Firmware Engineer (San Francisco)

Job Description

Job Description

About Nudge

At Nudge, our mission is to develop the best technology for interfacing with the brain to improve people's lives. We're starting with an approach that we believe can help the most people the fastest, and also allow us to learn as much about the brain as possible : developing a non-invasive, ultrasound-based device that can stimulate and image the brain at high resolution and depth. This is a vertically integrated effort building cutting-edge hardware, software, and research capabilities to create products that can benefit millions and eventually billions of people.

Weve brought together a team of the best, who believe hard things are worth doing. To succeed, we need to assemble world-class teams across everything we do. We hire people who are exceptional at their craft, do the real work, and execute relentlessly people who expect the highest levels of both rigor and integrity from each other.

About the team

The engineering team at Nudge works at the intersection of neuroscience, software, machine learning, firmware, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and acoustics. Our team includes engineers who have led development of the surgical robot at Neuralink, built augmented-reality hardware at Apple, and designed parts on SpaceX Starlink satellites. We are scrappy, hands-on, and welcome exceptional individuals who are passionate about their craft and energized by working on impactful, technical challenges.

About the role

As an embedded software engineer at Nudge, you will :

Work closely with electrical, mechanical, and software engineers to design embedded systems at the core of our product

Deliver high-quality, safety-critical C, C++, and Verilog code for use in real-time embedded environments

Contribute to embedded hardware architecture decisions and component selection

Perform bringup and debugging of embedded systems

Contribute to documentation and analysis necessary for regulatory compliance

About you

3+ years of experience

Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

Proficiency in C, C++, Verilog

Background in firmware and embedded systems development

Demonstrated history of exceptional contributions in your prior work experiences

Compensation Range

140,000 - $270,000 / year + equity

While this represents our expected range based on market data, final compensation will be determined based on your specific qualifications and may be outside this range.