Mechanical Design Engineer (m/f/d)

Variosystems is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer (m/f/d) to join their team in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This role involves designing and developing mechanical components and systems for industries where reliability is critical.

Variosystems AG, headquartered in Switzerland, is a globally operating electronics service partner with around 2,800 employees worldwide. They support customers across the entire hardware value chain, from development to life-cycle management, ensuring resilient and high-quality supply chains.

Apply now to engineer the innovations of tomorrow with Variosystems.

Company Overview

Variosystems AG, headquartered in Steinach, Switzerland, is a Swiss-founded, globally operating electronics service partner. Since 1993, the company has grown to around 2,800 employees across locations in Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, Romania, the USA, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Singapore and China.

As a trusted EMS partner, Variosystems supports customers across the entire hardware value chain—from development to industrialization, series production, and life-cycle management—ensuring resilient, scalable, and high-quality supply chains. By collaborating with today’s industry leaders, the company engineers the innovations of tomorrow. Its solutions serve demanding sectors such as aerospace, medical technology, industrial applications, and high-end consumer electronics worldwide.

Quick Details

• Salary Range: Not Specified
• Job Type: Full-time
• Experience: 5 Year+
• Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc) in Mechanical Engineering

Key Responsibilities

• Starting from concept, design and develop mechanical components, sub-assemblies and complete box builds.
• Translate product requirements into practical, reliable, and manufacturable designs.
• Develop detailed 3D CAD models, assemblies, engineering drawings.
• Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles.
• Work with suppliers to ensure practical and reliable designs that are cost effective.
• Perform design calculations, tolerance analysis, mechanical engineering analysis and simulations.
• Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, DFMEA, prototyping and verification.
• Support prototype builds, product testing, design iterations, and production introduction.
• Identify and resolve mechanical design issues during prototyping, testing, and manufacturing.
• Prepare and maintain engineering documentation.
• Collaborate closely with electrical, manufacturing, quality, and other engineering disciplines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc) in Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant industry experience in product design.
• Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, and geometric tolerancing.
• Strong proficiency in 3D CAD software and engineering drawing preparation.
• Good understanding of engineering materials, tolerances, fits, various manufacturing methods, and mechanical interfaces.
• Ability to interpret engineering requirements and convert them into practical mechanical designs.
• Experience working through the product development cycle from concept, prototyping, and testing through to production.

Benefits

• Flat hierarchies, direct communication, and a backbone of integrity, courage, responsibility.
• A fast-moving environment where momentum is not lost in approval loops.
• Collaborate with colleagues and customers across countries, industries, and perspectives.
• A workplace shaped by technology, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
• Challenges with scale, depth, and enough complexity to keep you learning.
• Previous experience in electronics manufacturing, testing, or repair environments.