Overview
In this role you will advance the embedded sensing platform of ax|ReCover, a modular smartphone-based rehabilitation system, turning research prototypes into manufacturable medical devices. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to develop firmware, electronics, sensors, and BLE connectivity, addressing power, reliability and data streaming challenges. The position supports a 16-month Innosuisse project, offering hands-on hardware and software development in neurorehabilitation. This is an impact-driven role at ETH Zurich’s RELab with significant ownership and collaboration across clinical and industry partners.
Leistungen / Benefits
- unique and stimulating environment
- significant ownership over product and engineering culture
- translate prototype into manufacturable medical product
- close collaboration with clinicians and partners
- competitive salary
Verantwortungsbereiche
- Develop embedded firmware for the 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 synchronised sensor acquisition and data streaming
- Design and iterate electronic schematics and PCBs for hardware revisions
- Select electronic components and contribute to electronics architecture decisions
- Bring up and validate custom PCBs
- Develop low-level drivers for sensors and peripherals
- Collaborate with research team on electronics integration and prototype development
- Use lab equipment to diagnose hardware and firmware issues
- Optimise power consumption, communication reliability and system performance
- Support electronics testing, validation and design verification
- Help establish engineering processes and documentation for future regulatory development
Zentrale Anforderungen
- MSc or BSc in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Computer Engineering, Robotics or related discipline
- Strong C/C++ programming skills
- Experience with firmware for ARM Cortex-M or similar MCUs
- BLE experience
- Experience with SPI, I2C, UART, ADCs, DMA, interrupts and timers
- Experience designing/iterating custom embedded electronics (schematics/PCB) using KiCad or Altium
- Experience bringing up and debugging PCBs
- Strong electronics knowledge (schematics, sensors, power management, hardware bring-up)
- Proficient with lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analysers, multimeters)
- Strong debugging across hardware and firmware
- Experience integrating sensors into embedded systems
- Independent, proactive, good communicator in English (German skills valued)
- team-oriented
- self-starter
- good written and verbal communication
- BLE
- KiCad
- Altium Designer
Embedded Systems Engineer (Firmware & Electronics) in Zürich Arbeitgeber: ETH Zürich
ETH Zürich ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der Ihnen die Möglichkeit bietet, aktiv an der Gestaltung der Zukunft des Forschungsdatenmanagements mitzuwirken. Mit einem interdisziplinären Arbeitsumfeld, attraktiven Beschäftigungsbedingungen und zahlreichen Vorteilen wie Kinderbetreuung und öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln fördert ETH Zürich nicht nur Ihre berufliche Entwicklung, sondern auch eine inklusive und nachhaltige Unternehmenskultur. Hier haben Sie die Chance, in einer sichtbaren Position mit hoher Verantwortung zu arbeiten und einen bleibenden Einfluss auf die Forschung zu nehmen.
