Senior Biomedical Systems Engineer: Real-Time Control & UI

e184; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Portland facility

Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k)

20 days PTO + 11 paid holidays

Job summary

e184 is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead the design and development of software systems that integrate and control experimental hardware for ex utero gestation. You will build intuitive interfaces unifying perfusion, imaging, environmental controls, and monitoring into a cohesive platform, with emphasis on reliability and safety.

You will own software development from interface design through system integration and deployment, collaborating with engineers, biologists, and hardware teams to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience spanning UI/UX, real-time systems, and/or controls engineering.
• Strong experience designing and implementing complex user interfaces for technical or scientific applications.
• Proficiency in modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, or similar).
• Experience interfacing software with hardware systems, sensors, or laboratory instrumentation.
• Experience designing systems for real-time monitoring or device control.
• Experience designing closed-loop or feedback control systems (e.g., PID, model-based, or adaptive control) for physical or biological processes.
• Experience designing data acquisition pipelines and database infrastructure for continuous sensor or time-series data.
• Strong understanding of software architecture and maintainable system design.
• Ability to independently drive software projects from concept through deployment.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills in interdisciplinary environments.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, iterative startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Design unified control interfaces for monitoring and control of perfusion, imaging, and environmental systems on-site and remotely.
• Integrate and automate experimental hardware, devices, and environmental controllers across the platform.
• Develop closed-loop perfusion control to regulate flow, pressure, oxygenation, and temperature.
• Develop real-time monitoring and data infrastructure with dashboards and data pipelines.
• Implement experiment automation and scheduling for reproducible system operation.
• Ensure system reliability and safety with fault detection and recovery mechanisms.
• Collaborate across disciplines to translate experimental needs into software architecture and contribute to code, docs, and testing practices.

Skills

UI/UX design

Real-time systems

Controls engineering

Frontend frameworks

Hardware interfacing

Data acquisition pipelines

Software architecture

Project delivery

Collaboration

Startup environment

Tools

React

Vue

MQTT

Serial/USB

TCP/IP

Job description

e184 is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead the design and development of software systems that integrate and control experimental hardware for ex utero gestation. You will build intuitive interfaces unifying perfusion, imaging, environmental controls, and monitoring into a cohesive platform, with emphasis on reliability and safety.

You will own software development from interface design through system integration and deployment, collaborating with engineers, biologists, and hardware teams to