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INOVIO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

san diego, CA

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INOVIO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. lists this Senior Embedded Software Engineer opportunity in san diego, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

The Senior Embedded Software Engineer is responsible for the design, development, verification, maintenance, and sustaining support of safety-critical embedded software for electroporation and drug delivery medical devices. This role focuses on embedded C++ development, platform software, device drivers, electromechanical control, drug delivery, pulse generation, motor control, UI/display systems, battery powered systems, cybersecurity, hardware bring-up, and compliance with IEC 62304 and other applicable medical device standards.

Essential job functions and duties

Design and implement electromechanical control systems, including motor control, battery management, board bring up, bootloaders, firmware updates, diagnostics, and inter-processor communications

Design, develop, and maintain safety-critical embedded software for medical devices using modern C++ on microcontroller, RTOS, Embedded Linux, and Android platforms.

Develop platform software, BSPs, middleware, and device drivers supporting SPI, I2C, UART, USB, ADC/DAC, PWM, timers, displays, touchscreens, motors, sensors, and communication interfaces.

Develop embedded UI/display applications and system-level software features

Design and implement software controlling electroporation therapy delivery.

Develop deterministic real-time software supporting therapy delivery, closed-loop control systems, safety monitoring, and precision timing requirements

Develop and maintain software lifecycle documentation, including requirements specifications, software designs, risk controls, verification protocols, and test reports.

Perform code reviews, static analysis, unit testing, integration testing, and software verification activities.

Implement cybersecurity controls, including secure boot, authentication, encryption, vulnerability management, and secure software update mechanisms

Develop firmware, manufacturing test software, diagnostic tools, and engineering utilities to support product development, verification, manufacturing, debugging, compliance testing, and field service activities

Troubleshoot hardware and software issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other laboratory equipment

Collaborate with systems, electrical, mechanical, quality, regulatory, and cybersecurity teams

Participate in system requirements development, architecture definition, hazard analysis, risk control implementation, and allocation of system requirements to software components

Support CI/CD pipelines, automated build systems, configuration management, and continuous software process improvements initiatives

Provide sustaining engineering support for released products, including issue investigations, root cause analysis, field corrections, cybersecurity updates, and design improvements

Complete other engineering duties and responsibilities as assigned.

BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field

7+ years of experience in embedded software development, including development of complex real-time embedded systems using modern C++.

Experience developing embedded applications on ARM Cortex-M processors, Linux, and/or Android platforms

Strong experience developing real-time embedded applications using RTOS frameworks such as ThreadX, FreeRTOS, RTX, Micrium OS, or similar operating systems.

Proven experience developing platform software, Board Support Packages (BSPs), hardware abstraction layers, and device drivers.

Experience working with electromechanical systems, motor control, battery-operated devices, displays, touchscreens, and sensor integration

Experience developing embedded GUI/UI applications

Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills across applications, middleware, operating system, and driver layers.

Ability to read electrical schematics, hardware design documentation, and component datasheets

Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and other hardware test equipment

Experience with embedded development tools including Keil, IAR, GCC, Visual Studio, Android Studio, and Linux toolchains

Knowledge of embedded cybersecurity principles, including secure coding practices, threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, encryption, authentication, and secure firmware/software updates

Experience with source control, automated builds, issue tracking systems, and unit test frameworks

Experience developing safety-critical or regulated software

Strong working knowledge of IEC 62304, IEC 81001-5-1, ISO 14971, IEC 60601, FDA cybersecurity guidance, software risk management, design controls, verification and validation, and requirements traceability

Experience developing connected devices with wireless communications, cloud connectivity, and secure data exchange

Familiarity with C#, Python, automated test frameworks, and manufacturing test systems

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san diego, CA, 92189, US

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