Junior Electrical Engineer

About Vitestro

Founded in 2017 in Utrecht Vitestro is pioneering the future of blood collection with the Aletta Autonomous Robotic Phlebotomy Device (ARPD). This groundbreaking medical device combines advanced multi-modal imaging (near-infrared ultrasound and Doppler ultrasound) with robotics and AI to perform the entire diagnostic blood draw procedure autonomously.

By addressing critical healthcare staffing shortages and improving patient experience Vitestro is transforming one of the most common and essential medical procedures. With more than 90 team members and growing rapidly we are scaling our impact. As we placed our first devices with customers we are now expanding our team to ensure successful implementation and long-term reliability.

At Vitestro we are committed to continuous innovation and improvement.

Join us as our new Electrical Engineer!

About the role

We are looking for a junior electrical engineer to join us on this journey and help us build the electronics backbone of our device. You will work closely with our electrical systems engineer and freelance electrical engineers and collaborate cross-functionally with mechanical and software engineers.

We provide you with plenty of on-the-job learning experiences.

What you are going to do

• Build broad expertise across the devices electronic systems growing into an all-round electrical engineer.

• Contribute to the design development and validation of PCB test systems.

• Support production and customer-facing teams with electrical troubleshooting and improvements.

• Own cable harness documentation including updates and ongoing development.

• Execute electronics changes upgrades and optimizations in line with project needs.

What you bring:

• Degree in electrical engineering HBO starter or MBO ( MBO with at least 2 years of relevant work experience).

• Strong communication skills in English Dutch is a plus.

• Familiarity with basic electronics (LDOs switching regulators) and analog electronics (opamps transistors).

• Schematic design experience & PCB layout experience.

• Experience with Altium or comparable software.

• Familiarity with communication electronics (CAN Ethernet USB I2C SPI etc.).

• Affinity with highly-regulated medical device industry.

• Bench level (practical) electronics debug experience:
  Practical electronics trouble-shooting experience
  Familiarity with using electronics lab equipment ammeter voltmeter oscilloscope power supplies signal generators etc.
  Familiarity with selecting / ordering electronics components (resistors capacitors fuses ferrite beads) from Digikey Farnell etc.
  Familiarity with different PCB level component sizes (etc).

Nice to have:

• Schematic design experience & PCB layout experience.

• Experience with Altium.

• Experience with LTSpice for circuit simulations.

• EMC knowledge.

• Medical electronics regulation (IEC 60601) knowledge.

What we offer

• Competitive salary including pension plan.

• 25 days of annual leave based on a full-time position.

• Hybrid work model.

• Working together in a high-skilled team with our home base in Utrecht.

• Frequent out-of-work activities with our team and annual company weekend away.

• Annual training budget of 2000-

• Opportunity to be key shaper of a new global industry niche: autonomous medical robotics.

We offer an environment where you can make a lot of impact as you are joining a growing scale-up in MedTech. Our team of driven and talented colleagues enjoys solving the challenges in developing manufacturing and completing our breakthrough medical device. While working in an open culture we strive for excellence in all domains. We believe in taking courage and like to challenge each other. We learn and teach regardless of age nationality or gender.

For recruitment agencies we are currently happy with the way we manage our process and fill our vacancies with our own efforts. Thank you.