R&D Engineer - Electronics & Firmware

Role Purpose:

• Design and develop photoelectric sensors
• Support production with ongoing issues
• Maintenance of existing products

Role Responsibilities:

• Conceptual electronic design, support mechanical engineer with mechanical conceptual design and creation of circuit diagram
• Supports conceptual optical system design and creation of Bill of Materials (BOM)
• Bread boarding and prototyping to verify design; support of Layout design
• EMC testing and implementing of countermeasures
• Creation of project plan and timely execution, creation of product costing
• Project leading from the initial request until product is transferred to production and released for series production
• Creation of necessary production documentation
• Close collaboration with the Production and QA colleagues to support the creation of the assembly concept, manufacturing concept and quality concept
• Transfer of product to production, support of evaluation and pilot run. Must be able to communicate with relevant departments.
• Supports / Execution of release measurements
• Support of production during mass production

Role Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Electronic Engineering, Photonics, Mechatronics or equivalent with R&D experience
• At least 2 years of experience in related field / industry
• Advanced knowledge of analog and digital circuit design
• Good knowledge of programming (assembler and C)
• Knowledge of signal processing, IO-Link, simulation software (e.g. P-Spice), layout software (OrCAD) and Optical design is an advantage
• Recommend course of action after gathering relevant information, analyzing data, generating ideas and evaluating alternatives
• Business fluent or native English (written and spoken)