Product Safety Engineer, 60 %
- Employment type
- Part-time
- Location
- Bern
- Company
- BPA, Bureau de prévention des accidents, Hodlerstrasse 5a, 3011 Bern
- First posted
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Product Safety Engineer (m/f/x), 60 %
Whether cycling, climbing, mowing the lawn or on a playground, we all rely on the safety of the products we use every day. If you join us, your mission will be to ensure that remains the case. As an inspector, you ensure that this remains so: In collaboration with your team, you check with manufacturers, importers and traditional or online distributors that products offered for sale in Switzerland comply with the requirements of the Federal Act on Product Safety (LSPro).
Start date: 1 December 2026 or at a date to be agreed
Product Safety Engineer (m/f/x), 60 %
Your tasks
You check products available in Switzerland in order to identify potential deficits in compliance and safety, you contact the competent economic operators and order, if necessary, corrective measures within the framework of an administrative procedure.
You design and implement spot-check programs, sometimes in collaboration with other market surveillance authorities.
You assist companies concerned by a product recall and ensure that consumers are informed of it.
You collaborate closely with the internal legal department
Your profile
BSc in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or wood technology or equivalent training as well as several years of professional experience, preferably in the field of product development, product testing or in a purchasing department
Desired knowledge regarding product compliance
Team spirit and communication skills
Taste for advisory and negotiation activities
Comfortable with administrative tasks
Native French or German speaker with good knowledge of the other language as well as good command of English
Interested?
Do not hesitate to contact Mr. Peter Gyger, head of the Market Surveillance section: product safety, tel. for any further information.
We look forward to receiving your complete application dossier.
The BPA is committed to your safety. A competence center since 1938, it aims to reduce the number of serious accidents in Switzerland, thanks to the research and advice provided. As part of its legal mandate, it is active in road traffic, housing, leisure and sport. jpidba61816jm jpit0731jm jpiy26jm
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