Lab Technician
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Salary analysis
Compared with the selected benchmark ("All roles in Zurich, Switzerland"), this listing's salary midpoint is about 90% lower. The offer sits below the benchmark range (€9,260–€13,890). Range-width comparison is limited because one of the salary bands is incomplete. This benchmark is based on 3 comparable listings.
| Market | Lower bound (25th percentile) | Median | Upper bound (75th percentile) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All roles in Zurich, Switzerland | €9,260/per month | €13,890/per month | €13,890/per month |
| Pay in our data — not quoted in ad (Mid-Level) | €1,158/per month | €1,158/per month | €1,158/per month |
We are looking for a highly hands-on Lab Technician based in Zurich to support prototype builds, hardware testing, lab operations, and cross-site engineering work. This role is for someone with a broad practical skillset across prototype fabrication, electrical testing, soldering/rework, cable harnessing, prototype debugging, and light software or scripting. You might spend one day designing and fabricating a fixture, reworking a connector, debugging a test setup, modifying a script, organizing prototype inventory, and helping an engineer bring up hardware. You will own hands-on support for prototype systems in Zurich and travel regularly to our California HQ, with occasional travel to Finland, to support builds and testing across teams.
Job Details
Responsibilities
- Support prototype builds, testing, debugging, and lab operations in Zurich.
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair prototype hardware.
- Perform mechanical assembly, soldering, wiring, cable harnessing, board inspection, basic rework, and electrical debug.
- Write or modify simple scripts, config files or firmware parameters to support bring-up, testing, and troubleshooting of prototype vehicles.
- Regularly travel to California HQ to support early builds, learn new hardware, and transfer build/test knowledge back to Zurich.
- Periodically travel to Finland to support camera test and lab-related work with the local engineering team.
Requirements
- Broad hands-on experience with drones, robotics, camera systems, test rigs, or similar electromechanical hardware.
- Comfort working across mechanical, electrical, software and testing domains.
- Practical electrical skills including surface mount soldering, wiring, harness assembly and basic debugging.
- Comfort with software including scripting, modifying test code, reading logs, changing configuration files and tuning vehicle control parameters.
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