Industry 4.0 Experts in Switzerland
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Switzerland, who have recently used Industry 4.0
Sam Lund
Last position:
Principal Consultant – Digital Strategy & Portfolio Governance at Independent Consultant
- Advise global organizations on enterprise transformation, digital operating models, and portfolio governance across safety-critical and highly regulated environments.
- Guided enterprise transformation of engineering and lifecycle governance at Alstom, Bombardier, and Thales, aligning enterprise-scale digital engineering practices across global development programs.
- Supported software-defined vehicle transformation at CARIAD (Volkswagen Group) by designing governance structures and lifecycle alignment for complex digital vehicle platforms.
- Translated Industry 4.0 digitalization strategy into capability-driven transformation portfolio at FLSmidth, enabling development of IoT-based industrial platforms.
- Applied AI-supported methods for large-scale engineering data analysis and validation, significantly reducing reporting and compliance cycle times.
Michael Rödle
Last position:
Project Manager, Hustler, & Hound "Project Metrics on the Internet" at Global-KPI
- Project management, hustler (identifying the full financial picture including sales, pitching, financial analysis, & business models) and hound (identifying real customer needs including research & analysis) to build a project metrics system on the Internet.
- The system allows users to make informed decisions to keep projects on track according to key data or to realign them when they deviate negatively from the plan.
- Providing a forecast alongside the current status.
- Automatic calculation and display of metrics based on user-entered project key data.
- Skills: project management, project metrics.
- Problem space: Co-Innovation Builder (CIB), corporate innovation team setup, team profile / team canvas, design thinking, highlighting people, creating customer personas, market exploration, defining the problem.
- Solution space: narrowing the problem, how to turn ideas into solutions, how to turn solutions into a concept, customer journey, business model canvas, value proposition canvas, prototyping, refining the prototype and business model canvas, final pitch.
Eugen Pilarski
Last position:
Project Manager / Program Management at SMART-INTERIM Management GmbH
- Development, industrialization and production of helicopter seats (military)
- Responsible for an innovative seating system: weight < 15 kg, 100% crash safety according to EASA, side-facing, from concept to SOP
- Complete recovery of a project two years overdue: concept approval and prototype testing in 4 weeks, certification testing in 8 weeks, 100% EASA certification
- Management of global BCC development resources (> 60% share) and optimization of development cycles including FEM
- Streamlining the supply chain, on-time EASA and series approval, compliance with the NRE budget, timely delivery including FAI
Rainer Tolksdorf
Last position:
Managing Director at Tolksdorf.digital GmbH
- Independent consulting for digital transformation, quick checks and business case development
- Delivered systems and digital engineering, Industrie 4.0, workflow & AI agents
- Implemented digital sales and service solutions, KMU open source introduction, data migration, hosting and maintenance of customer IT systems
- Applied methods: Lean Innovation, ISO 9001:2015, Scrum; managed teams of 2–80 people and project volumes up to 22 Mi0 USD
David Barreto Schmidt
Last position:
External Project Manager in the Supply Chain Network at DEUTZ AG
- Project management (SAP BN (Ariba) onboarding, support for SAP ECC and SAP TM for supplier topics)
- Standardization of global value creation processes
- Basic training as well as central contact person for suppliers and support for planners
Martin Aicher
Last position:
Martin Aicher
Main areas of activity ⋅ Martin Aicher
Areas of expertise
Medical technology
Sensor technology
Technical optics
Mechatronics
Microsystems technology
Biocompatible materials
Implants and endoprosthetics
Project management
Quality management IPMA
Regulatory affairs
Education
Dr.-Ing. Medical Technology
M.Sc. Medical Technology
Dipl. Ing. (FH) Medical Technology
Surgical mechanic, precision mechanic
Methodical product development
26 years of research, development, verification and agile product development
5 years of hands-on manufacturing of micromechanical instruments and implants
Projects
Development and verification of technical optics
Microscopy
Endoscopy
Immersion optical systems
Optical sensors
Light guides
Device development — medical electronics, active medical devices
Electromagnetic therapy devices for microcirculation of blood vessels
Electric drives, precision mechanics motors
Embedded devices, Medicine 4.0 / Industry 4.0
Feasibility studies, prototype design, electromechanical, chemical and hydrodynamic characterization up to series maturity
Structural integration of motors for pump systems
Integration of motors for catheter drives
Implantable drive systems with motors
Bone saws with Maxon motors
Osteosynthesis implant (bone implant) with linear drive
Electromagnetic therapy devices for microcirculation of blood vessels
Gold and platinum substitution for electrodes
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
Characterization and development of battery cells and Li-ion batteries
Biocompatible materials: stainless steel, titanium, nitinol, polymers, ceramics, composites
Vacuum device with pumps for wound healing
Braided tubes (reinforced hoses)
Shaft instruments and trocars
Surgical instruments, minimally invasive instruments (MIC)
Analytical instruments, sensors and fluid preparation
Monitoring systems
In vivo diagnostics (IVD)
Inline measurement systems for monitoring and analytical devices
Feasibility studies, prototype design, electrochemical and hydrodynamic characterization up to series maturity
Electrochemical deionization (EDI) as a monitor
Membrane technology
Measurement method and control of carbide saturation in cooling water
pH sensor
Optical sensors with laser diodes and LEDs
Dissolved O2 sensor
CO2 sensors
Ion-selective sensor (ISE)
Conductivity sensors
Turbidity sensor according to ISO 7027
Biosensors
Flow and pressure sensors
Gold and platinum substitution for electrodes
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)
Biocompatible materials: stainless steel, titanium, nitinol, polymers, ceramics, composites
Design of plastic injection-molded components and housings
Calculation and design of fluid channels
Design of metal die-cast components
Design of sheet metal parts
Implants and prostheses
Endoprosthetics: knee and hip endoprostheses
Bypass implants
Nitinol stents
Bone plates
Dental implants
Precision meshes
Instruments for medical technology
Angioplasty: PTCA percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with balloon catheter
Catheter system as minimally invasive heart pump
EN ISO 10555-4: intravascular catheters
Braided tubes (reinforced hoses through precision meshes)
Thrombectomy with rotablation catheter
Trocars
Surgical instruments, minimally invasive instruments (MIC)
Endoscopes ISO 8600-1, EN 60601-2-18, EN 62471
Regulatory affairs for medical devices
CE for Europe (Class II and III), EU Medical Device Regulation 2017/745 (MDR)
EU Regulation 2017/746 for in vitro diagnostics (IVDR)
Ensuring complete documentation according to current regulatory requirements
FDA registration and approval 510(k), PMN, PMA, Class II, III
Design History Files (DHF), Device Master Record (DMR), Device History Record (DHR)
Internal and external audits
FDA and CE audits
Mock audits
Requirement engineering, user requirement specifications, functional requirement specifications
Quality management and relevant standards for medical technology
EN ISO 9001:2015
EN ISO 13485:2021
USA FDA 21 CFR 820 Quality Management System
FDA 21 CFR §§ 803, 806, 807, 830
In vitro diagnostics (IVD, IVDR) FDA 21 CFR §§ 600, 610, 660
USA FDA risk management for medical devices DIN EN ISO 14971:2019
P-FMEA for production
Usability of medical devices EN 62366-1:2021
CAPA (Corrective and preventive action) and GMP
Medical electrical equipment EN 60601-1:2013
EMC for medical devices DIN EN 60601-1-2:2022
Medical device software EN 62304:2018
Cell culture in cleanroom with different cell lines for biocompatibility testing of polymers and alloys
Biological evaluation of medical devices EN ISO 10993
Clinical investigation of medical devices ISO 14155
Manufacturing technology and processes
Process qualification and validation
Injection molding technology
CNC micromechanical manufacturing
Microsystems technology, printed circuit boards (PCB)
Joining technologies: laser welding of titanium, stainless steel, plastics as well as gluing and ultrasonic welding
Evaluation, setup and qualification of equipment
Thin film and surface technology
Coating of implants and tribological surfaces with chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and physical vapor deposition (PVD), sputtering of precious metals, stainless steels, nitinol, titanium alloys, polymers and ceramics
Plasma technology for functional coatings: hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces
Nanotechnology: surface functionalization: self-assembled monolayers (SAM)
Product Life Cycle Management
Finite element method
ANSYS FEM
Structural mechanics, statics
Fluid mechanics, flow simulations
Electrical engineering, electromagnetic fields
Characterization and testing of microelectronics
PCB (printed circuit board)
Sensor technology
Microcontrollers
CAN bus: ISO 11898, SAE
Control and data management with LabVIEW and Matlab
Programming language
Python 3.14
CAD
Autodesk Inventor
Pro/ENGINEER, PTC Creo Parametric
SolidWorks
Siemens NX
Solid Edge
Standards-compliant technical drawings
Endurance tests, mechanical, fluid mechanical, electrical and chemical characterization
Verification, V-Model, End of Line (EOL) testing
Writing work instructions for production, English regulatory documents and scientific articles
Support of clinical studies
Data processing, digital data management and statistics
Professional handling of Microsoft Office applications: PowerPoint, Word and macro programming for Excel
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Statistics of experts using Industry 4.0
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
23 years
Position duration
3.8 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Product Development, Project Management, Business Intelligence
Top industries
Manufacturing, Professional Services, Education
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Human Resources
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
67%
Doctorate
33%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Switzerland are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Switzerland using Industry 4.0
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
Smart production
Industry 4.0 links machines, sensors, software, and people in one connected production flow. It is used to make factories more responsive, more traceable, and easier to control across lines, plants, and suppliers.
Typical work
- Connect shop-floor systems with MES, ERP, and cloud services
- Design IIoT data flows and machine connectivity
- Support predictive maintenance and quality monitoring
- Build dashboards for production visibility
- Improve traceability across materials and assets
Tools and stack
Strong specialists work with PLC data, OPC UA, MQTT, SCADA, edge devices, and industrial analytics tools. They also understand integration patterns, data models, and security concerns in OT and IT environments.
When to bring help
Companies bring in freelance expertise when a plant needs to digitize fast, align older equipment with new systems, or fix fragile integrations. It also helps when internal teams know the process side but need extra support for architecture, rollout, or vendor coordination in Switzerland.
What strong experts do
A good professional asks about your production flow before suggesting tools. They document interfaces clearly, test on real equipment, and keep operations running while changes go live. They know how to balance reliability, safety, and usable data.
Where it fits
Industry 4.0 shows up in manufacturing, logistics, food, pharmaceuticals, automotive, and machine building. It also covers smart factory initiatives, digital twins, and the fourth industrial revolution when teams discuss strategy, architecture, or modernization roadmaps.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about Industry 4.0? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
Industry 4.0 is used to connect machines, sensors, and business systems so production becomes easier to monitor and improve. Companies use it for traceability, equipment monitoring, predictive maintenance, and better control over quality and throughput. It is especially useful when many systems must share data reliably.
Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing are closely related, but they are not always used in exactly the same way. Smart manufacturing usually refers to the practical factory layer, while Industry 4.0 can also include strategy, connected supply chains, and the wider digital transformation of industrial operations. In practice, many teams use the terms interchangeably.
A strong Industry 4.0 specialist usually understands OT and IT together. Useful adjacent skills include PLC integration, OPC UA, MQTT, SCADA, MES, ERP interfaces, data modeling, and basic cybersecurity for industrial systems. Experience with edge computing and cloud analytics is often valuable too.
For Industry 4.0 work, the need depends on scope. A small integration task may need one specialist who knows industrial data and interfaces, while a larger plant rollout usually needs someone who can handle architecture, stakeholder alignment, and testing on live systems. The key is proven work with real production environments, not just theory.
Bring in Industry 4.0 expertise when your team has to move quickly, connect legacy equipment, or bridge gaps between operations and software teams. Freelance specialists are also useful for audits, roadmaps, pilot projects, and vendor coordination. They can step in without slowing down production planning.
Many Industry 4.0 tasks can be done remotely, such as architecture, data flow design, dashboard work, and integration planning. On-site presence is often needed for commissioning, equipment checks, and hands-on troubleshooting, especially in plants in Switzerland. The best setup is often a mix of both.
Look for a Industry 4.0 professional who can explain the production process in plain language and connect it to concrete systems and deliverables. Good signs are clear interface documentation, realistic rollout plans, and experience with live factory constraints. Ask for examples that show both technical depth and operational judgment.
Industry 4.0 is the common practical term used in factories and industrial projects. The fourth industrial revolution is the broader name for the same general shift toward connected, data-driven production and automation. In search and project discussions, both terms often point to the same kind of expertise.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Industry 4.0 in their recent projects is 122 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 978 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Industry 4.0 in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 67% hold at least a Master's degree, and 33% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Industry 4.0 in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Industry 4.0 in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (50%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Industry 4.0 in their recent projects are Manufacturing (83%), Professional Services (67%), and Education (50%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Industry 4.0 in their recent projects are Product Development (100%), Project Management (83%), and Business Intelligence (67%).
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