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Are you an Electrical Design Engineer who thrives in a hands-on R&D environment? Academic Work is seeking a consultant for a long-term assignment at our client’s site. This is a role for someone who wants to own the full hardware lifecycle: from initial concept and Altium design to physical prototyping and lab testing.

About the role

In this role you will join the client's R&D team in a role characterized by its physical proximity to the product. The facility is designed for end-to-end development, meaning you will move daily between your desk and the lab. Your work involves everything from schematic design and layout in Altium to hands-on tasks like soldering, prototyping, and hardware verification.

Working with medical devices also means that precision is key, both in the lab and in the design records. You will play a vital role in ensuring that solutions are safe and reliable by keeping your designs and test results well-structured and documented.

Work tasks

• Participate in the design of the overall electrical architecture
• Perform component selection and design in compliance with regulatory, standard, and safety requirements
• Work with PCB design, including schematic capture and layout, preferably using Altium Designer
• Provide expertise in electrical engineering to the team and investigate new technologies
• Write specifications, perform impact analysis, and participate in risk analysis
• Conduct testing, debugging, and root cause investigations

We are looking for

• Engineering degree from technical university with focus on electronic design
• Full professional proficiency in English
• Minimum of one year of experience in a similar role within electronic design or hardware development
• Previous experience of working with Altium and simulation tools
• Good documentation and communication skills
• Ideally, you are located in or near Gothenburg to support a flexible and efficient start-up phase

It is meritorious if you

• Are fluent in Swedish

To succeed in the role, your personal skills are:

• Goal oriented
• Orderly
• Responsible

Our recruitment process

This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work and it is our client’s wish that all questions regarding the position is directed to Academic Work.

Our selection process is continuous and the advert may close before the recruitment process is completed if we have moved forward to the next phase. The process includes two tests: one personality test and one cognitive test. The tests are tools to find the right talent for the right position, to enable equality, diversity, and a fair process.