Engineering Solutions. Powering Industries.

Do you enjoy solving technical challenges, working hands-on with products, and seeing your engineering expertise directly influence product development? Join our Direct Fastening R&D team and help bring innovative, reliable, and high-performing solutions to customers around the world.
As an R&D Test Engineer – Product Validation & Development, you will play a critical role in transforming new product ideas into market-ready solutions. Combining practical testing with analytical problem-solving, you will work at the intersection of product development, validation, and innovation while continuously growing your technical and leadership capabilities.

What You'll do

You will ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of our products throughout the development process. Working closely with product development teams, you will design and execute test strategies, investigate technical challenges, and generate insights that influence product design and performance. You will communicate results to project teams and management, drive continuous improvements in testing methodologies and automation, and collaborate with internal and external partners. As part of your growth journey, you will also take on coordination responsibilities and further develop your leadership skills through coaching and supervision of external colleagues.

What You’ll Bring

• Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related discipline
• Strong hands-on mindset and passion for practical engineering work
• Ability to identify, analyze, and solve technical problems
• Experience in product testing or product development in an industrial or academic environment is an advantage
• International experience through work, internships, or study abroad is an advantage
• Strong collaboration and communication skills in an interdisciplinary and international environment
• Excellent English skills; German is an advantage

What’s In It for You

We really value our people, and we've worked hard to develop a reward package that reflects this, creating your future to be just how you would want it. Some of our benefits include:

• Connection with a diverse community of over 2,100 colleagues from 70 nationalities in a region where Liechtenstein, Austria, and Switzerland intersect.
• Employee groups actively supporting causes like female empowerment and the LGBTQIA+ community.
• Leisure activities like mountain biking and tennis.
• Opportunities for community engagement both locally and internationally.
• Shared e-bikes, an on-site gym, dining options, learning opportunities, financial guidance, free parking, fuel discounts, workation, sabbatical, home office opportunity, flexible and trust-based working hours, meditation/ relaxation rooms, Hilti tool rental service, massage possibilities, and relocation support.

Why Hilti

Hilti is a global leader in construction innovation, with more than 34,000 team members across 120 countries. Guided by our purpose, Making Construction Better, we’re driven to keep learning, growing, and finding new ways to make a lasting impact. Here, you’ll be empowered to use your strengths, work with a global and inclusive team, and take on meaningful challenges. At Hilti, you’ll have the chance to make your ideas, achievements, and growth real through purpose, passion, and teamwork.

Commitment to Inclusion

At Hilti, inclusion is a key focus in how we work, lead, and grow together. We are committed to embracing diversity of thought and creating an environment that is inclusive of everyone, everywhere. We continuously strive to ensure every voice is valued and every team member feels empowered to contribute. By building on this foundation, we strengthen our teams, our innovation, and our impact, making construction better together.

For further questions, please feel free to contact Thomas Pelc, Head of Testing or Hansa Stein, Talent Acquisition Business Partner at hansa.stein@hilti.com

For non-EU/ EFTA citizens: Please state your eligibility status to work in Switzerland/ Liechtenstein and note that if you do not own a valid Swiss/ Liechtenstein work permit, Hilti cannot guarantee your final employment due to authority regulations.