Senior R&D Electronics Engineer (F/M) 100%

Facing the challenges of our time !

Help us grow and be more impactful!

To reinforce our “Integrated and Wireless Systems” Business Unit, based in Neuchâtel, we are currently looking for a

Your mission

As a key member of our Hardware Design team, you’ll propose elegant and sustainable solutions to our customers’ toughest electronics challenges. You’ll take projects end‑to‑end by defining system architecture, selecting parts, and creating schematics and PCB layouts for embedded systems with sensors, power‑management, energy harvesting, and wireless communications. You’ll use test‑driven design, producing detailed test plans and procedures, and document every step of your work.

Your responsibilities

Your main tasks will be the following:

• Architect Embedded Systems
  • Define system block diagrams and part selections for sensor-driven, MCU/CPU‑based platforms
  • Innovative power‑management and wireless‑communication solutions
• PCB Design & Simulation
• Testing & Validation
  • Laboratory setups creation and automation
• Firmware & Software
  • Write C firmware for MCU validation (e.g., STM32CubeMX)
  • Automate test setups and data collection with Python scripts
• Collaboration & Documentation
  • Peer reviews of schematics, layouts, and library components
  • Document architectures, design choices, calculations, and test reports daily
• Customer & Sustainability Focus
  • Help define customer requirements and contribute to proposal development
  • Drive “green electronics” initiatives to minimize environmental impact

Know-how

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent), with at least 3 years of hardware‑design experience in an industrial or product‑development environment.
• Good practice in PCB design using Altium Designer
• Expert with SPICE‑based simulation tools (e.g., LTspice, TINA)
• C‑programming skills on ARM‑based MCUs, Python scripting skills for test automation or data gathering
• Hands‑on experience with lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, DC power supplies, etc.)
• A plus: FPGA design and HDL programming / Linux‑embedded development / 3D CAD design and rapid prototyping
• Fluent in English and French

 Interpersonal skills

• Proactive, creative and curious
• Capable to learn from experienced colleagues and to explore new ways to capture and analyze data in ultra‑low‑power, miniaturized devices
• Customer‑ and results‑oriented with strong communication skills that help you collaborate under pressure, whether with teammates, clients, or partners.

CSEM mission and values

Our mission is the development and transfer of innovative technologies to the Swiss industry. Our objective is to make an impact on our customers and on society at large in the fields of precision manufacturing, digital technologies and sustainable energy. Our strength is the excellence of our people, about 550 passionate specialists dedicated to innovation and technology transfer. We believe that strong values support the successful development of our organization as well as the harmonious and balanced development of all our employees.

We are

• A unique place between research and industry at the cutting edge of new technologies
• An innovative, non-profit, and employee-driven company
• A dynamic, multidisciplinary, and multicultural environment
• A solar team focused on enabling solutions to energy challenges for a sustainable world

Working@CSEM means

• being part of a passionate community
• incredible flexibility, attractive working conditions, and great opportunities of development
• benefit from a management style based on trust & feedback and that favors a work-life balance

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity.

We look forward to receiving your complete application file via (CV, cover letter, certificates & diplomas) our job page.

Preference will be given to professionals applying directly.