Sr. Embedded Systems Engineer

Pulse Biosciences (Nasdaq: PLSE): Join the Future of Bioelectric Medicine

Pulse Biosciences is a novel bioelectric medicine company committed to health innovation that has the potential to improve the quality of life for patients. The Company's proprietary CellFX nsPFA (nanosecond Pulsed Field Ablation) technology delivers nanosecond pulses of electrical energy to non-thermally ablate cells while sparing adjacent noncellular tissue.

The Company is actively pursuing the development of its CellFX nsPFA technology for use in the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation and percutaneously in a select few other markets where it could have a profound positive impact on healthcare for both patients and providers. Visit pulsebiosciences.com to learn more.

Why Join Us?

At Pulse Biosciences, we are driven by purpose and innovation.

• Our Mission: To build a viable Company that designs, produces, and commercializes nano-pulse technology to improve and extend the lives of patients. To solve the needs of patients, physicians, and healthcare providers with high quality and high reliability products and services, developed in accordance with rigorous scientific, engineering, and clinical standards. We exist to make a positive difference in the lives of patients, physicians, healthcare providers, shareholders and our Pulse Biosciences team members.
• Our Culture: A community of creative, forward-thinking individuals tackling challenges with ingenuity and collaboration.
• Our Commitment: Hiring the best and brightest minds to advance our world-class organization.

What You'll Experience:

• Culture and Purpose - Purposeful and rewarding work collaborating with bright and curious minds brings us together!
• Innovative Environment - An environment that fosters innovation to take products from concept to human use quickly!
• Growth Opportunities - Learning culture focusing on professional and personal growth and development that you can only get in a startup-like environment!
• Comprehensive Benefits - A variety of health insurance plans and supplemental insurance options, and 401k retirement savings plan.
• Ownership and Rewards - Stock options awards and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) to share in our success.
• Work-Life Balance - Enjoy paid time off, paid holidays, flexible work schedule and wellness program, including onsite gym and mindfulness classes.
• Diversity & Inclusion - A commitment to providing a respectful work environment to our diverse workforce.

About the Role

As the Senior Embedded Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for the design and development of bare-metal and RTOS-based embedded system software to generate, monitor, and control short-pulse, high-voltage (kV range) electric fields for medical applications. Responsibilities include taking concepts from early prototypes to volume production, contributing to software system architecture, working closely with a multi-disciplinary team for system integration, and performing HW, SW, and FW verification and validation. You will play a critical role in a startup environment with a small R&D team.

You'll Make an Impact By:

• Specifying, developing, and testing software applications for an exciting and novel medical device in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Hands-on hardware bring-up, system debugging, and code optimization and architecture.
• Meeting product requirements through analysis, implementation, and verification of hardware, firmware, and software design tradeoffs. Author associated protocols and reports.
• Delivering high-quality real-time C/C++ code for subsystems using QNX-based RTOS and bare metal-based Microchip dsPIC architectures.
• Designing and documenting the software architecture and firmware implementation on hardware through prototyping, integration, verification, and production phases.
• Reviewing security and authentication requirements for subsystems and accessories, selecting secure MCU and authentication chips, and implementing designs to ensure secure use and/or access.
• Helping define requirements for interfacing hardware components including RFID, thermal and optical sensors, and serial communication devices.
• Understanding the company's Quality Policy and Quality System requirements as related to product development.
• Assisting in the development of detailed software specifications and provide realistic time estimates for software development.
• Expanding knowledge of product domain, requirements, design, development, test, and release software processes, tools, methods, and coding best practices. A primary emphasis is on taking technical ownership of multiple components within a system.
• Ensuring proper software integration working in coordination with the team of engineers and quality analysts, to make sure that it passes and sustains all the validation standards including ISO/IEC-62304 and FDA regulations.
• Participating in cross-functional team efforts in the definition, integration, verification, and validation of products and sub-systems of moderate complexity.
• Identifying the root cause of moderate to complex software issues and some systems issues using appropriate debug and analysis tools.
• Escalating and articulating/summarizing encountered technical software issues to project leadership in a timely fashion.
• Mentoring and growing talent across engineering organizations.

To Excel, You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field required
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in embedded software development on resource-constrained platforms, particularly in the design and bring-up of bare-metal MCU-based systems.
• Extensive previous experience developing secure networked user-facing applications using C/C++/STL on BSD or Linux operating systems using x86 and Arm CPU platforms.

• Experience with software engineering concepts and the software development life cycle (requirements, design, implementation, test, support, and coding standards).
• Experience developing applications for safety-critical regulated industries (medical, industrial, automotive, aviation, etc.).
• Experience with small-footprint RTOSs, such as QNX, WindRiver, FreeRTOS, uC/OS-II/III, ThreadX, or mbedOS.
• Experience with secure MCUs, authentication chips and protocols, and design of FW for systems incorporating these devices.
• In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience using SPI, I2C, CAN, UART and other serial protocols at firmware and hardware levels.
• Experience with embedded test framework (Unit/system testing e.g. gtest/Parasoft).
• Experience with Linux, QNX, or similar OS.
• Experience with common scripting languages (Shell / Bash, Python, etc.).
• Medical device industry experience preferred.
• Knowledge of microcontroller architectures, and digital/analog circuit design, debugging, and testing.
• Ability to read hardware schematics and understand the implications for embedded firmware.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g. Git, TFS, Bitbucket).
• Familiarity with the test, and issue tracking (e.g. Jira).
• Good communication skills, including experience writing technical documentation.
• Exhibit a great attitude as a team player who excels in a demanding start-up environment.
• Must be comfortable wearing multiple hats when needed.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to learn and put into practice the good engineering development process, including FDA Guidance on Software Design and Development.
• Excellent oral written communication skills and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to work conscientiously and with minimal direction, using good judgment, taking initiative to accomplish short and long-range projects, and recommending actions with minimal direction.
• Ability to work as a team member, multi-task, and be very flexible to adapt to the ever-changing work priorities and requirements of a dynamic, fast-growing company.
• Ability to lift 10-15 pounds.

Ready to Shape the Future of Healthcare?

Apply today to join Pulse Biosciences and help us redefine the boundaries of medicine with bioelectric innovation. To learn more about us, visit our website at www.pulsebiosciences.com.

Pay Range:

Compensation is determined based on a wide range of factors including location, job-related skills, experience, education, and training. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role. This pay range is specific to Northern California location. Base salary range: $150K - $180K

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, age, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, religion, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. We will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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