Embedded Software Engineer

You ensure that good engineering practices are applied in daily work. As a part of an agile team, you will develop products, embedded software architectures or automation pipelines, creating high-quality solutions that meet customer requirements. You pay attention to a clean structure, good performance and sensible test coverage. You communicate directly with customers in the projects. You propose technical innovations, methods and principles that could be implemented on a project. You support other colleagues in your project and across projects.

Founded in Switzerland in 1968, Zühlke is owned by its partners and located across Europe and Asia. We are a global transformation partner, with engineering and innovation in our DNA. We're trusted to help clients envision and build their businesses for the future – to run smarter today while adapting for tomorrow’s markets, customers, and communities. Our multidisciplinary teams specialise in tech strategy and business innovation, digital solutions and applications, and device and systems engineering. We excel in complex, regulated spaces including health and finance, connecting strategy, tech implementation, and operational services to help clients become more effective, resilient businesses.

• You have a strong university degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field — or an equivalent professional qualification.

• You are passionate about high-quality software. For you, requirements, design patterns, efficient data structures, unit tests, and documentation are just as important as writing great code.

• The conscious use of resources and the real-time behavior of your software matter to you. That's why C and C++ are part of your toolkit.

• You bring first hands-on experience with operating systems like Linux or an RTOS.

• Experience with Rust? That’s a plus.

• Experience with programming GPUs or NPUs? Another plus.

• You are communicative, open-minded, and confident in making decisions.

• You are driven by curiosity, passionate about learning and sharing knowledge, and believe that great solutions are built through collaboration.

• You are fluent in English and German, both written and spoken.