Wearable Hardware R&D Engineer – New-Grad PhD(On-site. West Lafayette, USA)

Ixana•West Lafayette, IN

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Ixana is a Purdue University spinoff pioneering brain-inspired wearable computing. We've developed Wi-R, a patented communication tech that's 100x more energy-efficient than Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Join our 60-person team building the next era of real-time, AI-powered human-computer interaction. The Wi-R Revolution Wi-R is our patented non-radiative near-field communication technology that creates secure "wire-like wireless" experiences through small E-field bubbles around your body. This breakthrough enables unprecedented energy efficiency at sub-0.1 nanojoules per bit, making long-term wearable and implantable devices finally practical.

Requirements

PhD (completed 2023 – 2026) in EE, ECE, BME, ME or similar
Proven wearable or implantable hardware project (labs, dissertation or startup)
Skills in PCB (Altium/KiCad), sensors, low-power analog / mixed-signal, embedded C/C++ or Python
Able to relocate to West Lafayette and work on-site 5 days / week

Nice To Haves

4-layer medical PCB layouts
biocompatible materials
FDA / ISO 13485 experience
publications or patents in flexible electronics, biosensors or neural interfaces

Responsibilities

Invent next-gen wearables & implantables (EEG glasses, EMG patches, smart implants) around Wi-R SoCs
Own the path from concept → schematic → 4-layer medical PCB → firmware bring-up → benchtop & in-vivo tests
Design for FDA Class II/III: biocompatibility, hermetic packaging, ISO 13485 documentation
Collaborate daily with IC, RF, mech and clinical teams; publish & patent your work