- Employment
- Contract
- Seniority
- Mid-Level
- Industry
- Fine Watches & Horology
- Posted
- Oct 16, 2026
About Richemont
Richemont is one of the world’s foremost luxury groups, stewarding a distinguished portfolio of maisons across jewellery, watchmaking, fashion and accessories, including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Montblanc. As an employer, it combines the heritage of artisanal excellence with a forward-looking culture shaped by innovation, client-centricity and responsible business. Its global teams operate in an environment that values craftsmanship, entrepreneurship and collaboration, offering opportunities to grow within iconic maisons and group functions alike. Richemont attracts professionals who aspire to contribute to enduring luxury, preserving rare savoir-faire while helping define the future of high craftsmanship.
Richemont is seeking an Industrialization Project Engineer to manage watch-component industrialization from development drawings through serial production and lead strategic projects with cross-functional teams. The role is a full-time, two-year assignment starting as soon as possible, based in Buttes, Switzerland.
Role & Responsibilities
- Manage the full industrialization of watch components, from receipt of development drawings through serial production.
- Lead strategic industrialization projects rigorously and communicate effectively with cross-functional manufacture teams.
- Analyze new developments from the Technical Office and prepare the associated industrialization files.
- Meet industrialization schedules through structured, regular reporting.
- Define and optimize process routings, phase plans and machining programs.
- Industrialize components by defining efficient, robust machining strategies.
- Design and order the required tooling within deadlines.
- Create and maintain bills of materials, process routings and management data.
- Manage the full component change and traceability process in PLM.
- Ensure compliance with project milestone processes and industrialization standards.
- Rigorously self-check deliverables to ensure they conform.
- Lead and optimize strategic industrialization projects, deploying Lean methodologies to achieve concrete, measurable results.
Qualifications
- Higher technical education (engineering degree or equivalent), specializing in mechanics, micromechanics or industrial engineering.
- At least 3 years of experience in industrialization and project management in a high-precision industrial sector, ideally watchmaking or microtechnology.
- Strong machining knowledge, including milling and bar turning.
- Proficiency in CAD/CAM and PLM software, ideally Creo and Windchill, and SAP or an equivalent ERP for industrial data management.
- Excellent knowledge of technical operations and manufacturing processes for mechanical and watch components, with an understanding of production flows.
- Proficiency in reading and interpreting drawings using ISO GPS tolerancing.
- In-depth knowledge of Lean manufacturing.
- Autonomous and results-oriented, with strong analytical ability and a rigorous, precise approach to work.
Skills
Experience
At least 3 years in industrialization and project management in a high-precision industrial sector, ideally watchmaking or microtechnology.
Education
Higher technical education (engineering degree or equivalent), specializing in mechanics, micromechanics or industrial engineering.
Workplace
This position is based in Buttes, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
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Culture
Richemont fosters a refined, international workplace where its Maisons preserve exceptional craftsmanship while benefiting from the strength and perspective of a global luxury group. As an employer, it values long-term stewardship, collaboration, innovation, and the development of talent within an environment shaped by heritage, creativity, and high standards.
About Cerulean
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