Interested in medical device design? Elaya invites applicants enthusiastic about improving patient outcomes and healthspan through wearable technology and AI to apply for this internship role. We are looking for an early career hardware engineer to join our founding team to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team on innovative medical device products while working at the interface of research and early stage product development.

Elaya is an early-stage biomedical technology startup building an intelligent IoT sensing platform for electro-physiological monitoring. The hardware engineer will develop viable designs for an electrophysiology medical device, prototyping and testing designs, performing basic bench tests and collecting validation data. They will also support our clinical partners in gathering clinical validation human subject data.

Responsibilities:

• design, prototyping, verification and validation of hardware circuits to capture electrophysiological signals (electromyography, mechanomyography, photoplethysmography)

• develop a bench test protocol to be repeated with each iteration of the hardware design

• debug and troubleshoot designs

• work with team to collect technical validation data

• prepare schematics, PCB layout, BOM, estimated material costs for design iterations

• work with team to obtain end user feedback on functionality and form factor

• assist with research and selection of hardware design, development environment, debugging and profiling tools

• document hardware requirements and track design iterations against them

• maintain hardware documentation

Skills

• Bachelor degree in electronics, electrical engineering or related subject matter or demonstrated project experience equivalent

• demonstrated creative problem solving coupled with methodical application of scientific method

• curiosity and desire to learn new skills and build your knowledge in the medical device and electrophysiology space

• experience with electrophysiology sensors (EEG, ECG, EMG, PPG)

• demonstrated project work in analog circuit design, circuit simulation and analysis, I/O Interface and microcontrollers implementation (show us a demo you have built)

• demonstrated bench testing skills, characterization and validation of electronics using standard equipment (ie Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Signal and Pattern Generator, Logic State Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Network Analyzer, Wireless Communication Tester)

• demonstrated research and literature review skills to quickly understand current state of the art and apply it

• ability to review and understand electronics product data sheets

• ability to plan design iterations in order to test hardware circuit ideas and determine best designs

• experience with revision control systems (ie Git)

• comfortable working independently, self-directed and organized, able to manage to a personal project plan

Benefits and Requirements:

• We are clients of the VentureLab Hardware Catalyst program and test our designs in their advanced hardware lab.

• Through our relationships with incubators, accelerators and academic institutions you will have an opportunity to access research resources and equipment.

• We have a number of academic collaborators and you will be exposed to clinical and research environments and network with students, researchers and clinicians with diverse backgrounds and expertise.

Compensation TBD.

Expect to be in the office at least 2 days per week. There is no substitute for in-person collaboration and problem solving.

Please forward your resume and a cover letter telling us about yourself, why you are interested in the role and why you are a perfect fit.