Electronic Engineer R&D

Responsibilities

• Define hardware architectures, select components, and design electronic systems for embedded products.
• Create schematics and PCB layouts using Altium Designer (preferred) or comparable EDA tools such as Or CAD or PADS/Xpedition.
• Drive product development from concept and prototyping through verification, validation, and production transfer.
• Develop, test, debug, and optimize hardware for microcontroller-based embedded systems.
• Execute and document engineering tests, analyze results, and implement design improvements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate product and system requirements into robust hardware solutions.
• Support design verification, risk management activities, and compliance with applicable quality and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Embedded Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in electronic hardware development, preferably in embedded systems.
• Proven experience designing microcontroller-based systems and embedded hardware architectures.
• Hands-on expertise with EDA tools, ideally Altium Designer and the Altium 365 platform.
• Strong knowledge of schematic capture, PCB layout, electronic circuit design, and hardware debugging.
• Experience using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, and other test and measurement tools.
• Fluent in English with strong problem-solving skills, a proactive mindset, and the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Location

This is a Baar-based hybrid role, with three/several in-office days each week to enable rapid collaboration/with two in-office days a week.

Why join At Medela, you will be joining a global community of colleagues, united by the purpose that drives our business: helping people.

Medela exists to advance human health and wellbeing through knowledge-based and innovative human milk and medical vacuum solutions.

Our employees are empowered to serve this purpose in a family-owned company that is growing rapidly around the world.

We value intensive exchanges, diverse perspectives, and unbureaucratic decisions.

You will have the opportunity to develop at an international level, and witness the direct impact your work has on our company’s success.

Due to work permit restrictions, we can only consider applications from Swiss Nationals, UK, EU citizens as well as relevant work-permit holders for Switzerland.

For this recruitment we will not consider any applications sent through by agencies.

Medela is the #1 breast pump brand* and one of the leading companies in medical vacuum technologies respected and trusted by doctors and healthcare professionals from around the world.

A family-owned company with a global presence in Europe, America and Asia, Medela has 21 locations worldwide and a sales network of independent partners in over 100 countries.

The company has production and warehouse facilities in Baar (Switzerland), Mc Henry (Illinois, USA) and Changzhou (China).

With over 1800 employees, Medela improves health and well-being through the pursuit of knowledge and the development of innovative products and services, empowering mothers, babies and patients to live their lives to the fullest.

Founded in 1961 by Olle Larsson, his son Michael Larsson serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2001.

Thomas Golücke is the CEO of the company since 2024. "By creating a culture of belonging, we are building engaged teams that work together to serve our customers as one Medela family".

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