Autonomous Robotics Electronics Engineer

1000scholars; Zürich; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ETH Zurich's Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control is seeking an Electronics Engineer for a funded field‑robotics project. You will own the electrical and embedded layers, bring up boards, and work with sensors, actuators and power budgets in outdoor environments.

Ideal candidates have hands‑on experience delivering boards, debugging firmware, and collaborating across mechanical and software teams. This is a fixed‑term project staff role based in Zurich.

Qualifications

• 0–5 years of hands‑on experience after your degree; early‑career project‑staff role.
• Background in electrical engineering, electronics or embedded systems.
• Evidence you have delivered boards or electronic systems yourself — design, bring‑up, debug and handover.
• Hands‑on work is required: you bring up boards and ship working electronics.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical and embedded layer: from requirements and schematics to boards that boot and talk to sensors/actuators.
• Bring systems up, write firmware or diagnostics needed to understand them.
• Collaborate with mechanical and software colleagues on mounting, grounding, power budgets and field reliability.
• Partner with fabricators and technicians to ensure designs leave the bench as maintainable units.
• Investigate hard faults with instruments and logs, turning field symptoms into fixes.

Skills

Embedded systems

Electronics

C/C++

Board bring-up

Education

Electrical engineering degree

Tools

Oscilloscope

Firmware debugging

Job description

ETH Zurich's Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control is seeking an Electronics Engineer for a funded field‑robotics project. You will own the electrical and embedded layers, bring up boards, and work with sensors, actuators and power budgets in outdoor environments.

Ideal candidates have hands‑on experience delivering boards, debugging firmware, and collaborating across mechanical and software teams. This is a fixed‑term project staff role based in Zurich.