Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. iRhythm Technologies, Inc. is a leading digital healthcare company focused on cardiac health solutions. They are seeking a Senior Manager of Firmware Engineering to lead a team in developing embedded firmware for cardiac monitoring devices, while ensuring high-quality project execution and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of firmware engineers, fostering a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team environment
• Own firmware project execution, including defining priorities, setting goals, managing timelines, and ensuring delivery across multiple concurrent efforts
• Guide technical decision-making through architecture discussions, design reviews, and hands-on support for resource-constrained, embedded systems
• Partner cross-functionally with electrical engineering, software engineering, QA/RA, and other stakeholders to align on requirements, development processes, and delivery expectations
• Contribute to and oversee the development of firmware and associated documentation in compliance with IEC 62304, ISO 13485, and related standards
• Evaluate and prioritize incoming development requests, balancing new product development, sustaining engineering, and post-market activities such as field investigations
• Improve team effectiveness by identifying and addressing bottlenecks in workflows, tooling, and development processes, including CI/CD and test infrastructure
• Support and streamline documentation and regulatory activities, helping reduce overhead on the engineering team while maintaining high quality standards
• Monitor team performance and delivery quality, using data and feedback to continuously improve outcomes
• Drive hiring and onboarding efforts to scale the team and build the capabilities needed to meet evolving business needs

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 2+ years of experience managing firmware or embedded software engineers
• 3+ years of hands-on firmware development experience in resource-constrained, embedded systems (bare-metal preferred)
• Experience working in a regulated industry (medical device strongly preferred)
• Familiarity with regulated development standards such as IEC 62304 and ISO 13485
• Proficiency in C for embedded systems
• Experience working on cross-functional engineering teams involving hardware and software
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Experience with connected or IoT devices, particularly battery-powered systems
• Experience contributing to documentation and design control activities in a regulated environment
• Familiarity with cybersecurity requirements for embedded or medical devices
• Experience with CI/CD, test infrastructure, or other development tooling improvements
• Familiarity with coding standards such as MISRA

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