Electrical Engineer
About the job
- A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience designing, developing, testing, and troubleshooting analog and digital hardware.
- Strong understanding of analog and digital circuit design, power electronics, signal integrity, and embedded systems.
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB design using Altium Designer or similar ECAD software.
- Experience with embedded hardware and microcontrollers, including I2C, SPI, and UART interfaces.
- Strong hardware debugging and troubleshooting skills using laboratory test equipment.
- Experience designing and building PCBA test fixtures for manufacturing, functional testing, or troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with PCB manufacturing, Design for Manufacturability (DFM), and supporting hardware from prototype builds through production.
- Experience in medical devices, diagnostic instruments, life sciences, or another regulated industry is preferred.
- Experience with STM32 microcontrollers and development toolsets is a plus.
- Design and review electrical schematics, PCB layouts, wiring diagrams, bills of materials, and system architectures.
- Collaborate with mechanical, firmware, software, and manufacturing teams to develop and integrate reliable electronic systems.
- Own electrical design activities from design and prototyping through testing, troubleshooting, verification, and documentation.
- Support hardware bring-up, design verification, system integration, and prototype builds.
- Design and implement PCBA test fixtures and test procedures for manufacturing and functional testing.
- Troubleshoot complex hardware and system-level issues using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, power supplies, and other laboratory equipment.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, including design specifications, verification protocols, test procedures, and engineering reports.
- Support PCB development from prototype through production, including Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and manufacturing support.
- Ensure designs comply with FDA requirements and applicable medical device industry standards.
- Communicate technical decisions, risks, tradeoffs, and project timelines clearly across cross-functional teams.
- Participate in design reviews, technical discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Experience in medical devices, diagnostic instruments, life sciences, or another regulated industry.
- Experience with STM32 microcontrollers and development toolsets.
About the company
Fluxergy creates a portable diagnostic platform that lets healthcare providers, veterinarians (including equine), and food-safety teams run multiple diagnostic tests on a single device, delivering rapid results at point-of-care. The system combines the device with disposable test kits to perform various tests, from molecular assays like COVID-19 to other health and safety checks, and is designed for fast, on-site decision-making. Fluxergy differentiates itself by offering industry-specific applications and a scalable, end-to-end solution (device plus kits) that targets diverse PoC settings, backed by partnerships and validated through collaborations with institutions such as Mass General Brigham. The company aims to expand production and adoption to set new benchmarks in how quickly and reliably laboratory testing can be done in real-world environments.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$49.5M
Headquarters
Irvine, California
Founded
2011
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- NIH collaboration advanced in January 2025, with clinical trials targeted for 2025.
- Fluxergy reported over 100,000 test cartridges manufactured by July 2026.
- The Irvine expansion and new assay launches support broader European and veterinary sales.
What critics are saying
- Headcount fell from 125 in 2023 to 82 in March 2026, signaling contraction.
- Fluxergy still lacks FDA EUA for its core platform, limiting U.S. revenue conversion.
- If NIH-backed STI trials slip past 2026, the company risks another commercialization stall.
What makes Fluxergy unique
- Fluxergy's all-in-one analyzer compresses PCR, point-of-care, and sample prep into one platform.
- NIH NIAID selected Fluxergy in 2024 for Diagnostics Development Services, signaling technical credibility.
- Its veterinary and human infectious-disease menus create cross-market reuse across labs and clinics.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Paid Vacation
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Holidays
Growth & Insights and Company News
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↓ -6%Fluxergy partners with National Institutes of Health.
Fluxergy started its commercial launch of its in-house PCR platform in late 2022 and is now being used in over 80 veterinary labs and referral hospitals in the US, Canada and EU.
"We are proud to offer an on-site solution and comprehensive laboratory training that can make a difference in how care providers navigate preventative and responsive pathogen testing.". .
IRVINE, CA., July 2, 2020 – California-based Fluxergy will work with Mass General Brigham (MGB), a major health system in Massachusetts, to further evaluate Fluxergy’s innovative Research Use Only (RUO) COVID-19 testing platform, designed to deliver accurate PCR test results in under one hour.
In March, Fluxergy announced that it was similarly working with a team at the University of California, San Diego, to evaluate its system for COVID-19 testing.