Staff R&D Engineer

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cepheid, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests. As a member of our team, you’ll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the world’s most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.
 

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The Staff R&D Engineer serves as SiCore firmware developer. SiCore is a STM32-based board used, primarily, to precisely control temperature during "assay runs". Assays implement molecular diagnostics. Perform as an embedded systems engineer for this mature, but not yet shipping product. Become a subject matter expert, assisting cross-functional teams to diagnose complex problems, usually regarding edge-case accuracy.

This position reports to the Director of Firmware Engineering and is part of Systems R&D located in Sunnyvale and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Serve as primary embedded daughter board firmware developer.  The STM32-based board is used, primarily, to precisely control temperature during diagnostic studies.
• Become a subject matter expert in those diagnostic studies, assisting cross-functional teams to diagnose complex problems, usually regarding edge-case accuracy.
• Develop, as well, on a Cortex-A53 board, writing firmware supporting the daughter board.
• Innovate primarily on new hardware systems to extend and improve molecular diagnostics systems.
• Concentrate on real-time logic for all domains, including baremetal and ISR logic.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related work experience, OR
• Master’s degree in field with 6+ years of related work experience, OR
• Doctoral degree in field with 3+ years of work experience
• Additionally, a minimum of 3 years of professional experience with the following:
  • Embedded C/C++
  • RTOS
  • Baremetal programming
  • ISRs
  • Real-time programming

Any of the following additional optional qualifications would work in a candidate’s favor:

• Professional experience in the molecular diagnostics field or biotech industry
• Professional or academic experience in developing and maintaining industrial process control logic
• Professional experience with logic analyzers

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: if applicable for role

• Must have a valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.  Support work will include, at least, short car trips to local manufacturing sites.

Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.
 

At Cepheid we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Cepheid can provide.

The annual salary range OR the hourly range for this role is $165,000 – $185,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.
 

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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