Senior Electrical Engineer

Curi Bio, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plan

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Curi Bio is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to own the electronics at the heart of our life-science platforms in Seattle. You will drive hardware and firmware from concept through production, collaborating with mechanical, bioengineers, and biologists in a startup setting.

The role demands leadership in hardware design, PCB development, mixed-signal circuits, and production readiness, with a path toward principal contributions and career growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of professional electrical engineering experience.
• Experience in development of medical devices and/or scientific instrumentation.
• Experience using CAD tools (e.g. Altium Designer) for schematic capture and multilayer PCB layout.
• Experience using circuit simulation tools (e.g. LTspice) for design verification.
• Experience in mixed-signal analog circuit design.
• Experience in digital, analog and DC power circuits design for manufacturing and assembly (DFM / DFA).
• Experience using standard test and measurement equipment, including oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, spectrum analyzers and data loggers.
• Deep understanding and experience with soldering, rework, assembly, and testing of PCBs.
• Must have experience moving a product from R&D to a stable release for production.
• Some code development and programming experience

Responsibilities

• Multidisciplinarian with hardware emphasis working with engineers and biologists to design products.
• Move a product from concept to production including prototyping, validation and testing.
• Lead architecture design discussions for hardware and firmware features.
• Develop, design, and support PCBs for instrumentation products.
• Firmware development and integration into instrument hardware.
• Set timelines and scopes with project managers to meet deadlines.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Hardware design leadership

Medical devices experience

Altium Designer

LTspice

Mixed-signal design

DC power circuits

PCB testing and debugging

R&D to production

Programming experience

Tools

Altium Designer

LTspice

Job description

Curi Bio is a Seattle-based developer of human stem cell-based platforms for drug discovery. By combining human stem cell models, tissue-specific biosystems, and AI/machine learning-based phenotypic screening, we help scientists build more mature and predictive iPSC-derived tissues, with a focus on cardiac, musculoskeletal, and neuromuscular models, closing the gap between preclinical data and human results.

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our growing engineering team and own the electronics at the heart of our platforms. This is a chance to shape technology that helps bring safer, more effective medicines to patients. We hire the world's best and brightest people who are passionate about leading-edge life science technologies.

Job Responsibilities

• Multidisciplinarian with a strong emphasis on hardware design who can work within a team of electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, bioengineers, and biologists to execute product designs in a startup environment where creative problem solving and speed are key
• Moving a product through its entire lifecycle from concept to production; including design, prototyping, validation, and testing
• Lead high-level architecture design discussions and lower-level implementation strategies of product features for hardware and firmware solutions
• Develop, design, and support printed circuit boards (PCBs) for our instrumentation products
• Firmware development and Integration into our instrument hardware
• Establish timelines and project scopes with project managers to meet deadlines and milestones
• Perform other job-related duties as required

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of professional electrical engineering experience, with a proven record of leading hardware designs
• Experience in the development of medical devices and/or scientific instrumentation
• Experience using CAD tools (e.g. Altium Designer) for schematic capture and multilayer PCB layout.
• Experience using circuit simulation tools (e.g. LTspice) for design verification
• Experience in mixed-signal analog circuit design
• Experience in digital, analog and DC power circuits design for manufacturing and assembly (DFM / DFA)
• Experience using standard test and measurement equipment, including oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, spectrum analyzers and data loggers
• Deep understanding and experience with soldering, rework, assembly, and testing of PCBs
• Must have experience moving a product from R&D to a stable release for production
• Some code development and programming experience

Pluses

• Experience in MCU systems (ARM and CORTEX), both in hardware design and code development for these systems.
• Working knowledge of C/C++ code development on various development platforms, including STM32Cube IDE
• Background in opto-electronics and digital-signal processing
• Embedded Linux experience
• IPC-A-610 certification
• 47 CFR Part 15 and CE compliance certification experience
• Full-Time Salary Range: $127k–$160k + benefits – actual pay will be determined based on education, certifications, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
• 401k plan
• Career advancement opportunities within Curi Bio

Questions

• Why do you want to work at Curi Bio? (2-3 sentences)
• Are you legally authorized to work in the United States? (Yes / No)
• Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B)? (Yes / No)
• This role is based in our downtown Seattle office and requires being primarily onsite.(flexible working hours and some remote work)Would you be able to meet this requirement? (relocation support is available) (Yes / No)