Engagements
Senior independent industrial automation engineering, available for engagements in French-speaking Switzerland
Five years regulated pharma, dual Siemens TIA Portal and Rockwell Studio 5000 competence, PMP and CAS Industrial Cybersecurity certified. Time-and-materials, fixed-price or portage. Transparent daily rate. Response within 24 working hours.
Engagement modes
2026 daily rate ranges, VAT excluded, for a senior mission in French-speaking Switzerland. Detail of the factors that move these ranges in our dedicated article on automation engineer daily rates.
Senior time-and-materials
1 000 - 1 300 CHF / day
One-to-six-month mission on pharma, microtechnology or OEM site in French-speaking Switzerland. Billing on actual days, flexible scope.
Fixed-price deliverable
Quote per scope
HMI redesign, PCS 7 migration, IEC 62443 OT cybersecurity audit, CSV validation dossier. Two-day scoping before fixed-price, almost always profitable.
Short mission or urgency
1 200 - 1 600 CHF / day
Two-day audit, replacement FAT, milestone unblock. 48-to-72-hour availability subject to agenda.
On-site team reinforcement
Monthly fixed-price available
Embedded on site, regular presence two-to-four days per week, steering critical milestones.
Sectors served
- · Regulated pharma (GMP, GAMP5, 21 CFR Part 11, Annex 1)
- · Biotech
- · Microtechnology and watchmaking
- · OEM special-purpose machines
- · Fine chemistry
- · Energy and utilities
Technical stack
- · Siemens TIA Portal, S7-1500, PCS 7 v9, WinCC, SIMATIC BATCH
- · Rockwell ControlLogix, Studio 5000, FactoryTalk, PlantPAx
- · OT cybersecurity IEC 62443, network segmentation, PLC hardening
- · GMP/GAMP5, FAT/SAT, IQ/OQ/PQ, 21 CFR Part 11, ISA-88, ISA-95
- · OPC UA, Profinet, Ethernet/IP, MES integration
Contact process
- Send your context via the contact page or by email. Three elements are enough: functional scope, target technical environment, desired engagement mode.
- Response within 24 working hours with an indicative cost range and a scoping question if needed.
- Thirty-minute scoping call to refine scope, availability, kickoff.
- Formal proposal within 48 hours (engagement mode, schedule, deliverables, terms).