Senior Firmware Quality Engineer, Precision Neuroscience
$160-180k
More information about location
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
Building powerful, minimally invasive brain implants
Open for applications
Building powerful, minimally invasive brain implants
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$160-180k
More information about location
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To provide breakthrough treatments for the one billion patients worldwide suffering from neurological illnesses.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or related field
- 3+ years of experience in firmware/embedded software testing
- Experience in medical device development or other regulated industry (FDA, ISO 13485)
- Working knowledge of IEC 62304, ISO 14971, ISO 13485 and FDA and EU guidance and regulations related to medical device software
- Demonstrated scripting ability in Python
- Familiarity with embedded C/C++, real-time operating systems, and hardware-software integration
- Proficient with test tools and frameworks (e.g., Python, CUnit, Jenkins, Jira, TestRail)
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills
Desirable
- Experience with automated testing for embedded systems
- Knowledge of risk management per ISO 14971
- Familiarity with cybersecurity and software updates in connected medical devices
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Firmware Quality Engineer to help build and test the embedded software that makes our BCI technology possible
- In this role you will collaborate cross-functionally with multiple high performing groups of team members that are experienced with working on complex and exciting projects within the medical device and brain-computer interface fields
- Facilitates and completes design control tasks in collaboration with the Firmware Engineering Team
- Participate in regular Scrum events such as sprint planning, review, and retrospective
- Collaborates with software developers, hardware engineers and regulatory affairs to create integration tests for new features
- Develop, review, and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts for embedded firmware used in or as medical devices
- Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, and requirements analysis to ensure testability and compliance
- Applies and adheres to IEC 62304/FDA guidance in developing firmware integration protocols/reports
- Use lab equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, simulators) to test and debug embedded systems
- Generates and maintains Quality documentation associated with software/firmware engineering
- Completes software level-debug of software components/hardware
- Assists in troubleshooting software problems
- Documents and communicates test results, and track software bugs and their resolution
- Safety is at the heart of our ethos at Precision - and it is for you too. Candidates for this role must have a strong background in software testing; you will be helping build infrastructure for automated system verification
Our take
Precision Neuroscience is finding new, practical ways of improving the lives of those who are suffering from neurological conditions.
The Layer 7 Cortical Interface is an implant that’s 1/5th the thickness of a human hair and can be fitted onto the human brain without damaging it. Through minimally invasive micro-slit surgery, the brain implant can process data and aims to move brain-computer interfaces (BCI) technology from small-scale research into a new era of worldwide usage.
The long-term goal of the Layer 7 Cortical Interface is to allow customers to interact with people and the world via digital means. Whilst the market is blooming with new companies exploring the possibilities of BCI technology, Precision has an advantage in that its solution requires minimal surgery and is reversible, meaning that it has wider implications than just neurological disorders.
Work is ongoing but with substantial funding behind it, Precision is using its investment to ramp up product development and FDA regulatory review as well as expanding its team.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
68% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2024
$102m
SERIES C
Nov 2024
$93m
LATE VC
Total funding: $249m
Company HQ
Kips Bay, New York, NY
Leadership
Michael Mager
(CEO & Co-Founder)Currently Co-Chairman at Assembly Software and Partner at Ridge Road Partners, Board Member at Supply Finance.
Mark Hettick
(Vice President of Engineering - Microfabrication)Previously Process Engineer at Neuralink, Lead Safety Coordinator at Berkeley Labs and Research Assistant at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis.
Benjamin Rapoport
(Chief Science Officer & Co-Founder)Previously Scientific Director of the BioDesign Program at Mount Sinai Health Systems. Previously Neurosurgery Residency at Weill Cornell Medicine and Founding Member at Neuralink.
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