Embedded Systems Engineer for Neuro Rehab Devices

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Eth Zurich's Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory (RELab) seeks an Embedded Systems Engineer to lead firmware and electronics for ax|ReCover, a modular smartphone-based rehabilitation platform. You will develop embedded software, integrate sensors, and drive hardware bring-up across BLE, power management and PCB design.

You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team, applying hands-on engineering to transform research prototypes into manufacturable medical devices.

Qualifikationen

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Computer Engineering, Robotics or related field.
• Experience developing firmware for ARM Cortex-M or similar MCUs.
• Experience with BLE communication and sensor integration.
• Experience with SPI, I2C, UART, ADCs, DMA, interrupts and timers.
• Experience designing or iterating embedded electronics, including schematic capture and PCB design using KiCad or Altium.
• Experience bringing up and debugging custom PCBs and hardware bring-up.
• Strong electronics knowledge including schematics reading, power management and signal integrity.
• Proficiency with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers) and debugging.
• Excellent written and spoken English; German skills are a plus.

Aufgaben

• Develop embedded firmware for the modular ax|ReCover platform.
• Design, implement and validate sensor acquisition pipelines.
• Integrate biomechanical and physiological sensors into embedded systems.
• Develop BLE communication between ax|ReCover and the smartphone.
• Implement synchronized sensor acquisition and data streaming.
• Design and iterate electronics schematics and PCBs for hardware revisions.
• Select components and contribute to electronics architecture decisions.
• PCB bring-up and validation for new hardware revisions.
• Develop low-level drivers for sensors and peripherals.
• Collaborate with researchers on electronics integration and prototyping.
• Use lab equipment to diagnose hardware and firmware issues and optimise performance.
• Support testing, validation and design verification; help establish processes and docs for regulatory development.

Kenntnisse

Embedded firmware

ARM Cortex-M

BLE

SPI

I2C

UART

PCB design

KiCad

Altium

Power management

Diagnostics

Debugging

Ausbildung

MSc or BSc Electrical/Embedded Systems/Robotics

Tools

KiCad

Altium

Jobbeschreibung

Eth Zurich's Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory (RELab) seeks an Embedded Systems Engineer to lead firmware and electronics for ax|ReCover, a modular smartphone-based rehabilitation platform. You will develop embedded software, integrate sensors, and drive hardware bring-up across BLE, power management and PCB design.

You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team, applying hands-on engineering to transform research prototypes into manufacturable medical devices.