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About the Role

As a 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, participating in firmware, software, and electronics decision-making. Your involvement will span the device's full life cycle, from requirements gathering to firmware development, testing, verification, 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
3+ 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

3+ 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.