Senior Hardware Engineer

Department: Engineering

Location: San Francisco

Compensation: $140K – $180K • Offers Equity

Employment Type: FullTime

Company Overview

Echo Neurotechnologies is an exciting new startup in the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) space, driving innovation through advanced hardware engineering and AI solutions. Our mission is to deliver cutting-edge technologies that restore autonomy to people living with disabilities and improve their quality of life.

Team Culture

Join a small, dedicated team of knowledgeable and motivated professionals. Our early-stage environment offers the opportunity to take ownership of broad decisions with significant and long-lasting impact. We emphasize continuous learning and growth, fostering cross-functional collaboration where your contributions are vital to our success.

Summary

Echo Neurotechnologies is developing novel Brain Computer Interface (BCI) products to restore autonomy to people living with disabilities and to improve quality of life. We are seeking a Sr. Hardware Engineer with a strong background in Mechanical Engineering to verify the Echo hardware system. The candidate will be responsible for evaluating custom Echo hardware devices and subsystems. The candidate will also drive development and implementation of custom test systems for design verification testing.

Primary Role and Responsibilities

• Design and prototyping of mechanical components and assemblies including rapid prototyping, machining, injection molding

• Develop electromechanical test systems for characterizing and testing hardware devices

• Develop test protocols, implement design verification testing, oversee testing with vendors

• Perform analysis of test data, author technical reports, oversee test reports from vendors

• Develop component and assembly drawings including tolerance stack-ups and analyses

• Develop and execute design verification activities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related field

• Minimum 7 years of industry experience in engineering electro-mechanical hardware devices

• Experience with hands-on machining or rapid prototyping

• Experience analyzing data from physical systems

• Experience working within a quality system

Other Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, or a related field

• Strong collaboration mindset

• Superior written and verbal communication skills

• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail

• Occasional travel to vendors (<10%)

What We Offer

• An opportunity to work on exciting, cutting-edge projects to transform patients’ lives in a highly collaborative work environment.

• Competitive compensation, including stock options.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• 401(k) program with matching contributions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Echo Neurotechnologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Confidentiality

All applications will be treated confidentially. Applicants may be asked to sign an NDA after the initial stages of the interview process.