Embedded Software Engineer - Openwater

About the Company:

Openwater is creating next-generation open-source medical technologies that can enable us to diagnose and treat potentially 100’s of diseases with a single device. With this advancement comes the promise of treatment of debilitating diseases including cancer, mental disease, stroke, COVID/Long COVID and longevity treatments. We already have a trove of clinical data demonstrating the promise of our technology, and now Openwater is the world’s first open-source, open-patent, open-clinical-data, and open-safety-sharing company, centered on the new idea of the Silicon Hospital.

About the Role:

As an Embedded Software Engineer at Openwater, you will work with cross functional teams to develop highly innovative solutions for our open-source medical device platforms. You will be responsible for full stack software engineering including design, implementation, and verification. You must be a pro-active, strong problem solver, and an experienced designer with a willingness to roll up your sleeves and do what is needed in a start-up environment.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Contribute to, or own, software development for a variety of products that require inputs from a cross functional team including engineering, customer service, operations, marketing, and quality.
• Maintain and support future development of applications that manage medical device information and perform data analysis on collected data.
• Develop and maintain embedded software for STM32 microcontrollers running FreeRTOS.
• Enhance and optimize Python communication libraries (USB interfaces) for interacting with embedded devices.
• Design, implement, and maintain Python QT5-based user interfaces for seamless product interaction.
• Debug, test, and troubleshoot software across embedded and Python environments.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to ensure smooth integration between software and hardware components.
• Improve system reliability, performance, and scalability across all software layers.
• Support software release cycles and provide technical assistance for production-ready systems.
• Learn new technologies to plan and support future development of new applications.
• Support company goals and objectives, policies and procedures, design controls, and international/FDA regulations
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code adhering to best practices.
• Participate in software quality assurance activities required by the software development process.
• Responsible for documentation to support design history files (DHF’s), product design verification and validation software, verification and validation, production assembly instructions, and production testing
• Support other software efforts within the company

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in embedded software development, with a proven track record of leading complex projects
• Medical device experience a plus.
• Strong knowledge of C/C++ for embedded systems programming.
• Proficiency in Python programming with experience developing communication libraries and interfaces.
• Strong understanding of embedded systems, microcontrollers, and real-time operating systems (RTOS).
• Hands-on experience with Python QT5 for GUI application development.
• Experience with embedded software development tools (e.g., compilers, debuggers, IDEs).
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills for both embedded systems and software applications.
• Familiarity with USB protocols (CDC, HID, or similar) for device communication.
• Knowledge of communication protocols (e.g., UART, SPI, I2C, CAN).
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Experience with STM32 Cube development software preferred.
• Experience with FPGA and DSP programming, specifically with Lattice devices preferred.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and lead projects.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.