Senior Electrical Verification Engineer — Medical Devices

Epia Neuro; Alameda (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary with equity

100% healthcare coverage for you and/​

Generous vacation policy

Paid parental leave

On-site waterfront Alameda office

Job summary

Epia Neuro is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead verification for implantable and external neurotechnology systems. The role encompasses design verification, test hardware development, and laboratory characterization, collaborating with Hardware, Firmware, and Regulatory teams from prototype through production.

You will develop verification plans, test methods, and custom fixtures, applying FDA Design Controls/ISO 13485 practices while mentoring junior engineers. Alameda, CA HQ onsite.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5–8 years of relevant experience developing electronic systems.
• Strong understanding of analog, digital, and mixed-signal electronics.
• Hands-on experience debugging electronic hardware in a laboratory environment.
• Experience developing verification protocols, reports, and electrical test methods.
• Experience designing custom test fixtures, interface boards, or test PCBAs.
• Proficiency using Altium Designer (or equivalent).
• Experience using laboratory instrumentation including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, digital multimeters, programmable power supplies, and electronic loads.
• Experience developing products under FDA Design Controls and ISO 13485, or experience working within other regulated engineering environments.
• Experience using Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or similar tools for test automation or data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop verification plans, protocols, acceptance criteria, reports, and traceability documentation.
• Develop electrical test methods consistent with applicable medical device standards.
• Execute electrical verification testing, including functional, performance, environmental, reliability, and safety testing.
• Analyze verification data, identify failure modes, and recommend design improvements.
• Investigate failures, perform root cause analysis, and support corrective design actions.
• Support design validation activities and regulatory submissions.
• Design and develop custom electrical test fixtures, interface boards, breakout boards, and test PCBAs to support verification activities.
• Build, assemble, and debug prototype test hardware.
• Develop electrical test systems that improve the efficiency, repeatability, and reliability of verification testing.
• Support automation of electrical testing through scripting and software tools where appropriate.
• Perform hands-on electrical testing using laboratory equipment including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, digital multimeters, programmable power supplies, source measure units, function generators, data acquisition systems, and environmental chambers.
• Build, assemble, and troubleshoot prototype hardware and test systems.
• Debug mixed-signal electronic systems and investigate hardware failures identified during verification testing.
• Document test results and communicate findings to cross-functional teams.
• Support prototype builds, engineering evaluations, and product characterization throughout the development lifecycle.
• Work closely with Hardware Engineering to improve product performance, manufacturability, and reliability based on verification findings.
• Support electrical characterization of new product designs throughout prototype development.

Skills

Analog/Digital/Mixed-signal

Hardware debugging

Verification protocols

Test fixtures/PCBAs

Altium Designer

Python/MATLAB/LabVIEW

FDA Design Controls/ISO 13485

Embedded systems protocols (SPI/I2C/U0

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

LabVIEW

TestStand

National Instruments hardware

Job description

Epia Neuro is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead verification for implantable and external neurotechnology systems. The role encompasses design verification, test hardware development, and laboratory characterization, collaborating with Hardware, Firmware, and Regulatory teams from prototype through production.

You will develop verification plans, test methods, and custom fixtures, applying FDA Design Controls/ISO 13485 practices while mentoring junior engineers. Alameda, CA HQ onsite.