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Its platform integrates implantable neural interfaces, adaptive algorithms, and assistive devices to translate neural intent into real-world action. The company’s initial focus is stroke-related motor impairment, with expansion in cognitive decline and other neurological disorders, focusing on long-term solutions for the growing aging population.\nThe Role\nWe’re looking for a Staff Electrical Systems Engineer to help take Epia’s neurotechnology from a functional research prototype into a robust, reliable, and manufacturable Class III medical device.\nThis is a hands-on technical leadership role at the intersection of hardware, firmware, and system integration. You’ll own significant electrical design decisions as we evolve our existing architecture, solve reliability and manufacturability challenges, and move the system through development, verification, and production.\nYou’ll report to the Director of Hardware Engineering and work closely across engineering and manufacturing to turn what we’ve proven in research into a product built for real-world use.\nLocation\nThis role is based out of the San Francisco Bay Area and expected to work onsite from our Alameda headquarters five days a week.\nWhat You’ll Do\nElectrical Systems & Hardware\nOwn and evolve the electrical architecture across implantable and external systems.\n\nDesign and develop PCBAs, including schematic capture, component selection, layout guidance, and board bring-up.\n\nDevelop analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits, including MCU-based systems and communication interfaces.\n\nDrive design trade-offs across performance, power, reliability, manufacturability, and regulatory requirements.\n\nTranslate product requirements into electrical systems specifications across power, communications, safety, and reliability.\n\nSystem Integration & Validation\nDevelop embedded C/C++ for hardware bring-up, integration, and debugging, and use Python for test and analysis.\n\nDebug complex hardware/firmware interactions across subsystems.\n\nDefine board- and system-level verification strategies, test plans, and automated validation approaches.\n\nPrototype → Product\nDrive the transition from research hardware into reliable, manufacturable product hardware.\n\nIdentify where existing designs need to be redesigned, hardened, or simplified as we move into product development.\n\nLead design-for-manufacturability and reliability improvements as we move toward production-intent designs and builds.\n\nEnsure design decisions, verification, and documentation meet the rigor required of a Class III medical device.\n\nTechnical Leadership\nOwn significant technical decisions within your scope and clearly communicate trade-offs across engineering and leadership.\n\nPartner closely with mechanical, firmware, software, test, quality, and manufacturing teams.\n\nMaintain critical design documentation, including schematics, BOMs, test plans, verification results, and design history file inputs.\n\nQualifications\n8+ years of hands-on electrical hardware development, or 6+ years with a Master’s/PhD, with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.\n\nExperience owning electrical architecture for a complex product through verification and production handoff.\n\nStrong analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design, including MCU-based systems, power architecture, and communication interfaces.\n\nHands-on PCBA development, including schematic capture, component selection, layout collaboration, and signal/power integrity.\n\nEmbedded C/C++ experience for hardware bring-up, integration, and debugging; Python for test automation and analysis.\n\nStrong hardware/firmware debugging skills using standard lab equipment.\n\nExperience working within a regulated design process, including requirements traceability, design verification, and risk analysis.\n\nAbility to drive technical decisions across disciplines and communicate trade-offs clearly.\n\nNice To Have\nClass II/III medical device experience, ideally with active implantables.\n\nFamiliarity with IEC 60601-1, ISO 14708, ISO 14971, and IEC 62304.\n\nUltra-low-power or wirelessly powered systems experience, including inductive power or low-power radios such as BLE.\n\nExperience with biopotential/neural signal acquisition, low-noise analog design, or stimulation circuitry.\n\nExperience scaling hardware from research prototypes to contract manufacturer builds.\n\nExperience building automated test and validation systems.\n\nPhysical Requirements\nAbility to work in lab environments, including bench testing and hardware debugging\n\nOccasional lifting of lab equipment and hardware prototypes\n\nHow We Work\nWe are intentional. We prioritize and are thoughtful about how we use others’ time.\n\nWe care for others. We prioritize safety both for patients and one another.\n\nWe own outcomes, not just tasks. Our work demands the highest standards because it impacts real patients and real lives.\n\nHumility is a strength. We are honest about what we know and what we don’t know. 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