Career Opportunities & Internships
About ACUTRONIC
What we offer
ACUTRONIC is the world’s leading manufac-
For students of the
Motivated graduates
turer of motion simulators for the aviation,
Swiss Federal Institute
with high grades in
space, defense and automotive industries
of Technology (ETH,
the following degree
and provides custom and standard products
EPFL), universities, and
programs have the
used to test gyroscopes, inertial navigation
advanced technical
best chance of joining
systems and electro-optical systems. Motion
colleges:
ACUTRONIC:
and yaw motion in the laboratory. Products
• Internships (industrial and factory)
• Electrical engineering and
range from small, single-axis rate tables and
• Theses and dissertations
simulators to three-axis simulators for flight
• Term papers
simulators accurately reproduce roll, pitch
motion profiling and five-axis simulator systems for the missile test industry. Our engineering team includes servo technologists who specialize in control system design, as well as 3-D CAD engineers for mechanical and electrical designs.
automatic control engineering • Mechanical engineering • Hardware and software development
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Challenges at ACUTRONIC Students participate in and learn from the design, development, evaluation, and testing of electro-mechanical motion control systems, specifically inertial guidance test systems or flight motion simulators. Inertial guidance test systems are used to test and calibrate navigation instruments and sensors, whereas the flight motion simulators are used to emulate missile flight via hardware-in-the-loop simulations.
Electrical Engineering and Automatic Control Engineering • Electrical design of drive systems • Servo control • Integration and testing of motion simulators • Installation and testing at customer sites • Modeling and simulation
Mechanical Engineering • Mechanical design of drive systems • Static and dynamic calculations • 3-D CAD, FEM • Fluid mechanics and hydraulics
Hardware and Software Developers • System software, drivers, and applications • Embedded software • Work with real-time systems • Industrial bus systems
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ACUTRONIC Co-op and Intern Perspectives Christoph Wegmüller
Zeno Albisser
Student Electrical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Software Engineer, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
The work I did during my industrial intern-
At ACUTRONIC I found an employer that
ship at ACUTRONIC was very diversified,
provides me with the opportunity to work
motivating, and informative. The internship
in a very interesting modern international
provided a good change to the everyday
environment.
emphasis on theory in the classroom and
ACUTRONIC’s striving for sus-
an exciting glimpse into the multifaceted
tainable solutions allows me to develop
daily routine of an engineer. In the indus-
not merely the cheapest, but also the best
trial environment, I was able to apply the
solutions. This makes work very satisfying
academic knowledge that I had acquired to practical projects,
and diversified. As a software engineer, I have always wanted to
and I could always count on the advice of very helpful and com-
develop highly optimized software for high performance systems.
petent colleagues. My work ranged from analogue control tech-
Developing software for a real-time operating system, as I do
nology, measurement engineering, and frequency analysis to the
now, fits this perception perfectly. After only a short period of time
start-up of servo amplifiers and the implementation of a CAN
at ACURONIC, a huge amount of responsibility was placed on
communication interface. The industrial internship at ACUTRONIC
me. And work in a small and highly motivated team of software
was a very positive and valuable experience for my future as an
engineers, half of whom are located in Switzerland, and half of
electrical engineer.
whom are in the US, is an exciting and challenging job.
Zvonko Gligorov
Sandra Eckert
Electrical Engineer, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
Project Manager Market Research, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
The experiences that I was able to have
I recently obtained my undergraduate
during my first year as a project leader and
Bachelor of Science in Business Adminis-
systems engineer at ACUTRONIC reminded
tration (International Management) degree,
me daily of the differences between aca-
with a major in Corporate Communication.
demics and the everyday work environment.
After graduation, I was looking for
As a student, I was often required to deliver
an entry position in strategy consulting.
a one-man show, but the business world
Now, as a Market Research Project Man-
more frequently requires a team player.
ager with ACUTRONIC, I am responsible
My collaboration within a team, on the one hand, and my work
for the preparation of a decision base for ACUTRONIC’s expansion
with customers during installations in different countries, on the
strategies. I see my job as “hands-on consulting”, which directly
other hand, helped me improve my personality and my compe-
influences the company’s projects.
tence working in other cultures. For some time now, I have led my
What I find most fascinating about my job are the chal-
own projects and made important decisions, which has helped
lenges that ACUTRONIC’s market environment provides. I learn
me become more independent. At ACUTRONIC, I was also able
about specific characteristics of both ACUTRONIC’s niche prod-
to put my theoretical knowledge into practice for the first time,
ucts and its industrial sector. This will certainly give me a com-
thereby significantly expanding and deepening my knowledge
petitive edge for my Master’s degree and my future career.
and understanding of automatic control engineering. I am happy to belong to a team that leads the global market.
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ACUTRONIC Products and Contacts We regularly organize Visitor Days
Where are we represented?
for universities: • www.acutronic.com ACUTRONIC hosts Visitor Days for various universities
• Job Fairs (University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil)
during which the students can gain insight into our com-
• Various trade fairs
pany. The Visitor Days have proven to be an interesting
• facebook.com
change of pace in which the students enthusiastically
• Alumni Days (e.g., at the Zurich University of
participate. Their goal is to provide students with more information on the various facets of ACUTRONIC.
Dynamic Fin Loaders: Aerodynamic load testing for advanced flight control actuators and surfaces.
Applied Sciences Winterthur) • Eurobot (international robotics competition)
ACUTRONIC systems are installed worldwide, serving the test needs of the Aviation, Space, Maritime, Defense and Automotive Industries.
Radome Bore Sight Test Equipment: Improved directional accuracy and precision of airborne radars.
Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) Systems: High fidelity flight motion scenarios to help develop and test missile components and precision guided munitions.
HWIL Motion Systems: Combat encounter simulation to evaluate countermeasure effectiveness.
Inertial Guidance Test Systems: Improved accuracy and precision of gyroscopes and inertial measurement units.
Electro-Optical Test Systems: Development and testing of advanced targeting systems.
ACUTRONIC systems with typical applications
Contact ACUTRONIC In order to be considered for a career opportunity or an internship program, please send your application to: ACUTRONIC Switzerland Ltd. Techcenterstrasse 2 8608 Bubikon / Switzerland or by e-mail to: jobs@acutronic.ch www.acutronic.ch