Full-Time

Firmware Engineer 3

Fluxergy

Fluxergy

51-200 employees

Portable diagnostic platform for rapid tests

Compensation Overview

$120k - $135k/yr

Irvine, CA, USA

In Person

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
C/C++
Requirements
  • 5+ years developing and releasing firmware for embedded or IoT devices
  • Familiarity with embedded Linux, Yocto, and at least one RTOS
  • Proficiency in C (C98) and C++ (C++11)
  • Experience with bring-up, verification, and troubleshooting of embedded systems
  • Ability to design and improve communication protocols like UART, SPI, and I2C
  • Willingness to experiment, iterate, and apply quantitative analysis to improve systems
  • Ability to work effectively across teams and clearly document and share work
  • Comfort navigating ambiguity and tackling unforeseen challenges in a system built from the ground up
Responsibilities
  • Develop, test, and release firmware for embedded and IoT-based systems
  • Ensure firmware reliability, performance, and quality across all stages of development
  • Bring up, verify, and debug new hardware systems, including the Fluxergy Analyzer
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support system integration and troubleshoot issues
  • Identify, analyze, and resolve bugs or system-level challenges as they arise
  • Design and improve intra-device communication interfaces (UART, SPI, I2C)
  • Explore and implement new methodologies to enhance existing features, backed by data-driven analysis
  • Participate in code reviews across teams and contribute to engineering best practices
  • Create and maintain clear, thorough technical documentation
  • Build internal tools to support development, testing, and team efficiency
  • Be an awesome team member
Desired Qualifications
  • Background in medical devices or similar industries is highly valued
  • Have worked on an FDA regulated project
  • Familiar with safety critical design processes and controls
  • Ability to read schematics

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

  • NIAID partnership enhances STI and vaginosis POC diagnostics on Fluxergy platform.
  • EHV-1 PCR assay validated for equine testing, enabling in-house revenue retention.
  • 70,000 sqft Irvine facility scales microfluidic manufacturing for growing demand.

What critics are saying

  • Cepheid GeneXpert erodes market share with FDA-cleared STI panels in 6-12 months.
  • BioFire FilmArray captures equine pathogen panels, outcompeting Fluxergy in 12-18 months.
  • FDA clearance failure confines Fluxergy to veterinary markets in 12-24 months.

What makes Fluxergy unique

  • Fluxergy's open platform runs molecular, immunoassay, chemistry, and cytometry on one analyzer.
  • Portable FluxergySearch consolidates lab tests using fluorescence and imaging cytometry sensors.
  • In-house PCR platform adopted in 80+ veterinary labs across US, Canada, and EU since 2022.

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Orange County Business Journal
Jan 6th, 2025
Fluxergy Partners with National Institutes of Health

Fluxergy partners with National Institutes of Health.

Fluxergy
Oct 5th, 2023
Fluxergy Launches New In-House Streptococcus equi ss equi Rapid PCR Assay

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.

Cision
Oct 2nd, 2023
Fluxergy Launches New In-House Streptococcus Equi Ss Equi Rapid Pcr Assay

"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.". .

Fluxergy
Jul 2nd, 2020
FluxErgy LLC. partnered with Mass General Brigham on Jul 2nd 20'.

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.

Fluxergy
Jun 30th, 2020
FluxErgy LLC. partnered with University of California - San Diego on Mar 1st 20'.

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.