Project Leader - Thermal Interface Materials / Automotive OEM Applications — Sika
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 91 days ago
Role overview
About the role As a Project Leader, you will play a central role in the rapid and targeted development of innovative thermal interface materials (TIM) for battery and automotive applications. In particular, the focus is on thermally conductive adhesives (thermal conductive adhesives) and gap fillers. They translate demanding customer requirements into concrete material concepts and prototypes in the shortest possible time and accompany their development until successful sampling at the customer. You coordinate interdisciplinary development activities and ensure that customer requirements quickly lead to marketable solutions.
- Leading and conducting feasibility studies for TIM materials from requirements analysis to successful customer evaluation and transfer to a development project.
- Documentation of development results, risks, decisions and next steps in a comprehensible and management-friendly form.
- Translation of customer requirements in techn. Specification, test concepts, DoE approaches and clear basis for decision-making
- Evaluation and selection of suitable polymer chemistry, fillers, filler combination and process parameters
- Direct technical communication with customers, internal interfaces, suppliers and production areas
- Initiating and driving patenting of new technologies and processes
- Customer communication is binding, fact-based and solution-oriented, without exaggerating technical risks or uncertainties.
- Experimental plans are efficient, hypothesis-based and allow quick technical decisions even in the case of incomplete data.
- Represents Sika and promotes positive perception in the technology sector (investors, congresses, seminars, etc.)
- We offer competitive remuneration based on local market standards and the specific responsibilities of each job.
- The remuneration shall be based on the skills, responsibility, education and/or training relevant to the position.
Main responsibilities
- We offer competitive remuneration based on local market standards and the specific responsibilities of each job.
- The remuneration shall be based on the skills, responsibility, education and/or training relevant to the position.
- We are committed to fair and equitable remuneration schemes in accordance with the applicable laws, the Chemical Tariff Agreement and regulations. About Sika
- Sika is a specialty chemical company, global leader in the development and production of systems and products for gluing, sealing, steaming, reinforcing and protecting in construction and industry.
- Sika has a global presence with subsidiaries in 103 countries, produces in over 400 factories, develops innovative technologies for customers around the world and thus contributes significantly to the sustainable transformation in construction and transport.
- The more than 33,000 employees generated a turnover of CHF 11.20 billion in 2025.
Application process
- As a Project Leader, you will play a central role in the rapid and targeted development of innovative thermal interface materials (TIM) for battery and automotive applications.
- In particular, the focus is on thermally conductive adhesives (thermal conductive adhesives) and gap fillers.
- They translate demanding customer requirements into concrete material concepts and prototypes in the shortest possible time and accompany their development until successful sampling at the customer.
- You coordinate interdisciplinary development activities and ensure that customer requirements quickly lead to marketable solutions.
- Leading and conducting feasibility studies for TIM materials from requirements analysis to successful customer evaluation and transfer to a development project.
- Documentation of development results, risks, decisions and next steps in a comprehensible and management-friendly form.
- Translation of customer requirements in techn.
- Specification, test concepts, DoE approaches and clear basis for decision-making
Contacts
- If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Additional details
- Implementation of technology projects and promotion of innovative ideas with a clear focus on technology development and active generation of technology impulses Your skills and experience
- Networked thinking and creative solution development Enforcement and secure prioritization
- Experience with simulations or modeling of TIM behavior Why you should come to us
- We are committed to fair and equitable remuneration schemes in accordance with the applicable laws, the Chemical Tariff Agreement and regulations.
Notes and original content
- About the role
- Implementation of technology projects and promotion of innovative ideas with a clear focus on technology development and active generation of technology impulses
- Your skills and experience
- Networked thinking and creative solution development
- Enforcement and secure prioritization
- Experience with simulations or modeling of TIM behavior
- Why you should come to us
- About Sika
Questions about this listing
What salary does Sika offer for this role?
Sika lists CHF 73'500 - 111'500 gross per year for this position in Zürich. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Sika offer?
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