Daily Activities and Experience

• Develop firmware for embedded systems in C++ from scratch, implementing OTA (Over-the-Air) updates and bootloaders for dual-core chips using EtherCAT as the communication medium, leveraging Beckhoff slave stack and Acontis master stack.
• Design and implement health monitoring systems for embedded devices and motors, ensuring robust diagnostics and performance tracking.
• Collaborate on embedded GUI development using the TouchGFX framework to create intuitive interfaces for real-time control and monitoring.
• Work on MQTT-based communication for control, monitoring, and logging, enabling seamless data exchange in IoT systems.
• Utilize TwinCAT for PLC programming, integrating devices such as cameras, LiDAR, winches, and lights on robotic platforms.
• Engage in schematics design, sensors integration, and firmware unit testing on microcontroller platforms (PIC, ARM).
• Contribute to desktop application development in C# for production test systems and assist with debugging and optimization tasks.
• Participate in cross-functional collaboration with teams across software, hardware, and system integration domains to deliver fully-functional embedded solutions.

TwinCAT architecture, TwinCAT XAE (Engineering) and XAR (Runtime), TwinCAT Class Wizard, creating and debugging examples, TwinCAT TMC editor, consolidation of above topics using practical examples

Introduction to TwinCAT eXtended Automation Technology (XAT), IEC 6 1131-3 programming, hardware configuration, Basics of ADS Communication

Hardware Design (EtherCAT Slave Controller, Process Data Interface), EtherCAT Master (TwinCAT incl. Real-time driver for EtherCAT), EtherCAT Slave (Digital I/O device - Configuration and Testing with Slave Evaluation Kit), EtherCAT Slave Stack Code (Structure, Protocol Handling, Compilation and Debugging), Network Monitoring (Communication and Protocol Analysis), Conformance Test Tool (Handling and Analysis), EtherCAT Slave Information (ESI) file

Building a unit test environment, creating test cases, code coverage, test reports, regression testing, user code, working with Stubs, testing c++ classes

Understanding medical device standards, defining medical device boundaries, risk assessment, sw development planning, change management, problem resolution, sw development (requirements, design, verification, validation, releases), post market activities

Risk Management (types and relationship with EU MDR and standards), ISO14971 clauses (planning, risk analysis, risk control, review), risk management approaches (Black box-white box, PHA, FTA, FMEA, Linking between FMEA and SRA)

Education