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)