EBR Systems, Inc. · 2 days ago
Director/Senior Director, Electronic & Software Systems (80% Onsite)
Sunnyvale, California
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$173K/yr - $276K/yr
12+ years expEBR Systems, Inc. is a pioneering company in cardiac technology, known for creating the world’s first FDA approved, leadless left ventricular endocardial pacing device for heart failure. They are seeking a Director/Senior Director of Electronic and Software Systems to oversee the integration of electronics, firmware, and software, ensuring clarity, scalability, and alignment with product strategy while leading cross-functional teams and managing technical architecture.
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Responsibilities
Define and steward system-level architecture across electrical engineering, firmware, and software domains
Establish architectural principles, standards, and guardrails aligned with product and technology strategy
Lead cross-program electrical and software architectural consistency and technical decision-making
Resolve cross-domain technical trade-offs in collaboration with mechanical engineering and hardware development
Define and maintain a roadmap for electronic and software platforms
Identify and prioritize technical debt across EE and software domains
Develop modernization strategies that balance innovation, regulatory requirements, risk, and delivery constraints
Define platform reuse strategies and technical standards across product lines
Forecast future technical capabilities required to support product strategy
Provide leadership for electrical engineering, firmware, and software teams, including managers and senior technical leaders
Develop technical leaders and architects within each discipline
Scale engineering capability through delegation, architectural empowerment, and modern engineering practices
Maintain periodic technical engagement to inform leadership decisions without becoming a bottleneck to execution
Own EE and software-related DDF/DHF remediation to align with lean QMSR expectations under ISO 13485
Ensure compliant but lean traceability between system architecture decisions, design inputs, risks, and verification/validation artifacts
Partner with Hardware Development and Quality/Regulatory to modernize SW design control practices while minimizing unnecessary documentation burden
Support risk management and design control activities in regulated product development
Partner with Hardware Development to define system partitioning and interface boundaries
Collaborate with Program Management to ensure architectural risks and trade-offs are visible in program plans and by key cross-functional stakeholders
Engage with Product Support Engineering to ensure field learnings inform future system architecture
Support VP R&D in architectural resolution when system-level decisions impact product strategy
Directly manages engineering managers and senior technical leaders within electrical engineering, firmware, and software
Indirectly leads multidisciplinary engineering teams through architectural leadership and technical governance
Responsible for performance management, talent development, and organizational scaling within respective domain
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field required
Minimum of 12 years of experience in electrical engineering, software engineering, firmware, or systems engineering
Minimum of 5 years of experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, including managers and senior technical staff
Experience defining and governing system architecture in complex hardware–software products
Experience working in regulated product development environments (medical device experience preferred)
Deep understanding of system architecture across electrical, firmware, and software domains
Ability to balance long-term technical strategy with near-term execution realities
Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
Experience with common platform-based architectures and multi-generation technology roadmaps
Strong ability to evaluate technical trade-offs and guide architectural decision-making
Strong organizational and leadership skills with the ability to scale teams and develop technical leaders
Strong cross-functional and executive communication skills
Ability and willingness to travel domestically (2-5 trips per year) and internationally (1-2 trips per year), which may include overnight and weekend travel
Required to stand, walk and sit; talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects or controls; reach with hands and arms
Required to stoop, kneel, bend, crouch and lift up to 20 pounds
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus
Subject to extended periods of sitting and/or standing, vision to monitor, and moderate noise levels
Preferred
Knowledge of ISO 13485, QMSR, design controls, and risk management frameworks preferred
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance provided at no cost for employee-only coverage
401(k) matching plan
Paid Time Off – starting at 3 weeks per year
Employee stock options
Life & AD&D and long term disability insurance
Education assistance
Voluntary commuter benefits and pet insurance
Weekly company lunches and occasional happy hour events
Company
EBR Systems, Inc.
EBR Systems, Inc.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$248.68MKey Investors
Brandon Capital,M. H. Carnegie & Co.Thomas FogartyDelphi Ventures
2025-06-18Post Ipo Equity· $13M
2025-05-22Post Ipo Equity· $35.83M
2021-07-29IPO
Leadership Team
Allan Will
Executive Chair of the Board of Directors (previously CEO)
John McCutcheon
President and CEO
Recent News
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