Lab Engineer
Supports prototype fabrication, hardware testing, lab operations, and cross-domain debugging for autonomous drone systems. The role requires practical mechanical and electrical skills, scripting familiarity, and willingness to travel frequently to California and occasionally Finland.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Support prototype builds, testing, debugging, and lab operations in Zurich.
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair prototype hardware.
- Perform mechanical assembly, soldering, wiring, cable harnessing, board inspection, basic rework, and electrical debugging.
- Write or modify simple scripts, configuration files, or firmware parameters to support hardware bring-up, testing, and troubleshooting of prototype vehicles.
- Travel regularly to California headquarters to support early builds, learn new hardware, and transfer build and test knowledge back to Zurich.
- Periodically travel to Finland to support camera testing and lab-related work with the local engineering team.
Requirements
- Broad hands-on experience with drones, robotics, camera systems, test rigs, or similar electromechanical hardware.
- Comfort working across mechanical, electrical, software, and testing domains.
- Practical electrical skills, including surface-mount soldering, wiring, harness assembly, and basic debugging.
- Comfort with scripting, modifying test code, reading logs, changing configuration files, and tuning vehicle control parameters.
- Strong troubleshooting instincts and the ability to make progress on ambiguous prototype issues across multiple domains.
- Based in or willing to be based in Switzerland, with openness to frequent travel of potentially 40–50%, primarily to California and occasionally to Finland.
Nice to Have
- Experience with 3D CAD, 3D printing, and shop tools.
Skills
Drones, Robotics, Camera Systems, Electromechanical Hardware, Surface-Mount Soldering, Electrical Debugging, Cable Harnessing, Scripting, Test Code, Configuration Files, Firmware Parameters, 3D Cad, 3D Printing, Shop Tools
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