Embedded Electronics Engineer for Optical Modules

NIL Technology ApS; Zürich; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NIL Technology is seeking an Embedded Electronics Engineer to design and bring up electronics for optical modules, including MIPI camera evaluation boards and sensor tuning. You will develop firmware and test tools, and support demonstrator builds in a collaborative, cross‑disciplinary team based near Lake Zürich in Seehallen Horgen.

You will work closely with optics, mechanics and process engineers to deliver compact, high‑performance electronics for next‑generation nano‑optics demonstrators

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years as electronics or embedded hardware development engineer, ideally with camera, imaging or sensor products.
• MSc in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Microengineering, or a related field.
• Hands‑on PCB design experience from schematic to layout and bring‑up (e.g. Altium Designer), including high‑speed and impedance‑controlled design.
• Experience with MIPI CSI‑2 / D‑PHY camera interfaces and with image sensor bring‑up and tuning.
• Embedded firmware development in C/C++ on microcontrollers (e.g. ARM Cortex‑M); experience with embedded Linux, FPGAs or I²C/SPI sensor drivers is a plus.
• Confident in the lab with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, soldering and rework; Python for test automation and data analysis.
• Interest in optics and imaging; familiarity with image quality metrics (e.g. MTF, SNR) is a plus.
• Pragmatic, hands‑on mindset with the ability to build prototypes quickly and to work across optics, mechanics and process teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the electronic part of our optical modules: define electrical architecture, select components, create schematics and PCB layouts.
• Design, bring up and debug evaluation and interface boards for MIPI CSI‑2 image sensors and camera modules, enabling fast characterization of optics.
• Configure and tune image sensors and set up test benches to evaluate image quality with the design team.
• Develop embedded firmware that controls sensors, illumination and data acquisition; host‑side tools in Python or C/C++ for test automation.
• Bring electronics know‑how into demonstrator and prototype builds: from board assembly to system integration and live demos.
• Work with PCB manufacturers, assembly houses and sensor vendors, supporting module integrators with electrical specifications, test concepts and failure analysis.

Skills

PCB design

MIPI CSI-2 interfaces

C/C++ embedded

Embedded Linux

Python for test automation

Oscilloscopes

Soldering & rework

Education

MSc in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Test benches

FPGAs

Job description

NIL Technology is seeking an Embedded Electronics Engineer to design and bring up electronics for optical modules, including MIPI camera evaluation boards and sensor tuning. You will develop firmware and test tools, and support demonstrator builds in a collaborative, cross‑disciplinary team based near Lake Zürich in Seehallen Horgen.

You will work closely with optics, mechanics and process engineers to deliver compact, high‑performance electronics for next‑generation nano‑optics demonstrators