Eikontherapeutics

Senior Electrical Engineer

Millbrae, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$152k-$168kDetected 2 days ago

PCB DesignFPGAVerilogEMI/EMCRoboticsElectrical EngineeringSignal ProcessingMicroscopyCommunicationCollaborationPublic Speaking

About the role

Eikon Therapeutics is a new biopharmaceutical company employing revolutionary technology at the intersection of chemistry, engineering, computation, and biology to discover novel treatments for life-threatening diseases.
The Hardware team is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to participate in future instrument development.
About you You are an adventurous, passionate, and creative electrical engineer eager to apply your talents to empower a new way of discovering medicines in a highly interdisciplinary biopharmaceutical environment.

Contribute to system design architecture of instrument control and data acquisition systems
Design, prototype, and test electronic assemblies. Work closely with the microscopy and automation teams on design validation, implementation, and design improvements
Build and release assemblies to be used by scientists and end-users, creating a full suite of documentation and test procedures
The Hardware group at Eikon Therapeutics develops super-resolution, high-throughput optical instrumentation.

Bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant experience or a Master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience designing complex digital and analog circuity
Strong experience debugging systems using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers
Proficiency with CAD systems for schematic capture and experience in directing and reviewing PCB layout for signal integrity and EMI
Experience creating and implementing software and hardware test benches
Demonstrated proficiency analog circuit design, analysis, and simulation / modeling
Systems design experience contributing to design architecture
Ability and desire to bring your design through all stages including directing PCBA layout, working with contract manufacturers, testing, debugging and rework of high density PCBAs with fine pitch components
Hands-on experience building test set-ups, reworking and modifying assemblies during development and testing
Experience in high-speed circuitry design such as DDR memory interfaces
Experience in debugging and design validation of microcontrollers or SoC-based systems
Strong communication and collaboration skills, presenting design ideas and receiving input from internal customers and product marketing
FPGA design and debug experience is preferred
401k plan with company matching

At Eikon, employee compensation also includes bonus and equity compensation, in addition to several generous benefit programs, including:

Medical (premiums covered by Eikon at 95%), dental and vision insurance (premiums covered by Eikon at 100%)
Mental health and wellness benefits
Weeklong summer and winter holiday shutdowns
Generous paid time off and holiday policies
Enhanced parental leave benefit

Eikon's discovery platform is built on groundbreaking innovations from its founders (Nobel Prize, 2014), culminating in the creation of microscopes which enable real time, molecular-resolution measurements of protein movement in living cells, thereby unlocking otherwise intractable classes of proteins as drug targets.
As part of Eikon's diverse team of biologists, medicinal chemists, hardware, and software engineers, you will design and deploy custom super-resolution microscopes and automated systems that will enable the exploration and quantification of Eikon's high-content datasets.

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