MICROTECHNOLOGY ENGINEER

The microtechnology engineer is a specialist in the design, production, and manufacturing techniques of parts and equipment of very small dimensions. Their training combines mechanics, electronics, Materials, optics, and computer science, applied to objects where precision is measured in microns. Microtechnologies permeate many sectors: watchmaking, medical instruments, sensors, microsystems, aerospace. In watchmaking, an emblematic discipline of this expertise, the microtechnology engineer is involved in the development of movements and their components, the industrialization of processes, the choice of materials, or the integration of new technologies such as Silicon. At the crossroads of research and production, they design solutions that are efficient, reliable, and suitable for mass production. In Switzerland, this specialty, taught notably in universities of applied sciences and at EPFL, extends the watchmaking tradition to precision industries as a whole and constitutes a talent pool essential to the sector.