About TidalSense
TidalSense is a respiratory technology company with a mission to transform the diagnosis, monitoring and management of chronic respiratory conditions, such as asthma and COPD. The company has ambitions to enable a population-scale change in respiratory care through global deployment of its technologies, including in resource-poor countries. TidalSense is about to launch the first-of-its-kind rapid AI-driven (software medical device) diagnostic test for COPD which uses the company’s unique, patented, sensor technology embedded in the N-Tidal device.
We are seeking a junior to mid-level embedded engineer to work on the company’s medical device solutions (both current and future). We are at an exciting phase in our journey as we transition from a start-up to a scale-up. You will be joining a passionate, socially-motivated and multi-disciplinary team covering engineers, scientists, clinicians, designers, product and usability specialists. This is a unique opportunity for a driven and autonomous individual to work on a set of challenging and innovative technologies, and to see their efforts deliver impact in the real world and change people’s lives.
We are seeking someone who is comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile, and diverse team environment, and who is also committed to our mission to revolutionise respiratory medicine.
We care about our people and want to make TidalSense one of the best places to work. Our open, inclusive, and diverse culture matters to us more than anything else.
Job Purpose
Development and testing of embedded software and electronics for TidalSense medical devices.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
* Contribute to design updates of embedded software in TidalSense’s hand-held capnometer (measuring CO2 in breath to monitor and/or diagnose patients’ respiratory health)
* Write and maintain manufacturing test software or other supporting software
* Work with inter-disciplinary team to deliver improved patient experience across hardware and software
* Testing and optimisation of devices including experiment design and execution
* Work under ISO 13485 quality management system including contribution to medical device documentation and risk management (eg. DFMEA)
* Work with contract manufacturing to ensure reliable manufacturing delivery
* Assist with fault diagnosis and servicing of returned devices
Requirements
Skills & Competencies
Essential
* Proficient in C or C++ for embedded systems
* Experience being “hands on” with embedded hardware
* Attention to detail
* Effective organisation and priority setting
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Ability to follow instructions accurately and diligently
* Ability to communicate effectively to all members of the team, at all levels
* Resilience and flexibility to work in a busy and changing / dynamic environment
* Self-starting, and proactive about problem solving
* Ability to plan and manage own workload including flexibility to deal with workload peaks and troughs.
* Good time keeping, punctuality and professional conduct at all times
Desirable
* Experience with Python
* Some understanding of digital and analogue electronics, for example, ability to answer simple questions from a schematic
* Understanding of digital signal processing including linear filters
* Ability to plan and execute experiments
* Strong aptitude for mathematics and physics
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering, Science, Computer Science or related discipline
* At least 1 year industrial experience in software development with an embedded target, for example in medical devices, automotive, sensors or consumer electronics.
Desirable
* Understanding of medical device lifecycle processes
* Understanding of, or experience with, IoT/mobile telecoms technologies
* Experience of security & encryption in building secure systems
Other requirements
* Indefinite right to work in the UK without a visa or sponsorship
* Will need to be able to work in person in the Cambridge office during normal weekday office hours because of the hands-on nature of the work. Hybrid (work from home some days) and flexible hours available depending on the nature of the tasks at hand.
Note to Applicants:
* We read all applications carefully, including free-text answers in evaluating your application. Please make sure you spend some time answering these questions carefully.
* Please answer questions truthfully. Dishonesty is fundamentally against our values.
* We appreciate that some candidates may hesitate to apply because they may feel that they might not meet the required criteria or be competitive enough. If this is you, please don't shy away from applying - we would like to hear from you, provided you have the right to work in the UK.
Benefits
* Flexible working hours to support your work preferences
* Hybrid working as per requirements above
* Beautiful award-winning Cambridge UK office stocked with quality drinks & snacks
* Work from abroad for 1 week per year
* Buy / sell up to 5 days annual leave
* Generous individual personal development budget + dedicated development days
* Mental Health support: wellbeing support and free 24/7 access to qualified counsellors and advisors
* Wellness budget
* Coaching and mentoring - in partnership with Horizon37 who provide team coaching and mentoring.
* Team events and celebrations
* 25 days annual leave + 8 public holidays
* Pension: TidalSense contributes 5% of qualified earnings (actively looking to increase this)
* Annual performance-based bonus
* Discretionary share options scheme