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Research Hardware Engineer

Convergent Research
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San Francisco, CA$183k - $240kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Hardware-focused research engineering role at Arbor Neuroscience, a nonprofit translational research organization focused on neuromodulation platforms combining ultrasound and electrophysiology for animal and human studies.

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with the scientists running the experiments to understand their needs and translate them into hardware requirements
  • Own our side of Forest 1 development: characterize how the current device performs in our experiments, define what the next version needs, and work with the engineering partner to get it built
  • Design, build, and help validate hardware for a novel platform combining bidirectional electrophysiology and ultrasound in animals, including implants, headstage interfaces, simple circuit boards, and test rigs
  • Make Forest 1 portable and robust enough for use outside the clinic
  • Identify what we should build in-house and what we should contract out, and manage the contractors when we do
  • Prepare our platforms for use by outside groups: documentation, reproducibility, and the robustness that requires

Qualifications

  • Depth in at least one of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or bioengineering, and enough working knowledge of the others to know what you need and who to ask
  • A record of building physical things that worked: instruments, devices, rigs, or research hardware, ideally in a setting where requirements weren’t always clear or fixed
  • Credibility and judgment to work with a strong external engineering team and ensure the outcome meets our requirements
  • Comfort with CAD and, ideally, simple board design
  • A network you can draw on for the work we don't do ourselves
  • Genuine interest in the experiments and clinical applications the hardware serves
  • Directness without friction – you say what you think, ask when you don't know, and aren't looking to compete with your colleagues

Skills

Required:Mechanical engineeringElectrical engineering
Nice to have:BioengineeringCAD

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision – most plans fully covered for you and your dependents
  • 401(k) with up to 6% match
  • Company-paid life and AD&D, with voluntary supplemental options
  • 15 holidays plus a floating day for your birthday
  • 3 weeks PTO increasing with tenure, and separate sick leave
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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