Dexcom
Senior Staff Hardware Engineer
San Diego, California · Staff+
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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$5,128 more — $177,528 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $177,528 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Computer Hardware Engineers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Computer Hardware Engineers (17-2061) · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- The Company Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).
- Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed.
- That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges.
Responsibilities
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Meritain, an Aetna Company, creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Dexcom.
Requirements
- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 13+ years related experience or a Master's degree and 8+ years equivalent industry experience or a PhD and 5+ years of experience.
- Travel Required:
Compensation
- $172,400.00 - $287,300.00
Benefits
- A full and comprehensive benefits program.
- Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
- Education and Experience:
Company info
- The Dexcom R&D Electronics Team is a group of highly motivated and talented engineers responsible for developing industry-leading continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems that improve the lives of millions of people worldwide.
- Our team designs high-volume wearable medical devices with a focus on low-power electronics, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication, precision sensing technologies, reliability, and manufacturability.
- We support existing commercial products, drive continuous product improvements, and develop next-generation technologies that continue to expand the capabilities of glucose sensing and wearable medical devices.
- This role is ideal for a highly experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, uncovering system-level behavior through data, and influencing the design of life-changing medical technologies.
- As a senior technical leader within the Electronics Characterization Team, you will help define characterization strategies, drive engineering decisions, and ensure robust product performance from concept through commercialization.
- Where you come in:
- You will provide technical leadership across multiple product development programs, influencing engineering decisions and helping ensure robust product performance throughout the product lifecycle.
- You will define and execute characterization strategies, design verification activities, and test methodologies that establish product performance, reliability, and design margins across complex wearable medical device systems.
- You will develop comprehensive test plans, characterization frameworks, and experimental protocols to evaluate analog, digital, wireless, sensing, and power management subsystems.
- You will lead complex root cause investigations and failure analysis efforts spanning product development, manufacturing, reliability testing, and post-market performance.
- You will collaborate closely with hardware, firmware, systems, quality, reliability, manufacturing, and regulatory teams to drive effective technical solutions.
- You will analyze large data sets, identify key insights, and provide data-driven recommendations that influence product design and business decisions.
- You will support sustaining engineering activities for commercial products, including issue investigation, corrective actions, risk assessments, and design improvements.
- You will participate in architecture reviews, design reviews, and technical risk assessments, helping improve reliability, manufacturability, testability, and overall product quality.
Equal opportunity
- The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
- An Equal Opportunity Employer.
- If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@dexcom.com.
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