FOR MORE THAN 80 YEARS, Natus has been committed to serving the varying needs of clinicians, delivering the highest-quality solutions to raise the standard of care for patients everywhere.
Our comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic sensory solutions are designed to simplify workflows for sensory specialists, ensuring care teams have the right instrumentation to give patients the right support — and greater peace of mind.
Location: Taastrup, Denmark
Work model: Primarily onsite, with the option to work from home one day per week
Why this role matters
You will play a key technical leadership role in the development, evolution, and long-term sustainability of our audiometer and audiology medical device portfolio. Working at the intersection of hardware, firmware, and system engineering, you will ensure robust, compliant, and high-quality medical devices that are used by clinicians worldwide.
In addition to new product development, this role has clear ownership of technical maintenance of existing devices, including troubleshooting complex issues and managing hardware obsolescence over the product lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
Hardware Architecture & Development
- Drive hardware architecture, design, and technical direction for audiometers and related medical devices.
- Design, review, and approve schematics, PCB layouts, and hardware subsystems from concept through production.
- Own hardware technical decisions across new product development (NPD) and sustaining activities.
- Lead design reviews and contribute to system-level trade-offs, risk assessments, and technical roadmaps.
Sustaining Engineering, Maintenance & Obsolescence
- Take technical ownership of existing and legacy audiometer platforms, ensuring continued reliability, manufacturability, and compliance.
- Investigate and resolve complex hardware issues arising from production, field use, or service, often spanning hardware and firmware domains.
- Lead or contribute to component and technology obsolescence management, including part replacements, redesigns, and impact analysis.
- Support lifecycle planning, including last-time buys, redesign strategies, and risk mitigation for aging hardware platforms.
- Collaborate with manufacturing, service, and quality teams to ensure efficient root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
Medical Device & Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure all hardware designs (new and sustaining) comply with applicable medical device standards and regulations (e.g. IEC 60601, EMC, safety, risk management).
- Actively support verification, validation, EMC testing, and regulatory submissions for both new and existing products.
- Apply Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Test (DFT), and Design for Reliability (DFR) principles throughout the product lifecycle.
Firmware Interface & System Debugging
- Work closely with firmware engineers to define, implement, and maintain robust HW–FW interfaces.
- Troubleshoot complex system-level issues involving hardware, firmware, and timing or signal integrity behavior.
- Perform hands-on debugging using lab equipment and firmware-level tools to identify root causes.
- Contribute to interface specifications, low-level requirements, and technical documentation.
Technical Leadership & Collaboration
- Act as technical lead and mentor for other hardware engineers within the team.
- Collaborate closely with firmware, software, mechanical, test, manufacturing, and quality teams.
- Review and approve technical documentation including requirements, architectures, test plans, and design descriptions.
- Proactively suggest and implement improvements to hardware development and sustaining processes.
Required Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, or a related field.
- Extensive experience (typically 8+ years) developing hardware for medical devices or other highly regulated products.
- Strong experience with audiometers or audiology-related medical devices is required.
Technical Skills
- Strong expertise in analog and digital electronics, including mixed-signal PCB-based systems.
- Proven experience working in regulated environments with long product lifecycles.
- Hands-on experience interfacing hardware with embedded firmware (MCUs, SoCs, peripherals).
- Strong troubleshooting skills across hardware, firmware, and system boundaries.
- Experience supporting EMC, safety, and verification testing for both new and existing products.
Ways of Working
- Comfortable working onsite in a lab-centric environment in Taastrup.
- Fluent in English (spoken and written); Danish is an advantage but not required.
- Structured, quality-focused, and able to balance innovation with long-term product stability.
Personal Attributes
- Hands-on, analytical, and comfortable owning complex technical problems end to end.
- Natural technical leader who enjoys mentoring and knowledge sharing.
- Pragmatic and solution-oriented, especially when dealing with legacy systems and constraints.
- Motivated by developing and sustaining medical technology that improves patients’ lives.
What We Offer
- A key technical leadership role across both new development and existing audiometer platforms.
- Close collaboration with experienced HW, FW, and system engineers in Taastrup.
- A lab-focused role with flexibility for one remote workday per week.
- The opportunity to influence architecture, quality, and lifecycle strategy for our audiology products.
Compensation and Benefits: Along with a competitive salary and pension scheme, we offer a convenient location with private parking lot, as well as close proximity to a bus stop or within biking distance to the train station. You can look forward to catered lunch in the company canteen, breakfast on Thursdays, friendly and talented colleagues, and continuous learning opportunities.
Join Natus Sensory today. Confidence in every Sense.
EEO Statement: Natus Medical is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.