Senior Firmware Engineer – Wearables (On‑Site • West Lafayette, IN • Relocation From Bay Area)

Ixana; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 405,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Immigration assistance

Equity opportunity

401(k) + match

Medical/dental/vision

Job summary

Ixana in the San Francisco Bay Area is hiring senior firmware engineers to build the next generation Wi‑R transceivers and SoCs on Cortex‑M and RISC‑V MCUs. You will own bare‑metal bring‑up, real‑time drivers, and architect for power, sensors and communication interfaces while shipping a reference firmware SDK used by Tier‑1 brands.

The role requires 5+ years in wearables/IoT firmware, a track record of squeezing microwatts from MCUs, and comfort with leading code reviews, tool‑chain decisions,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production firmware experience for wearables, medical or IoT hardware.
• Proven track record squeezing microwatts out of Cortex‑M or other MCU.
• Comfortable leading code reviews, tool‑chain decisions and mentoring junior talent.
• Bonus: RTOS, BLE stack surgery, PCB layout literacy or neural/biometric sensing.

Responsibilities

• Bare-metal bring‑up of next‑gen Wi‑R transceivers and SoCs on Cortex‑M / RISC‑V MCUs.
• Real‑time drivers & architecture for I2C, SPI, BLE, DMA, sensors and power domains.
• Ship a reference firmware SDK that Tier‑1 consumer brands will use.

Skills

Bare-metal bring-up

Real-time drivers

Code reviews

Mentoring junior talent

Tool-chain decisions

Tools

RTOS

BLE stack

PCB layout literacy

Job description

We provide relocation packages and visa transfers (if required) for engineers currently in the San Francisco Bay Area and other U.S. hubs.

Why Ixana?

Bluetooth and Wi‑Fi were built for gadgets—Ixana’s Wi‑R™ is engineered for people.

Our brain‑inspired E‑field tech moves data around the body using 1/100 the energy of Bluetooth, enabling all‑day smart‑glasses, rings, neural & muscle sensors and more. Join a Purdue‑grown, venture‑backed team turning this breakthrough into the world’s first body-area-network platform.

Example: Send contact data with just a touch https://vimeo.com/ixana/pairing-contact-transfer

What You’ll Own

• Bare‑metal bring‑up of next‑gen Wi‑R transceivers and SoCs on Cortex‑M / RISC‑V MCUs.
• Real‑time drivers & architecture for I²C, SPI, BLE, DMA, sensors and power domains.
• Ship a reference firmware SDK that Tier‑1 consumer brands will use.

The Experience We’re After

• 5+ years building production firmware for wearables, medical or IoT hardware.
• Proven track record squeezing microwatts out of Cortex‑M or other MCU.
• Comfortable leading code reviews, tool‑chain decisions and mentoring junior talent.
• Bonus: RTOS, BLE stack surgery, PCB layout literacy or neural/biometric sensing.

Compensation Transparency

• Cost‑of‑living kicker: San Francisco is ≈ 170 % more expensive than West Lafayette; the same lifestyle would require ≈ $300 k – $405 k in the Bay Area BestPlaces (Including typical mortgage & tax costs)
• Without housing, $115 k – $150 k in West Lafayette buys the same lifestyle as roughly $230 k – $290 k in the Bay Area.
• Upside: early‑stage equity, 401(k) + match, medical/dental/vision, relocation assistance, immigration assistance.

Life at Ixana

60 person team, but relatively small firmware team Full in‑house labs (3‑D printing, RF, reflow) Direct access to founders Products in customers’ hands within months, not years.

Fast, Engineer‑Friendly Hiring

• Technical deep‑dive on code you’re proud of or coding challenge + technical screen
• Offer typically inside a week from the last interview.

Ready to build the firmware DNA of a new wireless era?

Ixana | Developing the future of high-speed brain-AI interaction