Join our team as an Embedded Software Engineer

Sentec is a Swiss-American medical device company specializing in respiratory care. Since its founding in 1999 the company utilizes a deep-tech approach that is founded on advanced science and avant-garde technologies for respiratory patients across care areas.

The goal is to support enduring change in clinical practice that reduces challenges of respiratory patients, improves healthcare outcomes, and alleviates cost.

Sentec applies latest scientific results and engineering technologies across the three core platforms transcutaneous monitoring, intrapulmonary percussive ventilation and electrical impedance tomography. The company researches, develops and manufactures all products exclusively in-house.

Sentec earned Kununu’s Top Company award in 2025 and 2026.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain software components for Sentec's IPV and tCOM+ systems using C++, Qt, Yocto, ensuring high performance and reliability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define software requirements and system architecture.
• Refactor and optimize legacy codebases to improve maintainability and scalability.
• Contribute to technical documentation and regulatory compliance efforts.
• Contribute to a new connected data-management and remote-monitoring platform — acquisition of measurement data over serial, LAN and Wi-Fi, live vital-sign and alarm visualization, and graphical analysis — where experience with web service technologies (REST/WebSocket APIs, backend services, modern web front ends) is a welcome plus.

Requirements

• University degree in a technical/scientific field
• Minimum 3 years of experience in software development with C++ and C for embedded real-time systems.
• Familiarity with IEC62304 and medical device standards is an advantage.
• Strong English communication skills.

Benefits

• Meaningful activity on products that enable a personalized therapy for patients
• Flat hierarchy, short decision-making processes, interdisciplinary collaboration
• Opportunity to contribute and develop your skills in an agile company

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