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Senior Manager, Electrical Engineering

EBR Systems, Inc.
Santa Clara, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 9/19/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/18/2026
Job Type

Full-time

Description

About EBR Systems

At EBR Systems, we're not imagining the future of cardiac care. We're building it. We are the team behind the world's first FDA-approved leadless left ventricular endocardial pacing device for heart failure. It's a breakthrough that's redefining what's possible, and it's just the beginning.

Based in Silicon Valley, we're advancing the WiSE System, a first-of-its-kind device in cardiac rhythm management. Your work here has a direct line to patients whose lives depend on what we build. We hire people who want to solve hard problems and who care about getting it right.

We invest in our people as much as our technology. Expect a collaborative, transparent culture, real career growth in a fast-moving startup, competitive compensation, equity, comprehensive benefits, and generous PTO.

If you want your work to matter, EBR is where you belong.

The Opportunity

The Senior Manager of Electrical Engineering is responsible for how EBR's electronics integrate with firmware and software into a single system. This role ensures that our electrical designs are clear, scalable, and well-integrated, both for current products and future generations. The Senior Manager leads junior and senior technical staff, sets system architecture direction, and works closely with Firmware, Software, Mechanical, Program Management, Product Support, and Quality/Regulatory.

The role balances delivering today's products with building a strong technical foundation for the future.

Essential Duties

ESSENTIAL AND OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Team Leadership and Talent Development

  • Provide leadership for electrical engineering (EE) team, including junior engineers and senior technical leaders.
  • Scale EE capability through delegation, architectural empowerment, and modern engineering practices.
  • Maintain technical engagement to inform leadership decisions without becoming a bottleneck to execution.
  • Identify and prioritize technical debt in EE domain.
  • Align EE DDF/DHF with lean QMSR expectations under ISO13485.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with systems and firmware development to define system partitioning and interface boundaries.
  • Resolve cross-domain technical trade-offs in collaboration with firmware, software, and mechanical engineering.
  • Manage projects to ensure architectural risks and trade-offs are visible in program plans and by key cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Engage with Sustaining Engineering to ensure field learnings inform future electrical architecture.
  • Support Sr. Directors in R&D in architectural resolution when system-level decisions impact product strategy.

Other Duties And Responsibilities

  • Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

  • Directly manages technicians, junior engineers and senior technical leaders within electrical engineering.
  • Indirectly leads multidisciplinary engineering teams through architectural leadership and technical governance.
  • Responsible for performance management, talent development, and team scaling within EE domain.

Qualifications

Education and Required Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field required.
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in electrical or firmware engineering.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience directly managing engineering teams.
  • Experience defining and governing system architecture in complex embedded hardware–software products.
  • Experience working in regulated product development environments (medical device experience preferred).
  • Equivalent combinations of education and professional experience will be considered.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

  • Deep understanding of system architecture across electrical and firmware domains.
  • Ability to balance long-term technical strategy with near-term execution realities.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Experience with common platform-based architectures and multi-generation technology roadmaps.
  • Knowledge of ISO 13485, QMSR, design controls, and risk management frameworks preferred.
  • Strong ability to evaluate technical trade-offs and guide architectural decision-making.
  • Strong organizational and leadership skills with the ability to scale teams and develop technical leaders.
  • Strong cross-functional and executive communication skills.

Physical Requirements

  • Ability and willingness to travel domestically (2-5 trips per year) and internationally (1-2 trips per year), which may include overnight and weekend travel.
  • Required to stand, walk and sit; talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects or controls; reach with hands and arms.
  • Required to stoop, kneel, bend, crouch and lift up to 20 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Subject to extended periods of sitting and/or standing, vision to monitor, and moderate noise levels.

Salary Range $194,000 - $235,000 *

  • Base pay is one part of your total compensation. The salary offered will depend on several factors, including, but not limited to your experience, knowledge, skills, location, internal equity, and market alignment. Addition compensation may include bonuses and equity, along with a comprehensive benefits package.

EBR Systems, Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. Please refrain from solicitations at this time.

About The Company

What if your work doesn’t just support innovation—what if it changes lives?

We don’t just create game-changing medical devices—we grow people. Patients come first in everything we do. You will be empowered to solve real problems and to do meaningful work that truly makes a difference.

If you are driven by purpose, excited by challenge, and ready to shape the future of cardiac technology, we want to hear from you. Visit us at https://www.ebrsystemsinc.com/ to learn more—and join us in our work Empowering Physicians, Powering Hearts.

EBR Systems, Inc. offers a great place to work as well as generous benefits and growth opportunities:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance provided at no cost for employee-only coverage
  • 401(k) matching plan
  • Paid Time Off – starting at 3 weeks per year
  • Competitive salary with opportunities for career growth
  • Employee stock options
  • Life & AD&D and long-term disability insurance
  • Education assistance
  • Voluntary commuter benefits and pet insurance
  • Weekly company lunches and occasional happy hour events
  • Meaningful work and much more!

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled

Salary : $194,000 - $235,000

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