- Location
- Schild Rust-Strasse 17 (View map)2540 GrenchenSwitzerland
- Employment
- Internship
- Seniority
- Intern
- Industry
- Fine Watches & Horology
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
About ETA
ETA is a benchmark of Swiss horological expertise, renowned for designing and producing precision movements that power many of the world’s most respected watches. As part of the Swatch Group, the manufacture combines industrial excellence, technical innovation, and a deep respect for traditional watchmaking savoir-faire. As an employer, ETA offers a highly specialized environment where engineers, micromechanics, technicians, and operational talents contribute to products defined by reliability, accuracy, and refinement. The company values discipline, craftsmanship, continuous improvement, and collaborative expertise, providing careers at the heart of Switzerland’s watchmaking ecosystem and the future of mechanical and quartz movement technology.
ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse is recruiting a Design Engineer Apprentice in Grenchen for a four-year apprenticeship starting in 2027. The apprentice designs parts and assemblies, produces technical drawings and documentation, performs calculations, and contributes to product development and engineering projects.
Role & Responsibilities
- Designs and constructs individual parts and assemblies for devices, machines, tools and production systems.
- Creates technical drawings and documentation, sketching initial concepts by hand and producing three-dimensional drawings on a computer.
- Performs the necessary calculations and records geometric forms, dimensions, tolerances, surface-finish details and material specifications on drawings.
- Participates actively in developing new products and contributes to or leads projects and subprojects.
- Develops solutions that meet the expectations of a changing market and customers.
Qualifications
- Interested and positive personality.
- Strong spatial awareness.
- Interest in complex technical tasks.
- Willingness to take responsibility.
- Willingness to work flexible hours.
- Good communication skills.
- Above-average willingness to learn.
- Patience.
- Accuracy.
- Highest level of compulsory schooling.
Skills
Education
Highest level of compulsory schooling.
Workplace
This position is based in Grenchen, Solothurn, Switzerland.
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Culture
ETA offers a workplace culture rooted in Swiss precision, technical mastery, and continuous innovation within the watchmaking industry. As an employer, it fosters collaboration between engineers, artisans, and production specialists, valuing reliability, quality, and the transmission of specialized expertise across generations.
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