Senior Mechatronics Engineer — Abbott
CHF 101'500 - 154'000
Abbott · Zurich (ZH)
- Location
- Zurich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 43 days ago
SalaryCHF 101'500 - 154'000
Role overview
Thoratec Switzerland GmbH is part of the medical device division of Abbott Laboratories , a fortune 500 company with over 115’000 employees worldwide.
We are the global market leader for implantable and extracorporeal blood pumps based on magnetic levitation technology.
Our life-saving systems, which we develop and manufacture in Zurich, are used for advanced heart failure patients needing short- or long-term circulatory support.
- Thoratec Switzerland GmbH is part of the medical device division of Abbott Laboratories , a fortune 500 company with over 115’000 employees worldwide.
- We are the global market leader for implantable and extracorporeal blood pumps based on magnetic levitation technology.
- Main Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize electromagnetic motors for implantable and extracorporeal blood pump medical devices; experience with magnetically levitated systems is a strong plus.
Main responsibilities
- Main Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize electromagnetic motors for implantable and extracorporeal blood pump medical devices; experience with magnetically levitated systems is a strong plus.
- Develop and evaluate motor concepts and topologies, balancing performance, controllability, size constraints, manufacturability, and long-term reliability.
- Perform electromagnetic and thermo-magnetic analyses, including FEM-based simulations, to optimize torque, efficiency, losses, thermal performance, and stray magnetic fields.
- Model and optimize key loss mechanisms (copper, iron, eddy current, and control-related losses), and conduct system-level efficiency and thermal trade-off studies.
- Translate analytical and simulation results into concrete design improvements and correlate predictions with experimental and prototype test data.
- Develop and analyze motor control strategies (current, speed, torque, and position control) to ensure stable and precise pump operation.
- Collaborate closely with power electronics and firmware teams to integrate motor drives, sensing, and feedback systems.
- Support system integration, test definition, characterization testing, and root-cause analysis across motor, electronics, and control domains.
- Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturing partners on motor components and build processes.
Additional details
- Proficiency with modeling and analysis tools (e.g., MATLAB/Simulink, electromagnetic simulation software).
