Field Robotics Electronics Engineer – Embedded Ownership

ETH Zurich; Zürich; On-site; CHF 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ETH Zurich's Way of Water project seeks an electronics and embedded engineer for ownership of electrical and device layers in a funded field-robotics initiative. You will build boards, power, interfaces, bring-up, and ensure reliability in water, EMI and outdoor use; collaborate with mechanical and software colleagues.

Early-career role with 0–5 years post-degree; hands-on design, bring-up, debugging and handover; experience with batteries, robotics, EMI/EMC is welcome.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience after your degree; internships, thesis projects count.
• Delivered boards or electronic systems yourself — design, bring-up, debug and handover.
• Able to write embedded software well enough to own bring-up (C/C++).
• Practical circuit judgement in analogue/digital, power and grounding.
• Experience with batteries, robotics, EMI/EMC or small production runs is welcome.

Responsibilities

• Own the electrical and embedded layer: requirements, schematics, boards, sensors and actuators.
• Bring systems up, write firmware/diagnostics, and leave repeatable tests.
• Collaborate with mechanical and software teams on mounting, grounding, timing and power budgets.
• Partner with fabricators and technicians to produce maintainable units.
• Investigate hard faults with instruments and logs, turning field symptoms into fixes.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Embedded systems

PCB bring-up

Firmware (C/C++)

Outdoor testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscope

Logic analyzer

Power supplies

Job description

ETH Zurich's Way of Water project seeks an electronics and embedded engineer for ownership of electrical and device layers in a funded field-robotics initiative. You will build boards, power, interfaces, bring-up, and ensure reliability in water, EMI and outdoor use; collaborate with mechanical and software colleagues.

Early-career role with 0–5 years post-degree; hands-on design, bring-up, debugging and handover; experience with batteries, robotics, EMI/EMC is welcome.