather all information needed to ensure high-quality support.




• Responsible for internal repair visits, retrofitting of mechanical parts, configuration management monitoring and tracking and installing or updating of the Instrument Software.




• Independent Planning of assigned Workpackages and continuously monitoring and tracking of the working progress.




• Conduct integration development activities on system component level, thereby closely interact with project teams, and participating and coordinating with other internal groups and departments.




• Performing statistical data analysis to support root-cause investigation & problem solving, risk assessment, product development and process improvement.

Who you are

You’re someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies. Where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point.

To be successful in this role (you provide):

• Degree in Biomedical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent




• Ability to work independently, handling cross-departmental development tasks




• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English and German




• Strong analytical and interdisciplinary thinking




• Experience in statistical data analysis

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche Diagnostics International in Rotkreuz is a leading provider of diagnostic systems solutions, and the largest manufacturer of fully automated in vitro diagnostic systems in Switzerland. We are more than 2’700 passionate colleagues from over 65 nationalities. Find out more about our site in Central Switzerland, here.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Level:

Individual contributor