Production Operator Assembly

About the job

Join the Wingtra team and become part of this venture-backed robotics scaleup with a global and international team of 120+ dedicated Wingtranauts who want to see their actions have a positive and lasting impact on the world. Founded more than 9 years ago at ETH Zurich, Europe’s leading robotics university, our goal is to build the best aerial robots to digitize the world at the push of a button and set the basis for faster and better decisions. Wingtra provides efficient and reliable data solutions to a variety of industries ranging from mining, construction and agriculture to humanitarian organizations, environmentalists and wildlife monitoring groups.

• Assembly of Wingtra drones for customers


• Hands-on work including gluing, sanding, drilling, and custom labeling of parts


• Mounting and wiring of electronics


• Calibration and quality control / testing of the Wingtra drones


• Assist with basic inventory tracking and contribute ideas to refine production workflows, Lean process improvements, and product design

• Basic technical training (e.g. EFZ Elektroniker/in, Automatiker/in, Polymechaniker/in) or several years’ experience in a similar assembly role


• Manual dexterity and a flair for precise work


• Interest in working with an innovative team and rapidly changing processes, and helping to shape them


• Very good communication skills in English

• 3+ years of assembly experience with electromechanical devices


• Proven track record of precise work / series production


• Experience soldering cables, connectors and components


• Background in Lean / 5S

• Young and dynamic team


• Flexible working hours, no shift work


• Gaining experience and personal development in an innovative and fast-growing company


• Free snacks, a ping-pong table and lots of enthusiastic Wingtranauts ;-)

If you enjoy teamwork more than being the individual superhero, and if you thrive in a feedback-driven culture and an exciting, unconventional yet structured and progressive start-up environment, we would love to hear from you.