Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Company

ixana.ai is a Purdue University spinoff, developing brain-inspired wearable computing. We have assembled a team of leading experts in the field of IC/system design with an appetite for taking on the next big thing. Come join us in the journey of transforming the future with high-speed human-computer interfaces that amplify your potential with all-day real-time AI.

Come join us in the journey of transforming the future.

Demo of touch to share data: https://vimeo.com/ixana/pairing-contact-transfer

Why should you be excited?

You have heard of Bluetooth, you have heard of Wi-Fi, Ixana has developed a fundamentally new wireless technology, Wi-R which is 100x lower energy than Bluetooth/Wi-Fi. Check out ixana.ai for videos on how Wi-R streams high speed data through through your skin.

This is a unique position to define the Wi-R protocol that'll be in every device around you in a decade.

Team and Role Overview

Ixana is looking for a talented embedded software engineer to join a rapidly growing startup. As a member of the Integrated Software team, you will help build low-level software for wearables.

Candidate Profile

You have experience bringing up new, custom-embedded computer designs, from bootloaders to operating systems and device drivers. At Ixana, the software you develop will be a core piece of a software system that controls human-computer interaction.

Skills We're Stoked About

• BS in Electronics/Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.

• 5 years of experience in an innovative IoT product development environment, preferably wearables.

• Hands-on experience with full-stack MCU firmware development.

• Excellent C/C++ for embedded systems development.

• Experience with the following communication interfaces: I2C, SPI, BLE.

• Experience developing for low-power ARM MCU and its power optimization.

Preferred skills

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, or equivalent.

• Experience with low-level HW interfaces and low-level debugging.

• Strong hardware/electrical know-how. You know how to test if your firmware works as expected by probing the hardware using a multimeter, oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, etc.

• Experience with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet and USB communication protocols.

• Embedded project hobbies.

• Experience with PCB design.

• Experience with toolchains and setting up a custom build environment.

This position is for our West Lafayette, IN office. The position can be remote, but requires at least a weekly office visit.