Senior Research Engineer, Neural Signals for CI

Sonova USA Inc.; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401k plan with company match

PTO and holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Hearing aid discount for employees and

Internal career growth opportunities

Job summary

Sonova USA Inc. in Valencia, CA, seeks a Senior Engineer, Research to advance in-situ neural measurement and brain health monitoring for cochlear implant systems.

The role combines electronics, embedded firmware, signal processing, and hardware design to support translational neuroscience and prototype development. Responsibilities cover architecture, real-time processing, and cross-functional collaboration with researchers, clinicians, and engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, or a related field required.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, or a related field preferred.
• 5+ years of direct work experience with a Bachelor's degree, or at least 3 years with a Master's degree, in systems engineering, embedded systems, or neural signal research.
• Experience with analog and digital circuits, embedded firmware, feasibility studies, prototype development, or medical device development.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to systems architecture for in-situ neural measurement capabilities within cochlear implant platforms.
• Design and implement real-time signal acquisition and processing algorithms on embedded CI platforms.
• Apply system-level knowledge across electronics, firmware, IC, RF, power, and hardware interfaces to develop research solutions.
• Execute feasibility studies for novel measurement modalities, including cortical evoked potentials, EEG measures, cognitive measures, and health biomarkers through CI telemetry.
• Develop research prototypes and support projects from concept through clinical validation.
• Collaborate with research scientists, engineers, academic partners, clinical collaborators, and cross-functional teams.
• Serve as a technical mentor to lower-level engineers by providing guidance, training, and knowledge transfer.

Skills

Systems thinking

Embedded systems

Neural signal research

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

LabVIEW

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, or related field

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, or related field

Tools

MATLAB

Python

LabVIEW

C/C++

Job description

Sonova USA Inc. in Valencia, CA, seeks a Senior Engineer, Research to advance in-situ neural measurement and brain health monitoring for cochlear implant systems.

The role combines electronics, embedded firmware, signal processing, and hardware design to support translational neuroscience and prototype development. Responsibilities cover architecture, real-time processing, and cross-functional collaboration with researchers, clinicians, and engineers.