Senior Firmware Engineer

Product Development/Engineering            ·            San Francisco Bay Area (Hybrid)         ·          Full time

Senior Firmware Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area

Based in Mountain View, CA., NeuroPace is a commercial-stage medical device company focused on transforming the lives of people suffering from epilepsy by reducing or eliminating the occurrence of debilitating seizures. Its novel and differential RNS System is the first and only commercially available, brain-responsive platform that delivers personalized, real-time treatment at the seizure source.

At NeuroPace, employees are our greatest asset. We are continually searching for solution-oriented individuals who can bring energy and creativity to our growing workforce. At NeuroPace, our success depends upon our ability to recruit and retain the most talented, enthusiastic and dedicated people we can find and providing them with a dynamic and challenging environment in which to thrive.

We are currently seeking a Senior Firmware Engineer to join our Product Development team. This individual is responsible for designing, implementing, and verifying firmware functional blocks for the company’s Neurostimulator product. He/She will be working in multidisciplinary teams, interfacing with the electrical development and test groups and developing new product platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the design, implementation, verification, and validation of firmware architecture and functional blocks, researching, justifying, and applying technology to projects
• Provides valuable input when reviewing hardware block diagrams and hardware requirement specifications
• Designs for manufacturability and explicitly includes manufacturing processes when doing product design
• Expertly applies NeuroPace Quality systems, which are grounded in FDA GMPs and ISO 13485
• Proactively communicates impact of own work schedule on projects
• Excels as a team member, contributing to an efficient team environment. Begins mentoring junior employees

Requirements

• 5+ years firmware development experience

• • Undergraduate technical degree preferred
• Expert in understanding and interfacing with hardware
• Working experience with micro-controller (ARM) architectures in bare metal and/or RTOS environments, including Low Power SOC
• Working experience interfacing with I2C, SPI, Interrupts, GPIO, Clocks, FLASH, UART, and Bluetooth
• Expert at firmware development in ‘C’, assembly, and Python languages.
• Expert in use of industry standard debugging tools, including source level debuggers, in-circuit emulators (ICE), and logic analyzers
• Effectively considers audience when communicating
• Some firmware project management experience preferred

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Voluntary Life
• 401K
• RSU
• 529 plan
• ESPP Program
• Health & Wellness Program
• Generous Paid Time Off plus eleven paid holidays
• FSA & Commuter Benefits

$155K-$175K Base Compensation

NeuroPace is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values the contributions of our culturally diverse workforce.

San Francisco and Los Angeles applicants: The Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance or the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (as applicable)

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