Sonova Group

Practical Trainee, Reliability Engineer

Sonova Group

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Location Type: Office

Location: Staefa • Switzerland

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Job Level

Entry Level

About the role

  • Collecting, cleaning, and analyzing reliability data
  • Supporting and performing failure analysis and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • Assisting with Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) & Supporting Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
  • Preparing technical reports and presenting findings to engineering teams
  • Supporting implementation and verification of reliability improvement actions
  • Perform hardware reliability testing and create new tests

Requirements

  • Bachelor/Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, or similar
  • Interest in hands-on reliability engineering, failure analysis, and quality engineering
  • Basic knowledge of:
  • o Statistics and data analysis
  • o Failure mechanisms (mechanical, electrical, or materials-related)
  • o Engineering fundamentals (design, testing, physics of failure)
  • Familiarity with (or willingness to learn):
  • o RCA methods (5-Why, Ishikawa, etc.)
  • o FTA and DFMEA
  • o Rapid prototyping / 3D printing
  • o Reliability tools and metrics (MTBF, Weibull analysis, etc.)
  • Ablility to work in a structured and analytical way
  • Good communication skills in English
  • Comfortable working with test setups, lab equipment, and technical documentation
Benefits
  • Hands-on experience with real industrial reliability data
  • Coaching by experienced engineers
  • Exposure to reliability methods used in product development and field support
  • International and multidisciplinary working environment
  • Competitive trainee compensation
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
data analysisfailure analysisRoot Cause AnalysisFault Tree AnalysisDesign Failure Mode and Effects Analysishardware reliability testingstatisticsfailure mechanismsengineering fundamentalsreliability tools
Soft Skills
analytical skillscommunication skills