Electrical Design Engineer to join an R&D team!

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

You will join the client's R&D team in a hands-on hardware role. Working in an end-to-end facility, you will split your days between the desk and the lab. Your work covers component selection and evaluation, Altium design for schematics and layout, 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

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.