IP Specialist/Patent Engineer (m/f/d)

About the job

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As an IP Specialist/Patent Engineer (m/f/d), you will work in a team of sixteen employees in the central patent department of Rheinmetall at the Zurich location. From there, you will support products and projects group-wide.

Your responsibilities include:

• Conducting patent searches to accelerate development, to examine the patentability of products and technologies, and to clarify possible collisions with third-party patents
• Creating figures for patent applications, trademarks, and designs in collaboration with the specialist departments
• Supporting internal specialist departments in drafting invention disclosures and preparing intellectual property applications in cooperation with external patent attorneys
• Competition and technology monitoring with regard to potential intellectual property conflicts

WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING

• University degree (FH/ETH) in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, mechatronics, materials science, or physics
• Relevant professional experience in a patent department, patent attorney's office, or industry
• Knowledge of German, Swiss, and/or European patent law
• Experience with common research and database systems in the IP field
• Experience with relevant AI-based IP tools is an advantage
• High innovation capability and flexibility
• Very good German and English skills, both spoken and written

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

• A dynamic working environment with exciting projects
• Flexible working hours (flexitime and trust-based working hours); home office where possible and sensible
• Very good social benefits and a supplementary pension scheme
• Employee benefits of a large corporation, employee share purchase programme
• Support for needs-based further training
• Staff restaurant as well as external catering and shopping facilities nearby
• Individual internal and external personnel development measures in cooperation with our Rheinmetall Academy
• Workplace a few minutes’ walk from Zurich-Oerlikon station

CONTACT DETAILS

Responsible contact person: Jascha Köster

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Please note that dossiers from recruitment agencies will not be considered.