Nova Biomedical: One Global Brand. One Vision. Together under one name.

Advanced Instruments and Nova Biomedical are now united under one brand, Nova Biomedical, marking a major milestone in our journey to deliver greater value to our customers. By combining our strengths, we're accelerating innovation, supporting critical workflows, and delivering world-class service across the biopharmaceutical and clinical markets.

About the company

At Nova Biomedical, we’re not just building instruments, we’re powering breakthroughs that improve lives. Our smart, science-driven solutions are trusted in over 100 countries to speed drug development and enhance patient care.

Our integration brings together more than 70 years of scientific excellence with Nova’s cutting-edge innovation, forming a powerhouse of precision, purpose, and possibility. With FDA-registered, ISO-certified manufacturing, more than 125 FDA approvals, and industry-trusted diagnostics, we’re setting new standards in quality and reliability. Nova Biomedical is proud to be a global leader in osmolality testing and biotechnology and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) instrumentation, dedicated to advancing patient care and scientific discovery with a legacy that continues to shape the future of life sciences.

With headquarters in Norwood and Waltham, Massachusetts, and a global team of nearly 2,000 employees, we’re building a collaborative, empowered culture grounded in shared values: Customer Centricity, Ingenuity, Ownership & Accountability, Collaboration, and Integrity.

Working at Nova Biomedical means joining a mission-driven organization where your contributions matter. Whether you're in engineering, science, manufacturing, or support, you’ll be part of a team that values innovation, invests in your growth, and is committed to making a real-world impact on global health.

Explore what’s next with us at novabiomedical.com or aicompanies.com

About the role

Nova Biomedical is seeking a Principal Firmware Engineer to serve as a senior technical authority within our embedded systems Center of Excellence. This role is responsible for defining firmware architecture and technical direction across multiple products and platforms, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and long-term maintainability. The Principal Firmware Engineer operates at an organization-wide scope, influencing firmware strategy, setting standards, and guiding complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept through production and lifecycle support. This role partners closely with R&D leadership, hardware, systems, quality, manufacturing, and external vendors to align firmware solutions with business and product strategy. The ideal candidate is a recognized technical leader who combines deep embedded expertise with strong systems thinking, judgment, and influence. They are self-starter, results-driven, and capable of balancing near-term delivery with long-term architectural vision.

If you’re passionate about firmware engineering and want to be part of a team that is shaping the future of life sciences, we’d love to hear from you, apply today!

What you’ll do

• Firmware Development & Architecture: Design, implement, optimize, and own embedded firmware for microcontrollers, processors, and SoCs across multiple products, platforms, and generations.
• Technical Leadership: Guide a team of engineers, provide mentorship, and enforce best practices in firmware development. Establish long-term technical roadmaps for embedded firmware, balancing performance, cost, reliability, security, and regulatory needs. Influence technical direction across teams without direct authority through mentorship, design reviews, and technical leadership.
• System Integration: Work closely with hardware, software, and product teams to ensure seamless integration of firmware with system components. Partner with quality, regulatory, and manufacturing teams to ensure production readiness and lifecycle robustness.
• Performance Optimization: Analyze and improve firmware efficiency, reliability, and power consumption. Ensure firmware architectures meet applicable safety, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Code Review & Documentation: Lead and participate in code reviews, enforce coding standards. Ensure high-quality technical documentation, including architecture specifications, interface definitions, and design rationales.
• Troubleshooting & Debugging: Utilize tools like oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and debuggers to diagnose and resolve firmware issues. Lead root-cause analysis for critical field or production issues and define systemic corrective actions.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure firmware adheres to industry standards, security best practices, and regulatory requirements.
• Research & Innovation: Stay updated with industry trends, emerging technologies, and contribute to firmware innovation initiatives.
• Talent Development: Help define career development expectations and technical competency standards for embedded engineers, growing technical depth and leadership capability across the team. Provide technical leadership when working with external vendors and development partners.

What we are looking for in you

• Experience: 12+ years of firmware development experience, with a strong track record in embedded systems.
• Programming Languages: Proficiency in C/C++ and assembly language for embedded development.
• Embedded Systems Knowledge: Experience with various operating systems, bare-metal programming, and real-time constraints.
• Hardware Familiarity: Understanding of microcontrollers (ARM, PIC, Renesas, MSP430, etc.), peripheral interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART), ADCs, DACs, and debugging tools. Ability to read schematics and use an oscilloscope.
• Beneficial Experience: Experience with interfacing with chemical sensors and/or floating sensors.
• Software Development Tools: Proficiency in version control (Git), build systems, and scripting (Python, Bash).
• Communication & Collaboration: Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work with multidisciplinary teams, and influence across teams.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Physical Requirements for this role include:

• Must be able to use basic office equipment: computer, printer, copier, telephone, etc.
• Ability to function in a changing, high-impact position, with deadline and resource constraints
• Ability to travel less than 10% of the time
• The full list of physical requirements for this role is available upon request.

Why work for Nova Biomedical

• Flexible Medical, Dental, & Vision Coverage
• Competitive 401k company match
• Bonus Program, Generous PTO and paid holidays
• Generous Tuition reimbursement
• Hybrid and flexible work arrangements
• Professional development, engagement and events
• Company marketplace for lunch and snacks in our Norwood, MA, Billerica, MA and Westbrook, ME offices
• Company subsidized cafeteria in our Waltham, MA office

Nova Biomedical believes in transparency and integrity throughout all we do, including compensation. The provided salary range for this role represents the expected base salary or hourly rate for this opening. Actual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience and may vary based on individual factors such as location, skills, and education.

EEO Statement:

Nova Biomedical takes pride in being an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. As a part of our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce, Nova Biomedical will continue to take steps to assure that recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, and all other personnel decisions are made and administered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information or any other protected class.

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