Hardware Product Owner & Development Engineer

Background:

We are seeking a versatile Product Owner & Hardware Development Engineer to join our multi-disciplinary (mechanical, electronics and firmware design) laboratory instrumentation team in a dual-function role. You will split your time between hands-on hardware development (electronics or mechanical engineering) and driving the team’s agile delivery according to the Scrum/Kanban approach (part of the SAFe framework). In the PO capacity, you will partner closely with Product Management to translate the overarching Product Vision into an actionable, high-quality Team Backlog. Your core responsibility will be Backlog Refinement, skillfully breaking down complex Features into granular, well-defined User Stories. You will own tactical prioritization to ensure the team consistently meets its Iteration Goals. Leveraging your strong technical background, you will actively collaborate with engineers to prioritize technical debt and architectural enablers. Crucially, you will act as the primary, transparent interface managing communication between the development team and external stakeholders.

As a hardware development engineer, you will dedicate part of your time to translate technical requirements into robust electronic designs while carefully considering costs, reliability, tolerances, and serviceability. You will design functional electronic/mechanical architectures and ensure all system interfaces are properly defined and integrated. You will work closely with different disciplines

(firmware, software, test, electronics and mechanical engineering) to execute instrument integration tests. You will author, review, and maintain comprehensive technical documentation to ensure full compliance with internal processes and medical device regulations.

Collaborating across boundaries, you will participate in technical reviews with stakeholders from R&D, Operations, and Customer Support, while also managing technical communication with external suppliers.

The Perfect Candidate is a senior electronics or mechanical engineer with product development management experience within the medical device industry.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Product ownership within Scrum/Kanban frameworks in SAFe
• Mechanical or electronics development
• Technical documentation
• Integration testing and issue analyses in interdisciplinary teams

Must Haves:

• A degree in a related field, Fachhochschule is a minimum requirement
• Min. 5 years in hands-on hardware development and experience in cross-functional teams (firmware/software/mechanical & electrical engineering)
• Good social skills to work in a small, interdisciplinary team
• Mechanical/electronics design tool skills
• Fluent in English and German

Nice to Haves:

• Product development management / product ownership
• Strong experience in PCB schematics design or mechanical design
• IT/ Tool-Kenntnisse: Siemens Xpedition/Solidworks/Catia/Azure DevOps
• Experience in motor control applications and instrument workflows
• SAFe framework

Reference Nr.: 925009
Rolle: Hardware Product Owner & Development Engineer
Industrie: Pharma

Location: Rotkreuz
Pensum: 100%

Start: ASAP (01.10.2026)
Duration: 31.12.2029

Deadline: 16/06/2026

If this position has piqued your interest, please send us your complete resume. If this position does not quite match your profile and you would like to receive other positions directly, you can also send us your resume via this ad or to jobs[at]itcag[dot]com.

Contact us for more information about our company, our positions, or our attractive payroll-only program: +41 41 760 77 01.

About us:

ITech Consult is an ISO 9001:2015-certified Swiss company with offices in Germany and Ireland. ITech Consult specializes in placing highly qualified candidates for temporary staffing in the fields of IT, life sciences, and engineering. We offer temporary staffing and payroll services. This is free of charge for our candidates, and we do not charge any additional fees for payroll services.