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About the Role

As a Senior Firmware Engineer, you will develop high-quality, robust, scalable, and testable firmware for Echo's medical devices. You will play a substantial role in delivering Echo's first BCI device and participate in firmware, software, and electronics decision-making. Your involvement will span the device's full life cycle, from requirements gathering to firmware development and validation.

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

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• 7+ 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

• Expert proficiency in C and Python
• Firmware development experience for IoT devices running on ARM Cortex-M processors
• Experience 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

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior
• 7+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including stock options
• Comprehensive benefits package
• 401(k) program with matching contributions

About the Company

• 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.
• 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.

Equal Opportunity

• Echo Neurotechnologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.