Startups

Senior Firmware Test Engineer

Cala Health · San Mateo, CA · On-site

← All jobs
About Cala Health

Backed by GV and Lux.

About the role

Cala is seeking a Senior Firmware Test Engineer to join our growing R&D team. You will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and executing pre-DVT (Design Verification Testing) and formal DVT testing across multiple crucial initiatives, bridging both commercial production releases and early-stage clinical trials.

What they're looking for

  • BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent field
  • 5–7+ years of experience in embedded firmware testing and design verification
  • Embedded firmware experience, with a strong understanding of how hardware, firmware, and software interact at the system level
  • Proficiency in coding (e.g., C/C++ and Python) with the ability to read, modify, and inject test hooks into bare-metal or RTOS firmware architectures
  • Experience generating, designing to, and testing to product requirements
  • Demonstrated troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills, with comfort using hardware debugging tools such as oscilloscopes
More about this role

About Cala

At Cala, we’re working to free people from the burden of chronic disease. We began by creating the first non-invasive prescription therapy for hand tremor. After years of careful fine-tuning and improvements, we released Cala kIQ — our most sophisticated therapy yet. Our products have empowered thousands of people to get back to their lives with confidence and ease.

But we won’t stop there. Our pioneering technology can be applied across neurology, cardiology, and so much more. It’s all part of our mission to help people in their struggle with chronic disease. We’re only just getting started.

Cala is seeking a Senior Firmware Test Engineer to join our growing R&D team. You will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and executing pre-DVT (Design Verification Testing) and formal DVT testing across multiple crucial initiatives, bridging both commercial production releases and early-stage clinical trials. This role requires a hands-on engineer who is not only comfortable executing rigorous test protocols but also has the coding proficiency to dive into existing firmware to debug issues, add test hooks, automate test methods, and enable deeper validation features.

-...

Read the full posting on Cala Health's site ↗

Hardware

Build your edge while you search

Free tools for founders and investors, plus VC Unfiltered, our take on startups, venture and the people who build them.