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Principal Electrical Engineer (Design Lead)

San Francisco💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-30 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead electrical architecture and board-level design for a medical ultrasound scanner, defining interfaces for data acquisition and sensor processing.

Role type

Principal Electrical Engineer (Design Lead)

Builds

Medical imaging scanner hardware (boards, firmware, FPGA logic)

Domain

Medical devices / Ultrasound imaging / High-speed data acquisition

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Complex board design (high-speed digital, analog/mixed-signal), Embedded firmware (C/C++), HDL (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog), Signal integrity, Power integrity, DFM/DFT, Vendor management

Preferred skills

Ultrasound/imaging systems, FPGA-to-host high-bandwidth paths, Power electronics for electromechanical systems, Medical device safety standards (IEC 60601), Building engineering functions from scratch

Technologies

Altium/KiCad, MCU/SoC, FPGA, Python

Responsibilities

Own electrical architecture and technical direction for board-level design; Write embedded firmware for real-time control and safety logic; Audit and update HDL code for data acquisition and synchronization; Define electrical interfaces and data contracts with software and mechanical teams; Establish engineering rigor for regulated medical device programs; Mentor the electrical function and manage external design partners

Seniority

Principal, technical leadership & hands-on IC

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