Principal Electrical Engineer, Butterfly Network
$160k
+ Bonus and equity
2+ days a week in office (Burlington, MA)
Medical imaging company
Open for applications
Medical imaging company
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$160k
+ Bonus and equity
2+ days a week in office (Burlington, MA)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To democratize healthcare by making medical imaging accessible to everyone around the world.
Role
Who you are
- A minimum of a BS in Electrical Engineering or related technical disciplines, Master or Ph.D. degree preferred
- 10+ years of electrical system design / development for medical devices
- Expert-level knowledge of analog and digital circuit design, power management, and system integration for medical devices
- In-depth knowledge of and experience with medical device development across the entire product development lifecycle from concept to commercialization, Class II/III medical device experience under IEC 60601
- Extensive experience with schematic capture, PCB design and review, and design for manufacturability (DFM) and test (DFT)
- Strong understanding of electrical safety, EMC/EMI, signal integrity, power integrity, and reliability in medical environments
- Demonstrated experience working within design control and quality management systems
- Proven ability to provide technical leadership without direct authority and influence cross-functional teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation for regulatory submissions
- Experience working with global or cross-cultural engineering teams
What the job involves
- The Principal Electrical Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for developing Butterfly’s industry leading ultrasound products from concept to commercial launch and production scale-up
- Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, defining electrical architectures, defining component and system level requirements, setting engineering standards, and solving the most complex technical challenges across products and systems
- This role combines deep hands-on expertise with technical leadership, mentorship, regulatory rigor, and cross-functional influence
- The Principal Electrical Engineer operates with a high degree of autonomy and is recognized as a subject-matter expert within the organization
- As part of our team, your core responsibilities will be:
- Lead electrical architecture and design for medical devices across the full product lifecycle, from early feasibility and risk analysis through design transfer, manufacturing, and post-market support
- Investigate and resolve complex technical issues arising during development, verification, manufacturing, and field use
- Collaborate closely with mechanical, firmware, software, systems, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, and clinical teams
- Serve as the technical authority for critical design decisions, trade studies, and risk management activities
- Evaluate and introduce new technologies, components, and design methodologies to improve safety, reliability, and manufacturability
- Partner with contractors and external partners on development of novel medical and non-medical ultrasound based systems to be used in a variety of settings and industries
- Define and maintain electrical engineering standards, best practices, and design controls aligned with medical device quality systems
- Drive system-level requirements decomposition and ensure traceability between user needs, design inputs, and electrical design outputs
- Author, review, and approve schematics, PCB layouts, analyses, and verification/validation plans
- Ensure electrical designs comply with applicable medical device standards and regulations, including IEC 60601, ISO 14971, IEC 62304 (as applicable), FDA 21 CFR Part 820, and MDR/IVDR where relevant
- Lead and support electrical risk management activities, including hazard analysis, FMEA, and fault tree analysis
- Support supplier selection, component qualification, and technical audits for critical electrical components and subsystems
- Mentor and coach engineers on technical execution, design controls, and regulatory expectations
Our take
Ultrasound machines are invaluable tools for clinicians, but remain inaccessible to many. This is due to existing machines relying on quartz-powered transducers and other specialized components, resulting in them being very large and expensive. Butterfly Network builds inexpensive and compact ultrasound technology in order to increase access to clinics across the US.
The company's device is around the same size as an electric razor, a design made possible by storing the ultrasound technology on a chip as opposed to a semi-conductor. Whilst Butterfly Network has not innovated the ultrasound process itself, it has found a unique gap in the market with this approach.
In addition to the device, Butterfly Network supplies image interpretation for a monthly cost. It also operates ''Butterfly Garden'', where medical device companies, virtual care companies, and AI developers can access its software development kit. This enables new applications to be created that support the innovation of ultrasound technology.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2022
$5m
GRANT
Sep 2018
$250m
SERIES D
Total funding: $355m
Company benefits
- 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision (flexible buy-up plans with employee contributions)
- HSA for out-of-pocket expenses, plus other pre-tax savings like the Dependent Care Account (DCA)
- Life insurance and disability coverage for you and your family
- Pre-tax or post-tax 401(k) contributions (company match vests immediately)
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Recognition program and other rewards
- Parental leave and support for employees during pregnancy loss
- Flexible (reasonable) PTO, along with 10 US holidays observed each year
- Birthday PTO
- Hybrid work model for most positions
- Offices designed for collaboration, with comfortable workspaces, stocked kitchens, and opportunities to connect with peers
- Opportunity to build a revolutionary healthcare product and save millions of lives!
Company HQ
Burlington, MA
Leadership
Jonathan Rothberg
(Founder, Chair & Product Architect)They studied at Carnegie Mellon before a Ph.D. at Yale and founding CuraGen Corporation, 454 Life Sciences, Clarifi, and RainDance, and Ion Torrent. In January 2011 they used this medical and entrepreneurial experience to found Butterfly Network.
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