Key Skills

Job Description

About Us Compen Embedded is an early-stage startup headquartered at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, providing cutting-edge technological solutions to medical device startups driving neuroscience innovation across Europe and the United States. Our mission is to help them overcome firmware challenges and fast-track the delivery of life-changing breakthroughs.The Role As a Medior Firmware Engineer working on internal projects, you'll help design and build the firmware foundations that power our own medical-device technologies. You'll work closely with senior engineers, contribute to architecture and implementation, and take ownership of well-defined parts of the system while growing toward more independent technical leadership. Role This is an on-site role, to be considered, applicants must currently reside in the Netherlands and hold valid work authorization; sponsorship is not available for this role.You'll be doing things like: Contribute to the architecture, design, and implementation of real-time firmware in modern C++ for our internal medical-device platforms Apply medical-device standards such as ISO 13485, IEC 62304, and ISO 14971 throughout development Help define and execute verification and validation activities, including unit tests, integration tests, and traceability Investigate and debug firmware issues in a structured, reproducible way Support the development of internal documentation, engineering processes, and long-term technical direction at Compen EmbeddedYou might be a great fit if you... Care about building technology that directly affects patient safety and outcomes Hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, ideally with strong academic distinction (e.g., magna cum laude). Have solid experience in embedded development, ideally in regulated or safety-critical environments Communicate clearly, collaborate well, and enjoy working in a team that values trust and ownership Feel comfortable switching between internal projects and adapting to different technical contexts Understand microcontrollers, low-power design, real-time constraints, and hardware-software interaction Can prototype, read and reason about digital and analog circuit diagrams Enjoy working in a Unix CLI environment with tools like Neovim, tmux, and Docker Appreciate the autonomy and responsibility that come with contributing to internal product development

Core Responsibilities

Contribute to the architecture, design, implementation, and debugging of real-time firmware for internal medical-device platforms, applying relevant medical-device standards. Help plan and execute verification and validation, maintain traceability and documentation, and contribute to engineering processes and long-term technical direction.

Requirements

Applicants should have a bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science and solid embedded-development experience, ideally in regulated or safety-critical environments. They should understand microcontrollers, low-power design, real-time constraints, and hardware-software interaction, be comfortable with circuit diagrams and Unix tools, and currently reside in the Netherlands with valid work authorization.