Firmware Test Engineer

Team Culture

Join a small, dedicated team of knowledgeable and motivated professionals. Our early-stage environment offers the opportunity to take ownership of broad decisions with significant and long-lasting impact. We emphasize continuous learning and growth, fostering cross-functional collaboration where your contributions are vital to our success.

Position Overview

As a Firmware Test Engineer, you will be responsible for developing comprehensive test strategies, complex test setups, and automated validation frameworks for Echo's medical devices. You will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, safety, and performance of embedded systems by creating high-quality test infrastructures and collaborating closely with cross-functional engineering teams throughout the full product development life cycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand product requirements, design inputs, and system architectural needs, and translate them into firmware test needs
• Design and develop unit tests, integration tests, and system-level tests for a cutting-edge medical device
• Architect and execute verification and validation (V&V) processes
• Develop automated test scripts in Python for firmware and hardware validation
• Collaborate with electrical, hardware, and software engineers to ensure comprehensive test coverage
• Create documents describing test architectures and methodologies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or related field
• Deep understanding of medical device development processes, including V&V, design controls, risk management, and regulatory compliance
• 5+ years of experience in V&V execution, script-driven firmware testing, and automated test development
• Experience working across multi-disciplinary teams and time zones, demonstrating critical thinking and technical leadership

Required Skills

• Experience with design and implementation of test plans for verification and validation in compliance with FDA development standards
• Strong proficiency in Python
• Python-based automated test frameworks for embedded firmware
• Experience with HIL (hardware-in-loop) test setups and automation
• Experience with CI/CD processes for automation and version releases
• Linux-based testing rigs
• Proficiency with Git for software version control
• Hands-on experience with lab equipment such as DMMs, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers
• Strong debugging skills across hardware, firmware, and software layers

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with I2C, SPI, UART, and other communication protocols
• Ability to understand PCB schematics
• Experience with IoT devices

Salary $170,000—$200,000 USD

What We Offer

• An opportunity to work on exciting, cutting-edge projects to transform patients' lives in a highly collaborative work environment.
• Competitive compensation, including stock options.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• 401(k) program with matching contributions.