Wearable Hardware R&D Engineer - New-Grad PhD

What you’ll do

• Invent next‑gen wearables & implantables EEG glasses, EMG patches, smart implants around Wi‑R SoCs


• Own the path from concept → schematic → 4‑layer medical PCB → firmware bring‑up → benchtop & in‑vivo tests


• Design for FDA ClassII/III: biocompatibility, hermetic packaging, ISO13485 documentation


• Collaborate daily with IC, RF, mech and clinical teams; publish & patent your work

What we’re looking for

Required:

• PhD completed in EE, ECE, BME, ME or similar


• Proven wearable or implantable hardware project labs, dissertation or startup


• Skills in PCB Altium/KiCad , sensors, low‑power analog / mixed‑signal, embedded C/C++ or Python


• Able to relocate to WestLafayette and work on‑site 5days/week

Preferred:

• 4‑layer medical PCB layouts, biocompatible materials, FDA / ISO13485 experience


• Publications or patents in flexible electronics, biosensors or neural interfaces

Compensation & benefits

• Base salary $95000-$ USD ‑ equivalent to ≈$185k-$240k Bay‑Area purchasing power


• 8-30% cash bonus + meaningful early‑stage equity


• Relocation bonus, partner job‑search help


• Full visa sponsorship STEM‑OPT transfer / H‑1B / TN / future green card


• Medical, dental, vision, 401 k , generous PTO, inventor cash awards

Why Join Us

• Ship world‑first products that can’t be built with today’s wireless


• Startup upside without seed‑stage risk - silicon proven, funded runway, 60colleagues across IC → cloud


• Daily access to Purdue’s ecosystem


• Publish, patent, present - we celebrate open science and named inventorship

Keywords:

Wearable Devices, Implantable Electronics, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Device Design, PCB Design Altium/KiCad , Low-Power Analog Design, Embedded Systems C/C++/Python , Biosensors, FDA Compliance Class II/III , Neural Interfaces