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JOB SUMMARY:

Senior Firmware Engineer

Meet has recently partnered with a growing Medical Device company developing innovative diagnostic and therapy solutions for sleep apnea disorders and cardiovascular conditions. The company is building out the Product Development Engineering team based in their new Redwood City, CA office. The team is designing and prototyping a next generation digital health device for FDA approval. They are looking to hire a Senior Firmware Engineer to develop, test, and support embedded systems for real-time data collection. The Firmware Engineer for this role must have full product development life cycle experience in the Medical Device industry. The hire will get exposure to all aspects of the business and have a chance to leverage the benefits of a small, cohesive, cross-functional team.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Design and implement real-time embedded data collection systems for physiological signal processing
• Design and implement embedded systems to interface with a central Cloud Infrastructure
• Select, bring-up, and benchmark new IC's/technologies that can benefit their product offerings (e.g. sensors, MPUs, memory, wireless capabilities, etc...)
• Design and implement prototype systems for the R&D group
• Implement algorithms in C/C++ (compression, encryption, general signal processing)
• Optimize/Productize firmware for commercial deployment
• Maintain existing firmware libraries (and tests) for their hardware platforms

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science/Engineering
• Minimum 8 years of experience operating in a small team working with embedded systems (start-up or research team)
• Significant experience (3 or more years) in embedded C environment and deep understanding of limitations of embedded systems
• Demonstrated ability to develop reusable firmware code and provide examples of when code was reused, can describe best practices of firmware development that lead to stable and reusable code
• Evaluated a new MPU, IC or sensor, clearly defined requirements for selection by communicating with product or technical owners, and contributed to decision making when selecting components of a HW product
• Experience designing and implementing firmware for real-time, embedded, data collection systems
• Experience implementing custom drivers for: sensors/actuators, DACs, ADCs, ASICs etc...
• Demonstrated experience taking firmware code through different stages of the product life cycle
• Fluent in C/C++, Real-time OS, and Version Control (Git, svn, etc.)
• Experience with computer architectures and knowledge of signal processing
• Experience with SPI, I2C, USB
• Experience with repeated ownership for developing and validating a firmware module written in C a plus.