LifeLens Technologies, Inc. is a medical device developer located in Ivyland, PA. We are pioneering innovative, next-generation treatment devices for personal health monitoring.
We are seeking to hire a Hardware/Firmware Product Designer. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies designed to revolutionize wearable health care. You have a collaborative mindset and a passion for developing new technology. You are detail-oriented and goal-driven. You are a capable problem solver with excellent organizational skills and superior verbal and written communication skills.
Your passion and drive will be rewarded with a competitive salary, benefits, and long-term growth opportunities.
This is a full-time, in-office role with some travel to off-site locations.
Summary
The Hardware/Firmware Product Designer works with company stakeholders and forward deployment engineers to gather user stories and needs, create hardware and firmware requirements, and effectively communicate those requirements to hardware (electrical and mechanical) and firmware developers.
Essential Functions:
- Work with company executives and/or forward deployment engineers to gather customer needs and requirements.
- Travel to customer sites such as military bases or commercial hospitals, labs to support events and learn customer workflow, applications.
- Draft Hardware and Firmware requirements for medical wearable devices.
- Draft Hardware and Firmware requirements for wireless communication gateways and variety of networking applications.
- Draft and effectively communicate use-cases and requirements to developers.
- Participate in prototyping activities.
- Participate in design reviews to ensure design is consistent with requirements.
- Participate in useability study and provide feedback.
- Support project manager by owning requirement documents and traceability documents
- Support other documentation needs such as draft user manual as required.
- Other tasks as assigned
Competencies
- Experience with draft user story, requirements.
- Understand basic electrical engineering and firmware development activities.
- Understand medical wearable devices.
- Understand computer and wireless networking.
- Strong communication skills, problem-solving, and adaptability.
- Experience with military project development life cycle is preferred
- Experience in the FDA 510K compliance is preferred.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, industry design or related degree preferred
Work Environment
This job operates in a professional office environment and a laboratory environment. The position may require using laboratory equipment, for which appropriate training will be provided. It also routinely uses standard office equipment (computers, etc.)
This job also operates in the “field,” including hospitals and military bases
Physical Demands
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust and focus. Advanced fine motor skills may be required.
- In the office: Able to use office equipment, including computer, keyboard, mouse, and computer monitor. Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- In the field: Can be a demanding physical environment where there may be erratic sleep schedules, prolonged periods of standing, and working outside in all types of weather conditions.
- Employees in this role should be in good physical condition. Required abilities include, walking, lifting up to 30 lbs, bending, climbing, and stooping
- Must be able to travel by car and by plane
Travel
10-25% travel to support customers at their location is required.
Additional Eligibility Requirements
- Class C Driver's License preferred
- American citizenship required for travel to military bases.
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental & Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- 401(k)
- Stock option incentive plan
- FSA & dependent care
The expected base salary range for this position at hiring is $110,000 - $130,000/yr. Please note this salary range reflects the minimum and maximum base pay that LifeLens expects to pay for this position at the time of this posting. Individual base salary for a successful candidate is determined by qualifications, skill level, experience, competencies and other relevant factors.
Skills Required
- Experience drafting user stories and product requirements
- Understanding of basic electrical engineering and firmware development activities
- Understanding of medical wearable devices
- Understanding of computer and wireless networking
- Strong communication, problem-solving, organizational, and adaptability skills
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, industrial design, or a related field
- Experience with military project development life cycles
- Experience with FDA 510(k) compliance
- Class C driver's license
- American citizenship for travel to military bases
- Ability to travel by car and plane and work in office, laboratory, and field environments
- Ability to lift up to 30 pounds and perform walking, bending, climbing, and stooping
What We Do
LifeLens was founded in 2014 by Dr. Robert Schwartz, Landy Toth, David Robins, and Dr. Robert Van Tassel. Its mission is to create simple, commercially viable technologies for high fidelity physiologic monitoring.
