Electrical Systems Engineer

Epia Neuro is a neural technology company developing intent-driven systems designed to restore function and independence for people living with neurological conditions. Its platform integrates implantable neural interfaces, adaptive algorithms, and assistive devices to translate neural intent into real-world action. The company’s initial focus is stroke-related motor impairment, with expansion in cognitive decline and other neurological disorders, focusing on long-term solutions for the growing aging population.

We’re looking for a Staff Electrical Systems Engineer to help take Epia’s neurotechnology from a functional research prototype into a robust, reliable, and manufacturable Class III medical device.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role at the intersection of hardware, firmware, and system integration. You’ll own significant electrical design decisions as we evolve our existing architecture, solve reliability and manufacturability challenges, and move the system through development, verification, and production.

You’ll report to the Director of Hardware Engineering and work closely across engineering and manufacturing to turn what we’ve proven in research into a product built for real-world use.

This role is based out of the San Francisco Bay Area and expected to work onsite from our Alameda headquarters five days a week.

• Own and evolve the electrical architecture across implantable and external systems.
• Design and develop PCBAs, including schematic capture, component selection, layout guidance, and board bring-up.
• Develop analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits, including MCU-based systems and communication interfaces.
• Drive design trade-offs across performance, power, reliability, manufacturability, and regulatory requirements.
• Translate product requirements into electrical systems specifications across power, communications, safety, and reliability.

• Develop embedded C/C++ for hardware bring-up, integration, and debugging, and use Python for test and analysis.
• Debug complex hardware/firmware interactions across subsystems.
• Define board- and system-level verification strategies, test plans, and automated validation approaches.
• Drive the transition from research hardware into reliable, manufacturable product hardware.
• Identify where existing designs need to be redesigned, hardened, or simplified as we move into product development.
• Lead design-for-manufacturability and reliability improvements as we move toward production-intent designs and builds.
• Ensure design decisions, verification, and documentation meet the rigor required of a Class III medical device.

• Own significant technical decisions within your scope and clearly communicate trade-offs across engineering and leadership.
• Partner closely with mechanical, firmware, software, test, quality, and manufacturing teams.
• Maintain critical design documentation, including schematics, BOMs, test plans, verification results, and design history file inputs.

• 8+ years of hands-on electrical hardware development, or 6+ years with a Master’s/PhD, with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience owning electrical architecture for a complex product through verification and production handoff.
• Strong analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design, including MCU-based systems, power architecture, and communication interfaces.
• Hands-on PCBA development, including schematic capture, component selection, layout collaboration, and signal/power integrity.
• Embedded C/C++ experience for hardware bring-up, integration, and debugging;
  Python for test automation and analysis.
• Strong…