Mechatronics Engineer - Technical Lead Underwater Thruster

Location: On-site in Renens, Switzerland

Company

hirify.global is a Swiss deep-tech company developing patented underwater robotics, communication, and thruster technologies for energy, defence, marine science, and industrial applications.

What you will do

• Lead technical development of the DISKDRIVE™ rim-driven hubless thruster through formal stage gates and into volume manufacturing.
• Own the mechanical and electromechanical design, including BLDC motor architecture, winding specifications, magnetic circuits, sealing, and pressure-rated housings.
• Improve and qualify vacuum overmoulding and encapsulation processes, and oversee custom coil-winding equipment development.
• Design and build prototype thrusters, test fixtures, quality-control jigs, and production test equipment.
• Plan and execute performance, environmental, endurance, and life-cycle testing, including hyperbaric pressure testing to 6,000 m.
• Coordinate external engineering consultancies and support design-for-manufacturing, documentation transfer, and customer technical integration.

Requirements

• MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering, or a similar discipline.
• 5+ years of industry experience in product development, including at least one complete concept-to-production-ready design cycle.
• Experience with mechanical design, prototyping, manufacturing, testing, electric motor design, electromagnetic analysis, winding specifications, and thermal management.
• Experience with injection moulding, overmoulding, resin encapsulation, or polymer processing.
• Proficiency with 3D design tools such as Fusion 360, plus basic Python or embedded programming, electronics assembly, and soldering.
• Fluent English, willingness to work on-site in Renens, Switzerland, and willingness to travel for tests and deployments.

Nice to have

• Subsea testing experience with hyperbaric chambers, sealing design, and material behaviour in saltwater at depth.
• Experience with stage-gate product development and managing external engineering consultancies or research partners.
• Experience with vacuum potting, two-component moulding, CFD, CNC/CAM, rapid prototyping, or hand tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on engineering role with full technical responsibility for a unique underwater motor.
• Fast-paced scaleup environment focused on real-world deployment.
• Highly collaborative, build-fast working environment.