Senior Motion Control Engineer

Senior Motion Control Engineer

Report to Teamlead FW

Objectives

Design, implementation and testing of drive chain concepts

Task

Support development project teams during concept evaluation and design phase

Lead drive concept evaluation: Motor type, transmission, initialization procedure, .

Motor dimensioning, work point calculation / simulation

Review of existing and new robotic and automation concepts

Close collaboration with the mechanical and electrical project specialists

Improve and extend performance, reliability, robustness of existing and new solutions

Identify, assess risks and evaluate mitigations

Develop internal motion control tools

Develop and improve internal process and best practices

Lead root cause investigations

Ensure cross-project consistency of solutions

Close collaboration with software/system architects

Supervision of apprentice / trainees / students

Initiate and run collaboration with academia

Active participation in agile and software craftsmanship communities

Actively contributes to the system-wide platform strategy

Challenges and refines robotic and motion control initiatives

Skills & Technical Knowledge and ability

Scientific Programming experience

Excellent Knowledge of control theory and signal processing

Expertise in Motion Control and Robotics

Consistently seeking and learning new technology

Ability to analyze and explain complex technical information

Ability to conduct complex research

Contribute to continuous improvement of the best practices

Troubleshooting and debugging of complex Issues

Work well independently and within different team settings compositions/constellations

Capable of leading teams and taskforces

Capable of taking over technical responsibility

Applying agile principles to the work environment

Write clear and detailed technical specification and documentation

Review and approve technical specifications and documentations

Create, evaluate and recommend new design concepts

Excellent understanding of the R&D development process

Good understanding of the overall development process

Enhance the functional and technical aspects of products

Provide expertise and support to projects and other engineers

Technical mentoring and coaching of other Engineers

Holistic understanding of the FW, SW and EE architecture

Responsibilities

Compliance and application of the processes, SOPs, directives, guidelines and norms

Continuous professional skill development and support team to improve professional skills

Always aiming for quality improvements of own and the work of the team

Compliance and responsible with objectives, deadlines and budgets

Co-responsible for achieving project, group and company objectives

Mentor and coach other engineers

Guide and develop project and / or line reports (if applicable)

Lives Tecan`s brandhouse and values

Requirements

1. Basic Education - Technical degree, preferably computer science, robotics, control technology, electrical or software engineering

2. Further Education - Software development including testing and documentation

3. Experience - 6 - 14+ years experience in instrument development, preferably in the medical device industry

4. Language Skills - English (fluent)

5. Special Knowledge / Skills - Matlab, Scripting languages like Python, Lua

6. Communication - Good oral and written Communication (English) Good moderation skills Capable of presenting a technical solution to an Engineering team

Personality

Team-oriented

Flexible, curious and willing to learn

Target oriented

Independent, efficient and reliable workstyle

Technical interest and understanding

Self-dependent

Open for taking responsibility

Value oriented

Good communication skills

Solution-oriented

Very Self-motivated and motivating others

Very self-confident

Willingness to execute routine work

Initiative

Proactive reporting work progress

Actively communicate roadblocks

Actively proposing solutions

Communicate identified issues

Willingness to get things done and take responsibility for it

Proactively request required information / education & training within the team

Proactive reporting problems and issues on a team scope