Embedded & Control Systems Engineer

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We are seeking a Staff Embedded & Control Systems Engineer to design and develop embedded software and control systems for medical devices. In this role, you will contribute to real-time embedded software and control algorithms for complex electromechanical systems, including sensors, actuators, motors, thermal systems, power systems, and multi-board electronics. You will work across hardware, firmware, and system integration layers to help deliver safe, reliable, high-performance solutions in a regulated medical device environment.

• Design and develop embedded control systems for electromechanical medical devices.
• Develop and implement real-time control algorithms, including PID control, feedback loops, and state machines.
• Develop firmware for microcontrollers and embedded platforms using bare-metal or RTOS-based approaches.
• Implement communication interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, RS232, and board-to-board/module-level communication.
• Support hardware/software integration across multi-PCB architectures.
• Perform debugging and root cause analysis across hardware, firmware, and system-level interactions.
• Contribute to system-level design considerations, including signal flow, timing, control loops, power systems, fault handling, and safety protections.
• Support verification and validation activities, including unit, integration, and system-level testing.
• Create and maintain design documentation, including requirements, architecture, risk analysis, test protocols, and design history file deliverables.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners in R&D, Quality, Clinical, Marketing, Manufacturing, and Regulatory.
• Translate user, clinical, and product needs into system and control requirements.
• Support regulated software development activities in alignment with design controls, risk management, and applicable medical device standards.
• Design, develop, modify, evaluate, and verify software components for medical devices.
• Participate in code reviews using design principles, coding standards, and software best practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline required.
• 4+ years of experience developing embedded software for electromechanical systems required.
• Experience developing software in a regulated medical device environment, including hands‑on experience with IEC 62304 required.

• Strong experience with control systems, including PID control, system modeling, and tuning in real-world applications.
• Demonstrated experience performing multi-domain debugging across hardware, firmware, and system-level interactions.
• Experience working with power systems and safety considerations, including AC/DC systems, fault handling, and system-level protections.
• Experience with C/C++ for embedded systems.
• Experience with Python for testing, scripting, or automation.
• Experience with bare-metal firmware development and/or RTOS-based development.
• Experience with motor control, thermal regulation, sensor integration, actuator control, or power management.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and PCB designs.
• Experience with ADCs, DACs, amplifiers, sensor interfaces, load cells, pressure sensors, or capacitive sensing.
• Understanding of EMI/EMC considerations.
• Experience using debugging tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG/SWD debuggers.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, static/dynamic analysis tools, and requirements/traceability tools such as Jama.
• Experience with unit testing, integration testing, code reviews, software architecture, and safety-critical design principles.
• Experience with risk management practices, including ISO 14971.
• Familiarity with electrical safety standards such as IEC 60601.
• Ability to evaluate and balance engineering tradeoffs across performance, cost, and reliability.
• Experience contributing to design control documentation, verification testing, regulatory submissions, or audit support.
• Experience working on complex electromechanical medical devices.

$112,900 - $188,100 USD Annual

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