Mechanical Engineering

Design Engineer

Gross salary in Switzerland is

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80% of people earn:

57K - 98K CHF

10% earn less lthan 57K CHF

10% earns more than 98K CHF

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Salaries in the survey are expressed in gross.

Based on the Paylab.com salary survey, 80% of people on the Design Engineer position in the Switzerland earn between 56,580 CHF and 98,208 CHF annually gross.

10% of employees earn less than 56,580 CHF and 10% of people earn more than 98,208 CHF.

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Description of job position

Designing new products and devices. Choosing materials for their production, often also defining the technology of their production.
Completing construction documentation for the production - drawings, 3d data.
Looking up suppliers of the parts that are to be purchased, dealing with sales representatives of the suppliers, defining parameters of the purchased semi-finished products or finished products. Often also negotiating the price.
Checking the completeness of the supplied parts, compliance with the documentation, quality.
Supervising the assembly of devices that were designed by him and taking part in putting them into operation. Often in this phase he makes minor modifications and improvements. He determines the range and intervals of maintenance.

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Position Design Engineer - Mechanical Engineering in the labour market

In the salary ranking,
the job position takes

382. place

Women representation in position

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Average age of respondent by position

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813. place

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