Your future responsibilities

Are you ready to contribute to cutting-edge research in communications and sensing systems? Join our innovative team as a Junior Research Engineer HW/SW Co-Design and help shape future technologies!

• Design control units based on microcontrollers ranging from 8-bit MCUs to 32-bit/64-bit ARM architectures for use in research projects on communications and sensing systems.
• Set up software development projects from scratch, including the definition of a hardware abstraction layer, in parallel with the hardware development process.
• Verification of hardware/software implementation in the lab.
• Lab management, including supply chain management for materials and small parts required for project work.
• Technical project work integrated within small to medium-sized teams
• Internal and external representation of the SAL project team.

Your profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics, Mechatronics, or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in electronics development with a focus on PCB design and microcontroller integration
• Familiarity with industry-standard tools (Altium Designer, VS Code, Eclipse IDE) and/or open-source tools (KiCAD, GNU C compilers)
• Hands-on experience with PCB assembly and hardware bring-up using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers
• Interest in expanding your scope from pure technical development to research-driven innovation
• Experience in:
  • PCB design (preferably with Altium Designer)
  • Microcontroller hardware integration and programming (from HAL to application layer)
  • Matlab, Python, and Linux (basic knowledge)
• Training in work safety is a plus
• Fluent in German and English (spoken and written)

Important Facts about SAL

• Diversified research activities with plenty of technical challenges.
• State-of-the-art lab facilities and instruments.
• Internal and external training opportunities for further development.
• Family & children friendly - actively shaping the compatibility of family and career
• “Vital4SAL” to promote a healthy workplace (e.g. SAL coaching pool, trainings on mental health, physical activities, healthy snacks, 24/7 accident insurance)
•  € 4 per day meal allowance in restaurants or € 2 per working day in supermarkets.
•  Public transport initiative (subsidy for the “Klimaticket”) 
• Our values: Open door policy, flexibility in working hours, casual dress code, diverse teams, working with people of different nationalities, informal communication, lifelong learning, compatibility of family and career, sustainability, personal growth, and collective advancement.

This position is subject to the Collective Agreement for employees in non-university research (Research CA) starting in occupational group C 1. We offer competitive salaries and additional benefits based on your experience and qualifications. For this position, your minimum monthly gross salary starts with EUR 2.776 (on full-time basis), paid 14 times a year.

About us

Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) is a top research center for Electronics and Software Based Systems (ESBS). At three locations (Graz, Villach, Linz), SAL is conducting research along the entire ESBS value chain in the areas of sensor systems, power electronics, intelligent wireless systems, microsystems and embedded systems to develop future-oriented solutions for industrial production, health, energy, mobility, safety and more. SAL brings together key players from industry, science and research and thus valuable expertise and know-how and conducts cooperative, application-oriented research along the value chain. Cooperative projects are co-financed by SAL and enable a fast and unbureaucratic project start. SAL is thus shaping the high-tech location Austria and Europe and developing the future 
 

Innovation is our top priority and so are our employees. We are a family-friendly company and support the compatibility of work and family as much as possible. That is why we have been awarded the Work and Family Certificate until 2026. But we are constantly working on new measures to offer our employees an environment where they feel good, healthy and motivated.

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