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- Location Lausanne, Switzerland
Job Description
Your mission :
The Center for Artificial Muscles has been settled up in Microcity, the EPFL Microtechnology antenna in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. This Center, founded by the “Werner-Siemens Stiftung” is developing biocompatible soft artificial muscles for cardiac, urological and face reconstruction applications in order to become one of the key place in the next decade to propose a credible alternative to current cumbersome devices.
This multidisciplinary project requires knowledge in soft actuators, particularly in dielectric elastomer actuators (DEA), control and biomedical environment.
Main duties and responsibilities include :
- Support the development of high mechanical power soft actuators based on dielectric Elastomer Actuator (DEA).
- Design electromechanical tests benches (Hardware and software) for assessment of devices
- Design electronics to supply custom-made DEAs
- Participate actively to in-vivo preclinical tests
- Supervision of doctoral students and close collaboration medical team
- Will be in charge of Innosuisse projects
Your profile :
- PhD (passed after 2019) in microengineering, mechanics, electrical engineering or related fields
- Experience on biomedical innovative soft actuators (Dielectric Elastomer Actuator) is a must
- Strong experimental skills: prototyping, high-voltage & electronics design, test bench development and control
- Labview knowledge is mandatory
- Knowledge on FEM, CAD, Matlab and electrical modelling are a plus
- Motivation for multidisciplinary research and team projects
- Self-motivated, creative and enthusiastic
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English)
We offer :
- A fascinating environment mixing engineering and biomedical
- A young, dynamic and interdisciplinary team
- A collaboration with strategic external partners and advanced scientist
- Competitive salary in accordance to level of expertise
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