Lead Wearable Neurotech Electrical Engineer (On-site NYC)

OpenBCI, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Health insurance

Stock options

Paid time off

Loft workspace

Job summary

OpenBCI, Inc. is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the electrical design of our hardware from concept through production. You will bring high-precision wearable devices to market for consumer, research, and medical use.

Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY (on-site 4 days/week, 10 am - 6 pm). Responsibilities include architecture, PCB, bring-up, verification, and manufacturability efforts, with a focus on regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in hardware product development with at least one product moved to high-volume production.
• Strong low-noise analog and mixed-signal design experience for wearables or medical devices.
• Biopotential signal acquisition experience (EEG preferred) and artifact minimization.
• Experience defining power, data, and interface architectures across a full system.
• Regulatory/compliance familiarity: IEC 60601-1/2, ISO 14971, ISO 13485.
• Experience with FCC/CE certification, EMC/ESD testing, and pre-compliance work.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical engineering from concept to production, including architecture, schematics, PCB, prototyping, bring-up, and transfer to manufacturing.
• Develop non-invasive neurotechnology for consumer, research, and medical markets with a focus on cost and reliability.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, industrial design, and research to define hardware requirements and roadmap.
• Design wearables with regulatory compliance in mind, including body-worn wireless, battery safety, and design controls.
• Own design verification: test strategy, experiments, data analysis, documentation linking performance to requirements.
• Lead sustaining engineering, root-cause analysis, and design revisions to improve signal quality and yield.
• Manage schedules, vendors, and contract manufacturers; coordinate cross-functionally.

Skills

Low-noise analog

Mixed-signal design

EE product development

PCB layout

RF / wireless

Medical device regs

System architecture

Signal integrity

Biopotential sensing

Tools

Altium

KiCad

MATLAB

Python

LabVIEW

Job description

OpenBCI, Inc. is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the electrical design of our hardware from concept through production. You will bring high-precision wearable devices to market for consumer, research, and medical use.

Location: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY (on-site 4 days/week, 10 am - 6 pm). Responsibilities include architecture, PCB, bring-up, verification, and manufacturability efforts, with a focus on regulatory compliance.