WS Audiology

Formed in 2019 through the merger of Sivantos and Widex, WS Audiology combines over 140 years of experience in pioneering better solutions to help people with hearing loss. With a passion for impact, our 12.000 employees are committed to achieving our purpose: wonderful sound for all. 

With brands like Signia, Widex, Audio Service, Rexton and Vibe, and with diverse assets across wholesale retail, online, managed care and diagnostic solutions, we are active in over 125 markets. Going beyond together, we achieve annual revenues of around EUR 2 billion.

As a global leader, our ambition is to unlock human potential by making wonderful sound part of everyone’s life.

Learn about us on www.wsa.com and take a look at why you will love working here:

The Team

The eSW team is responsible for the software infrastructure of the hearing aid and for the streaming to external devices, e.g. iPhone and Android phones. eSW is working in a scaled agile development environment with scrum teams across multiple international sites and we are using contemporary technologies, including C/C++/Python and we have a DevOps culture in the DNA of our teams.

The Role

Become part of our team as Developer (m/f/d) Embedded Software in Erlangen and join our Embedded Software development team, working on our hearing instrument firmware. We are more than 30 people including eSW developers, architects, requirement engineers and project managers, organized in SCRUM teams.

We develop under challenging, but exciting conditions. Our system is tiny, has strict battery constraints, as well as resource limitations. On the other hand, the feature set and system complexity are steadily growing.

You will report to our Team Lead eSW

In this role you will have the following responsibilities:

• Embedded software development on ultra-low power custom SoCs in an agile team
• Implementation, integration, and maintenance of multi-processor hearing instrument applications
• Cycle, power, and size optimization of new and existing source code
• Close collaboration with interdisciplinary platform development team (ASIC, Signal Processing, System Engineering)
• Implementation and maintenance of testing and debugging tools
• Contribution to the development of medical devices, according to relevant quality standards e.g. IEC 62304

Requirements

• Professional experience in embedded software development, ideally in an agile environment
• Master/Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical/electronic engineering, medical engineering, or any other relevant discipline
• Structured working, analytical thinking, and good problem-solving skills
• Good understanding of test-driven development and object-oriented programming
• Deep knowledge of C/C++ usage on tightly resource limited targets
• Good knowledge of DSPs, and ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers
• Good knowledge of Real-Time Operating Systems
• Good knowledge of Bluetooth technology
• Experience in Bluetooth air tracing/sniffing would be an added advantage
• Experience in Python would be an added advantage
• Open minded for new topics and working in an international team
• Good writing and speaking skills in English and German

Our corporate language is English, so you need to be confident in English, both verbally and in writing.

What we offer 

We are driven by innovation and development so working with us is a constant learning curve. You will be located in our site in Erlangen, Germany with dynamic and progressive colleagues, who are highly skilled and empathetic.

We offer flexible working times & opportunities for working from home. You can always get free coffee at the office. We are part of the IG Metall tariff agreement offering attractive compensation and futher benefits like contributions to the company pension plan or child-care.

Join WS Audiology

If this opportunity sounds interesting to you, please submit your application stating your earliest starting date and your salary expectations and we will get back to you as soon as possible.