Frauenfeld
Development Engineer (m/f)
- 20 October 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent), English (Intermediate)
About the job
The Baumer Group is an internationally leading manufacturer of sensors and measuring instruments for factory and process automation. We owe this success to our approximately 2,800 employees worldwide, who are always passionately, expertly and committedly searching for the best solutions for our customers.
The headquarters in Frauenfeld (Thurgau) sets the pace for the globally sought-after Baumer sensor solutions. Around 700 employees from engineering, product management, manufacturing, logistics, sales and services work closely together here: engineers continuously develop new solutions, while the production and logistics teams ensure that the sensors arrive at the customers in Baumer quality and on time.
In our development team, you will develop innovative inductive sensor solutions for demanding industrial applications. You will accompany products from the initial idea to series maturity and actively contribute your know-how in an interdisciplinary environment.
What I drive
- Developing electronic circuits for the next generation of inductive sensor solutions
- Developing embedded firmware for microcontroller-based sensor systems
- Selecting and integrating electronic components with regard to functionality, quality and cost-effectiveness
- Ensuring EMC-compliant implementation together with our PCB specialists
- Commissioning, testing and validating new products and prototypes
- Accompanying the entire development process from the concept phase to series maturity
- Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams from development and production
What it takes
- Completed degree (FH) in electrical engineering
- Experience in the development of electronic circuits
- Enjoyment of programming embedded firmware
- Knowledge in circuit design and EMC, ideally with Altium Designer
- Analytical thinking and structured working method
- Team spirit, initiative and enthusiasm for technical challenges
- Very good German skills in spoken and written form as well as good English skills
Short decision-making paths, direct exchange and close collaboration across departments characterise our daily work. Together we create the foundation for innovative and successful products. Since we are convinced of personal exchange, short decision-making paths and lived collaboration, we place great value on a strong presence at our locations. Individual solutions for mobile working can be agreed upon in justified cases.
Benefits
- Infrastructure & Equipment: Depending on the location, there are free parking spaces, changing rooms with shower facilities, discounted clothing and other advantages.
- Catering: We provide affordable, good catering, special offers for night shifts and fruit and mineral water for in between.
- Work-Life Balance & Family: We support families and design working hours as flexibly as possible. And very importantly: unforeseen incidents and difficult times also have a place with us.
- Events: We also like to celebrate events. For example, at our legendary summer parties or the joint Christmas celebrations. Or on our team outings. And we are also quite good at sports events.
- Care & Bonuses: We say thank you for long-standing company loyalty or special commitment in job recommendations externally. We appreciate special effort and give something back.
- Health: We have high standards in occupational safety and support our employees with health offers to stay fit and healthy.
- Social Benefits: Depending on the location, we support our employees with attractive conditions for pension, accident and special leave.
- Young Talent: We equip our professionals of tomorrow with top training. But there are also other experiences best made when young. Joint camps with various sports and group activities, for example.
- Knowledge & Learning: In addition to language courses, we offer company-specific further training depending on the professional field. And so that one hand knows what the other is doing, we enable assignments in other work areas.
- Discounts & Reductions: Depending on the location, our employees benefit from special conditions and discounts in the areas of sport, leisure and clothing.
Questions about the application?
Daniel Kirchberger
HR Business Partner
+41 52 728 16 35