• Job Description

  Req#: 1C25207D9C

  Empatica

  Empatica is a full-stack digital healthcare company and a pioneer in digital biomarker development and continuous patient monitoring driven by AI. Our platform consists of medical-grade smartwatches, software, and physiological and behavioral digital biomarkers. Together they enable the continuous remote monitoring of human health across a range of conditions, through clinical-quality digital measurements.

  If you are looking to join a fast-paced growth environment and do meaningful work that can make a true impact in the world, then keep reading.

  About the role

  “Building hardware is tough” is a sentence you are probably familiar with if you know what we are talking about. Creating medical-grade wearable devices is so complex that only a few companies have attempted it, and an even smaller percentage of them have succeeded; Empatica is proudly among the latter ones. If you are up to face such a challenge, Empatica is the right place for you!

  What you'll do:

  • Own the electronics architecture of our products, selecting components and sensor configurations and iterating from early prototypes to production‑ready PCBs.
  • Perform PCB layout with a focus on compactness, manufacturability, and optimal performance, and validate your designs through simulation, bring‑up, and hands‑on debugging to meet technical and regulatory requirements.
  • Leverage our in‑house electronics lab to explore and test ideas, pushing boundaries to deliver compact, robust, and innovative solutions.
  • Collaborate daily with our Mechanical Engineers to ensure PCBs fit seamlessly within tight enclosures and with Firmware Engineers to guarantee flawless sensor and communication interface integration.
  • Drive the transition from prototype to production by working with manufacturing partners for DFM compliance, preparing technical documentation, coordinating fabrication and assembly, and leading prototype builds to test, debug, and qualify hardware.
  • Continuously improve production yield and investigate field issues by performing root‑cause analyses on anomalies or failures and implementing corrective actions to enhance product quality and reliability.

  Some important details:

  • Empatica operates in an international environment with offices in Europe, the US, and Korea. All work is conducted in English.
  • We are operating a hybrid model where our employees choose whether to work from home or come to the office, however, please note that this position is not fully remote, and your in-office presence will be required on frequent occasions.

  
  

  As the ideal candidate for this position, you have:

  • Genuine interest, passion, and motivation for Empatica’s mission.
  • A M.Sc. in Electronics Engineering - or equivalent.
  • Proven hands-on experience in the development of Schematics and Layout for electronics devices (e.g. OrCAD Capture and Altium Designer are preferred).
  • Familiarity with main building-blocks used in embedded systems (e.g. MCUs, PMICs, BLE radio, sensors, battery management, ...).
  • Familiarity with lab instrumentation (e.g. oscilloscope, logic analyser, power supplies, data logger, ...).
  • Good lab skills (i.e. soldering, reworking, devices assembling/disassembling, ...).
  • Experience with mass-scale PCB production and assembly (i.e. understanding of industry-standard rules for PCB manufacturing, knowledge of SMT processes and best practices, ...).
  • Experience with FW development for MCUs (ARM Cortex-M preferred).
  • Resilience, a get-things-done attitude, and an innate desire to do great work.

  Life at Empatica

  You will join a fast-growing, international, and diverse team of 110+ talented people who care passionately about what we do and the difference we are making in the world. You’ll get the opportunity to work directly with colleagues across all levels of the organization, no matter their seniority, and learn from the people that built the business and our products.

  
  If you jump on board, we can guarantee it won't be an easy ride, but it will be one of the most rewarding experiences in your career, one that will allow you to learn a lot, have true ownership of your work, and test your whole skillset on multiple projects which are helping thousands of people worldwide.

  Read our blog post and find out some reasons why we love working at Empatica.

  Inclusion & Diversity

  At Empatica we embrace diversity and inclusion. We have colleagues from 28 different countries, while more than 50% of our team is women (double the tech average!) We believe this makes Empatica a more exciting and stimulating place to work, and brings different points of view to the table while fostering a spirit of communication, collaboration, and care, where everyone’s opinion and thoughts matter.

  
  

  • Multiple opportunities to be challenged and step up your career in a fast-growth company in one of the hottest areas of tech
  • Competitive salary
  • Employee stock options - we want everyone who joins us to own part of the company and our success
  • ️ We have offices in Milan City Center and Downtown Boston. And every summer, we hold an amazing beach retreat in Sardinia, Italy
  • Health Insurance
  • ️‍♀️ Wellhub (previously Gympass) membership with access to gyms, online classes, personal training sessions, and nutrition plans
  • Membership for mental health and wellness platforms
  • Free healthy lunch every day
  • Free Kindle and books
  • ️ Flexible working hours
  • ‍ Personal learning and development budget
  • Free cookies, if you deserve them
  • Much more…

• About the company

  Empatica Inc. is an MIT Media Lab spinoff company born in Cambridge, MA operating in Healthcare.

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