Firmware Engineer
Company Overview
Echo Neurotechnologies is an exciting new startup in the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) space, driving innovation through advanced hardware engineering and AI solutions. Our mission is to deliver cutting-edge technologies that restore autonomy to people living with disabilities and improve their quality of life.
Team Culture
Join a small, dedicated team of knowledgeable and motivated professionals. Our early-stage environment offers the opportunity to take ownership of broad decisions with significant and long-lasting impact. We emphasize continuous learning and growth, fostering cross-functional collaboration where your contributions are vital to our success.
Position Overview
As a Firmware Engineer, you will be responsible for developing high quality, robust, scalable and testable firmware that runs on Echo’s medical devices. You will play a substantial role in a cross-functional effort to deliver Echo’s first BCI device. You will participate in decision-making processes related to firmware, software, and electronics. You will be involved with the device’s full life cycle development, from gathering product requirements and design inputs, to developing the firmware that meets those needs, and to enabling testing, verification and validation of that firmware.
Key Responsibilities
Collect product requirements and design inputs from various teams, and translate them to firmware needs
Develop firmware (and accompanying software) that meets product requirements and complies with FDA development standards
Collaborate with electrical, hardware, and software engineers in creating sophisticated medical devices
Design and implement firmware testing plans for verification/validation purposes
Create documents describing firmware architectures
Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
5+ years of experience developing firmware, having participated in a full product development life cycle: proof-of-concept (including working with evaluation boards/dev kits), firmware architecture design and implementation, production release, product support
Knowledge of medical device development processes, including design controls, risk management, and regulatory compliance for medical devices
Experience in establishing work relationships across multi-disciplinary teams and with partners in different time zones, building trust and demonstrating critical thinking and thought leadership
Familiarity with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and quality systems relevant to software, such as ISO 62304 and FDA regulations
Skills and Abilities
Expert proficiency in C and Python
Firmware development experience for IoT devices running on ARM Cortex-M processors
Worked with known microcontroller vendors such as STMicro, Nordic, and NXP
Understanding of firmware architectures (bare-metal and RTOS)
Test-driven development, scripts, automation, and CI/CD processes
Writing clean, well-documented code that follows coding guidelines
Experience with I2C, SPI, UART, and other popular communication protocols
Low power optimizations
Understanding of PCB schematics and writing firmware that meets electrical requirements
Hardware bring-up
Working with lab equipment such as DMMs, scopes, logic analyzers
Hardware/firmware/software debugging
Git for software version management
What We Offer
An opportunity to work on exciting, cutting-edge projects to transform patients’ lives in a highly collaborative work environment.
Competitive compensation, including stock options.
Comprehensive benefits package.
401(k) program with matching contributions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Echo Neurotechnologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Confidentiality
All applications will be treated confidentially. Applicants may be asked to sign an NDA after the initial stages of the interview process.