(Senior) Electrical Engineer

Be responsible to build and qualify Electrical Test Equipment to assure production continuity. Depending on priorities, responsible to design new Electrical Test Equipment, conducting Equipment/Non-product Software and Test Method validation activities. Take ownership for equipment availability and repair. Support the whole equipment lifecycle. Support equipment related corrective and preventive action (CAPA) activities.

Thoratec Switzerland GmbH is a part of Abbott Laboratories, one of the world's leading manufacturers of medical devices. We are the global market leader for implantable and extracorporeal blood pumps based on magnetic levitation technology. Our life-saving systems, which we develop and manufacture in Zurich, are used for acute and long-term therapy in patients with severe heart diseases. Our location in the city of Zurich has around 130 employees in the areas of development and production of the Centri MagTM system and the HeartMate 3TM motor.

• Background: Electrical Engineering

• 3+ experience as an electrical engineer preferable

• Good knowledge of electrical circuit design

• Experience in trouble-shooting electrical equipment

• Software knowhow, at best C# and Python, experience with OpenHTF is a plus

• Experience with debugging Software

• Experience with EIQ/EOQ & NPS validation is an asset

• Fluent in English (written and spoken), German would be an asset