Electronics and Embedded Systems Engineer

London             ·            Full time / Part time

Electronics and embedded systems engineer

£60,000 + stock options, London

Full-time or Part-time

Keywords: electronics, firmware, Embedded C, FPGA, SystemVerilog, ADC, DAC, microcontrollers, system architecture, R&D

Company information

Cortirio’s mission is to save lives by developing low-cost, portable brain imaging. Cortirio are developing a low-cost, portable headset that enables brain imaging at the bedside or roadside. Our cutting edge technology uses infrared light to image blood at high resolution and automatically detect injuries.

There is currently no way to diagnose Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and stroke at the point of care and we are changing that through the use of our accessible, head worn device.

Medical imaging is typically non-portable and expensive, causing delays to treatment and costing lives. The problem is even more acute in low income countries: two-thirds of the world’s population lack access to basic medical imaging.

Role description

Hands on role, working in R&D within a cross-functional team of engineers, doctors and scientists, you will push the state of the art in lightweight, high-sensitivity electronics to produce life-saving products. We have proven the technology on the benchtop and are developing a prototype for clinical testing. This role will take the current prototype to the next step for commercialisation.

We are looking for multidisciplinary engineers who will design and build prototype electronics and firmware systems, including schematic capture and board bring-up. This is very much a role to make your own. We are working at the cutting edge, so you will have a wide scope to test your own ideas.

We like to think deeply about complex problems, and the effect any solution will have on other parts of the product and the team. Your role will include specifying requirements and options, rapidly iterating on potential solutions and thoroughly testing/debugging your trialled solutions. We’ll encourage you to innovate while giving you the support you need to do so.

Why join Cortirio?

We’re a small group of perpetual learners and innovators with a flat company structure looking for engineers who want to grow with us, take on responsibility and help create a technology that will make a difference. As an early stage startup, we wear many hats to get the job done. You’ll get an overview of all areas of the product, as we don’t work in silos.

We work on a hybrid model with most time weighted in our new office in London Bridge (given the hardware focussed nature of our work) and some home working. We have a flexible approach to onsite v remote working: sometimes the work is better done collaboratively in-person and other times when the scope of the work allows, we work from home. No hard and fast rules, we simply do the job from wherever the job will be done best.

We offer meaningful share options to all employees. Work life balance is important to us and we are dedicated to building a fantastic place to work. Other perks are 33 days holiday, as well flexible working arrangements and the option to do this role on a full-time or part-time basis.

If you want to work in a tight-knit team but have the autonomy to have a big impact on the product, the company and the world, we’d love to hear from you!

Required skills

• Experience developing sensor-based products in an R&D environment
• Embedded system architecture definition with board level high-speed IC interfacing
  • Reducing EM interference and crosstalk in an high precision analogue acquisition chain
  • Work with small signals (in the femto, pico and nano range) in a challenging signal-to-noise environment
  • Experience in dealing with high impedance sources, and noise and leakage reduction techniques
• Circuit design and simulation
• PCB assembly and troubleshooting
• Schematic capture and PCB layout
• First-off hardware bring-up, debugging, and characterisation
• Design and layout of high precision ADCs and DACs
• Managing sensor noise rejection, sensor calibration and drift compensation
• Data acquisition experience
• Signal processing and conditioning
• Signal analysis in an exploratory, investigatory R&D capacity
• Languages: Embedded C, python
• Version control

It would be helpful but but not essential if you have experience with some of the following

• Languages: SystemVerilog
• Development of embedded systems using FPGA and microcontrollers
• Digital signal processing experience with modulation/demodulation algorithms
• Biological or sensor signals
• Developing physics/mathematical models
• Developing medical products
• Version control using GIt

How to apply

Please email your CV to hiring@cortirio.com

The hiring process

• 45 minute video call with our Head of Talent to learn more about you, your aspirations and tell you more about the role
• 1 hour video call covering cultural fit and your technical experience
• 3 hour in-person interview on design thinking and practical skills
• Reference checks

We are happy to provide details of the interviews in advance to help you prepare as best as you can. If you require any adjustments at any stage of the interview process please let us know and we will be happy to assist.