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Salary: USD 160,000 - 225,000 / annual
Ceribell is a medical technology company transforming the diagnosis and management of serious neurological conditions through its novel point-of-care EEG platform. The Ceribell System is deployed across hundreds of community hospitals, academic facilities, and major integrated delivery networks nationwide, enabling rapid seizure detection in acute care settings.
You will join the R&D team as a highly technical, hands-on Senior or Staff Firmware/Embedded Engineer, playing a key role in developing the next generation of Ceribell's life-saving technologies. This is an individual contributor role with significant technical scope and influence across the organization.
Key responsibilities include:
• Architect, build, and maintain production-ready Yocto/OpenEmbedded Linux distributions tailored for the Ezurio Nitrogen95 SMARC platform and NXP i.MX 95 family
• Design and implement C/C++ and Python system applications, background services, and inter-process communication mechanisms on the custom Linux stack
• Partner with external BSP vendors and internal hardware engineering teams to configure board support packages, device trees, drivers, and peripheral interfaces (PCIe, CAN, USB, Ethernet, WiFi/Bluetooth)
• Drive kernel tuning, boot-time optimization, resource management, and hardware acceleration leveraging the i.MX 95 (NPU, GPU, image processing pipeline)
• Serve as the firmware expert interfacing with Systems, Hardware, Quality, and Product Management to translate system requirements into reliable software designs
• Take individual ownership for development, testing, and documentation of projects while collaborating across cross-functional R&D teams
Requirements:
• MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or related field (graduate degree preferred)
• 6–10+ years of experience in Embedded Linux development, Yocto layer management, and system-level firmware architecture
• Deep expertise creating and customizing Yocto layers, recipes (bitbake), device tree modifications, and custom image configurations
• Experience integrating WiFi/Bluetooth modules, IoT communications, and standard buses (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, Ethernet)
• Proficiency in C, C++, and Python for system-level programming and script automation
• Experience with embedded GUI frameworks (Qt, LVGL) or integrating digital signal processing (DSP)/data pipelines is a strong plus
• Experience designing and implementing sensor-based systems preferred
• Ability to read hardware schematics and work close to hardware; familiarity with PCB design or signal routing is a strong plus
• Strong analytical skills, detail-oriented, and collaborative
• Prior background in MedTech/medical devices or safety-critical systems subject to strict quality and regulatory standards is highly desirable
