Senior Real-Time Embedded Engineer

Human Mission is a highly promising medical technology startup at the forefront of next-generation medical device development.

Founded by an experienced team with a proven track record of technological innovation, the company combines advanced engineering, sophisticated software, and cutting-edge technologies to address important challenges in modern medicine.

We offer an exciting startup environment, ambitious technological goals, and the opportunity to contribute to innovations with significant real-world impact.

The Position

We are seeking an exceptional Senior Real-Time Embedded Systems & FPGA Engineer with deep technical expertise and proven hands-on experience in microcontroller-based systems, real-time programming, FPGA development, and digital and analog signal processing.

The ideal candidate combines a strong understanding of hardware and software with the ability to independently design, implement, debug, and optimize complex embedded systems.

This is primarily a hands-on individual contributor position, with the potential to evolve into broader system architecture, technical leadership, or other responsibilities as the company grows.

Key Responsibilities

Real-Time Embedded Systems Development

• Design, develop, and implement high-performance, real-time embedded systems based on microcontrollers, particularly the STM32 family.
• Develop low-level firmware and embedded applications using C and C++.
• Implement and optimize interrupt-driven architectures, timers, DMA, ADC/DAC, PWM, and communication peripherals.
• Develop efficient, deterministic, low-latency software for time-critical applications.
• Design and debug hardware/software interfaces, including SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, and other communication protocols.
• Perform system-level integration, performance optimization, debugging, and validation.

FPGA Development

• Design, implement, and debug FPGA-based systems using AMD/Xilinx and Intel (Altera) FPGA platforms.
• Develop FPGA logic using VHDL and/or Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Implement high-speed digital interfaces, timing-critical logic, data acquisition, and real-time processing architectures.
• Perform simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, hardware debugging, and design verification.
• Integrate FPGA logic with microcontrollers, processors, and peripheral hardware.
• Optimize FPGA implementations for performance, resource utilization, and timing requirements.

Signal Processing and Hardware Integration

• Design and implement digital signal processing algorithms, including FIR and IIR filters, frequency-domain processing, and real-time signal analysis.
• Understand and contribute to analog signal-conditioning circuits, including active and passive filters, amplifiers, ADC/DAC interfaces, and noise reduction.
• Apply sampling theory, filtering, numerical methods, and signal integrity principles.
• Implement efficient signal processing algorithms on microcontrollers and FPGAs.
• Work across hardware, firmware, and FPGA boundaries to optimize overall system performance.

Required Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong proficiency in C and C++, with substantial experience in embedded software development.
• Deep knowledge of microcontroller architectures, particularly STM32, including registers, peripherals, interrupts, timers, DMA, and real-time execution.
• Proven experience developing and delivering complete microcontroller-based systems.
• Proven hands-on experience in FPGA design, coding, implementation, and debugging.
• Practical development experience with Intel (Altera) and/or AMD/Xilinx FPGA platforms, including their development tools.
• Proficiency in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
• Strong understanding of digital electronics, hardware interfaces, and system-level debugging.
• Knowledge of analog and digital signal processing, including filter design and implementation.
• Experience using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and signal generators.
• Demonstrated ability to independently solve complex hardware and software problems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience with STM32G4, STM32H7, or other advanced STM32 microcontroller families.
• Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS) and bare-metal embedded development.
• Advanced DMA architectures, high-speed SPI, ADC/DAC data acquisition, and synchronized timing systems.
• Experience with Intel Quartus and AMD/Xilinx Vivado development environments.
• FPGA-based DSP implementations, fixed-point arithmetic, and high-throughput data processing.
• Experience with high-speed digital design, clock-domain crossing, and timing closure.
• Experience designing analog signal-conditioning circuits and active filters.
• Knowledge of FFT, digital filtering, control algorithms, and numerical signal processing.
• Experience with embedded system architecture, hardware bring-up, and PCB-level debugging.
• Familiarity with Python or MATLAB for algorithm development, simulation, and testing.

Personal Attributes

• Strong analytical thinking and deep understanding of both hardware and software.
• Passion for hands-on engineering and solving difficult technical challenges.
• Ability to work independently, taking ownership from initial concept through working implementation.
• Strong debugging skills and a systematic approach to problem-solving.
• Creative, curious, and motivated to explore new technologies.
• Comfortable working in a small, highly experienced multidisciplinary engineering team.
• High technical standards and attention to detail.

Why Join Human Mission?

• Exceptional opportunity: Join a highly promising startup at the cutting edge of medical device innovation.
• Attractive employment terms: Competitive compensation and an attractive employment package.
• Meaningful impact: Play a key role in developing advanced technologies with significant potential impact.
• Technical ownership: Take responsibility for challenging engineering problems with substantial freedom to innovate.
• Outstanding team: Work alongside experienced engineers and scientists with a proven track record of technological innovation.
• Career growth: Join at an exciting stage of the company's development, with opportunities to evolve into broader technical, architectural, or leadership roles.

We are looking for an exceptional engineer who combines deep embedded systems knowledge, proven FPGA implementation experience, strong signal-processing expertise, and a genuine passion for hands-on technology development.