Staff Electrical Systems Engineer — MedTech Hardware Lead

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

Onsite Alameda, CA office

Job summary

Epia Neuro in the San Francisco Bay Area seeks a Staff Electrical Systems Engineer to advance our neurotechnology from research to production Class III medical devices. This hands-on leadership role bridges hardware, firmware, and system integration, reporting to the Director of Hardware Engineering.

You will own electrical architecture, drive manufacturability, lead design-for-test and verification, and collaborate with mechanical, software, test, quality, and manufacturing teams to deliver a

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on electrical hardware development
• Experience owning electrical architecture through verification and production handoff
• Strong analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design including MCU-based systems
• Hands-on PCBA development including schematic capture, layout collaboration, and signal/power integrity
• Embedded C/C++ for hardware bring-up, integration, debugging; Python for test automation and analysis
• Experience in regulated design processes with requirements traceability, verification, and risk analysis
• Ability to drive technical decisions across disciplines and communicate trade-offs clearly

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the electrical architecture across implantable and external systems.
• Design and develop PCBAs, including schematic capture, component selection, layout guidance, and board bring-up.
• Develop analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits, including MCU-based systems and communication interfaces.
• Drive design trade-offs across performance, power, reliability, manufacturability, and regulatory requirements.
• Translate product requirements into electrical systems specifications across power, communications, safety, and reliability.
• Develop embedded C/C++ for hardware bring-up, integration, and debugging; Python for test and analysis.
• Debug complex hardware/firmware interactions across subsystems.
• Define board- and system-level verification strategies, test plans, and automated validation approaches.
• Drive the transition from research hardware into reliable, manufacturable product hardware.
• Identify where existing designs need to be redesigned, hardened, or simplified as we move into product development.
• Lead design-for-manufacturability and reliability improvements as we move toward production-intent designs and builds.
• Ensure design decisions, verification, and documentation meet the rigor required of a Class III medical device.
• Own significant technical decisions within your scope and clearly communicate trade-offs across engineering and leadership.
• Partner closely with mechanical, firmware, software, test, quality, and manufacturing teams.
• Maintain critical design documentation, including schematics, BOMs, test plans, verification results, and design history file inputs.

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Python for test/analysis

Hardware debugging

System integration

Communication across teams

Education

Bachelor's or higher in Electrical/Computer Engineering

MS/PhD preferred

Tools

Schematic capture

Lab equipment (oscilloscope, etc.)

PCB bring-up

Job description

Epia Neuro in the San Francisco Bay Area seeks a Staff Electrical Systems Engineer to advance our neurotechnology from research to production Class III medical devices. This hands-on leadership role bridges hardware, firmware, and system integration, reporting to the Director of Hardware Engineering.

You will own electrical architecture, drive manufacturability, lead design-for-test and verification, and collaborate with mechanical, software, test, quality, and manufacturing teams to deliver a