IP Specialist/Patent Engineer (m/f/d)

Ref. no.:  CH01229 Employment type:  Full-time Contract type:  Permanent contract WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR FOR YOU As an IP Specialist/Patent Engineer (m/f/d), you will work in a team of sixteen employees in the central patent department of Rheinmetall at the Zurich location. From there, you will support products and projects group-wide. You will undertake the following tasks: • Carrying out patent searches to accelerate development, to check the patentability of products and technologies, and to clarify possible collisions with third-party patents • Creation of figures for patent applications, trademarks and designs in cooperation with the specialist departments • Support of internal specialist departments in the preparation of invention disclosures and in the creation of intellectual property applications in cooperation with external patent attorneys • Competitor and technology monitoring with regard to potential intellectual property collisions WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING • FH/ETH university degree in the fields of mechanical engineering or physics • Relevant professional experience in a patent department, a patent attorney law firm, or in industry • Knowledge of German, Swiss and/or European patent law • Experience with common research and database systems in the IP field • Experience with relevant AI-based IP tools is an advantage • High capacity for innovation and flexibility • Strong, practical, technical understanding • Very good German and English skills in spoken and written form WHAT WE OFFER YOU • A dynamic working environment with exciting projects • Flexible working hours (flextime and trust-based working hours) • Very good social benefits and an above-mandatory pension fund • Employee benefits of a large corporation, employee share purchase program • Support for demand-oriented further training • Staff restaurant as well as external catering and shopping options nearby • Individual internal as well as external personnel development measures in cooperation with our Rheinmetall-Academy • Workplace a few minutes' walk from the Zürich-Oerlikon station We need your consent to load the YouTube service! ### In order to play YouTube videos, a connection to YouTube must be established. This will also entail data processing and cookie usage by YouTube/Google (possibly also out of the USA). By clicking "Accept", you consent to this data processing and the placing of YouTube cookies on your terminal device. Your selection will be saved for future visits to this website. You may find further information under "More" and in our Data Protection Information. MoreAccept