Senior Embedded Software Engineer

About us

At Distalmotion, we are on a mission to make robotic surgery more accessible to surgeons, hospitals, and patients worldwide. With a vision to set a new standard of care, we are committed to breaking down the barriers and complexities of robotics to ensure that more people can benefit from top-notch minimally invasive surgery.

Our team is diverse and international, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, and expanding globally. With over 150 team members representing more than 25 nationalities and speaking over 15 languages, we are all working towards the same objective - providing patients with exceptional minimally invasive surgical solutions.

If you are seeking a rewarding challenge in a rapidly growing medical device company, join us in revolutionizing robotic surgery, the future of healthcare.

About Senior Embedded Software Engineer:

Join our passionate team of engineers as a Senior Embedded Software Engineer, where you will play a key role in designing and implementing the embedded software for our Dexter surgical robotics platform. Your responsibilities will include defining the software architecture, developing embedded software, and ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory standards for Medical Devices.

Tasks:

• Design, develop, and maintain the embedded software of Dexter robot in collaboration with the Software Verification & Validation and Hardware development teams.
• Create software requirements, architecture, and design specification documents.
• Maintain existing embedded software in C.
• Contribute to defining the software architecture of the new embedded software platform using C/C++.
• Participate in software risk management activities.
• Utilize tools and methodologies to create functional and interface representations.
• Engage in software design reviews, code reviews, and risk analysis.
• Troubleshoot anomalies by conducting root cause analysis.
• Take a proactive approach and collaborate on common challenges.
• Ensure software and documentation compliance with quality processes and medical device standards.

Requirements:

• 7-10 years of relevant experience in embedded software development.
• A degree in a related field such as Computer Science, Electronics, or Electrical Engineering.
• Proficiency in embedded C/C++ programming.
• Experience with real-time operating systems, ideally QNX and Safe-RTOS.
• Hands-on experience with real-time applications, low-level embedded software architecture & design, digital signal processing, driver implementation, and communication systems.
• Familiarity with modelling embedded software architecture using UML/SysML or similar tools.
• Experience in static test analysis and unit testing methods.
• Team player with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to track and document work effectively.
• Desirable: Familiarity with the CANopen communication protocol.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English is required, French and German are a plus.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work in a rapidly growing company within the exciting field of medicine.
• Dynamic work environment with an international focus.
• Permanent contract with 25 days of paid vacation.
• Flexibility with one to two days of remote work per week.
• Talent development programs to enhance skills and promote professional growth.
• Mobility plan, competitive pension scheme, and support for gym memberships.
• Regular team-building events like boot camps and skiing trips.

Distalmotion is dedicated to diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create an inclusive workplace for all employees, offering equal opportunities for qualified applicants and employees.

We are on a mission at Distalmotion, a medical device company established in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 2012. Originally, a spin-off from the Robotics Lab of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), our goal is to enable more surgeons and hospitals to provide the advantages of robotic surgery to a larger number of patients. To accomplish this, we need the right individuals on our team. Join us in delivering top-quality minimally invasive care.