Aitor Morillo Rascon

Aitor Morillo Rascon is a professional with dual roles in industry and academia. He currently serves as Team Leader at Med-El, leading a 5-member team to develop a Vestibular Processor for US market approval. His work focuses on medical device hardware/firmware design, adhering to standards like Safety, EMC, and Software Lifecycle Management. Since 2024, he has been a Guest Lecturer at Management Center Innsbruck teaching usability and user experience. Earlier, he held teaching roles at UNED (2008-2010), instructing subjects like Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, and Informatics Engineering.

Education includes a Dipl.-Ing in Telecommunication (2001-2008) and an MSc in Advanced Electronic Systems (2008-2010) from the University of the Basque Country. Professional certifications include Signal Integrity training (Oxford University, 2023), Requirements Engineering (IREB, 2017), and Medical Device Project Management (Gantus, 2014).

Research interests span medical device development, FPGA-based system design, and usability engineering. His publications address topics like vestibular implant systems and fault-tolerant microprocessor architectures in FPGAs. Current projects include a first-in-human clinical trial for vestibular implants.