What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Firmware Engineer (Med Device) position at Oxford Global Resources?
Title: Sr. Firmware Engineer (Med Device)
Location: San Diego, CA (northern side of San Diego - Need to be onsite at least 4 days a week, preferably 5 most weeks)
Start date: 5/18
Duration: 12 months (Temp to Perm)
Overtime expectation: Not expected
Drug Screen required: No
Background Check required: No
Citizenship Requirement: , Permanent Resident, or TN Visa
Product/Project:
Development and commercialization of a Class III Cardiac Therapy Delivery System
Summary:
Our client is seeking a senior-level firmware engineer to take ownership of the embedded codebase for a next-generation cardiac related therapy system. This individual will be responsible for completing and enhancing existing firmware, expanding unit test coverage to meet regulatory standards, and migrating the system to new hardware architecture. The role will also support ongoing development of new therapy capabilities and work closely with both hardware and software teams in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.
Required Skills:
- 10 years of firmware / embedded systems development experience
- Strong C programming in bare-metal environments
- Experience with STM32 microcontrollers
- Low-level driver development (I2C, SPI, DMA)
- Experience with IEC 62304 or similar medical device software standards
- Strong debugging, unit testing, and code validation experience
- Experience migrating firmware across hardware platforms
- Strong documentation skills
- Some exposure or experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude)
Bonus skills (not required):
- Experience with DSP or signal filtering
- Experience with cardiac ablation or similar technologies
- Experience interfacing firmware with Windows-based applications (WPF or similar)
- Experience scaling firmware for multi-channel or high-frequency systems
- Familiarity with IEC 60601
Salary : $63 - $83