Job Description
About our company
Breast cancer is the most treatable cancer, yet it remains the leading cause of death by cancer in women—largely because national screening programs miss up to 1 in 3 cases. The problem is even worse for women with dense breasts, who make up 50% of the screening population and for whom mammography is less reliable. At The Blue Box, we’ve developed a urine-based breast cancer test with a sensitivity of 88.42%, outperforming mammography by 15% overall—and by 30% in women with dense breasts. We’re launching clinical trials in 2025 and bringing our test to gynecology clinics by 2026.
We are looking for a Electronics Engineer to join our dynamic team and spearhead the technical aspects of our breast cancer diagnostic device development.
Contract flexibility: We are open to hiring this position as a full-time indefinite role or as part of a postdoc or industrial PhD program in collaboration with a university. If you’re excited about the mission but unsure about fit—reach out, and let’s talk.
Job Description
- Lead troubleshooting efforts and provide technical expertise to resolve complex issues encountered during development and use of the electronics system of The Blue Box, primary sensing unit (e-nose).
- Collaborate with our data scientist on signal processing of sample readings from our device.
- Drive innovation and optimization of the diagnostics device technology, leveraging the latest advancements in sensorics, engineering, and material science.
- Together with the management team, define the technical strategy and roadmap for product development, ensuring alignment with company goals and objectives.
- Collaborate with Clinical lead designing lab experiments to define technical specifications of the sensing unit.
- Collaborate with our Product Lead to transfer know-how to and from manufacturing partners to improve the manufacturing of the diagnostic device, and prepare and submit documentation for regulatory approvals and compliance.
Required technical skills
- Electronics & Embedded Systems Development: Design and develop custom electronics and embedded firmware/software for a medical device, utilizing tools like Visual Studio Code, GCC, STM32CubeMX, Doxygen, Ozone, etc.
- PCB Design & Prototyping: Create, prototype, and debug electronic PCBs and subsystems using CAE/CAD tools such as Altium or KiCad.
- Product Development Lifecycle: Oversee all stages of development—from initial research and prototyping to production, testing, and validation.
- Project Management: Define project scope, timelines, and deliverables while collaborating with manufacturers, regulatory teams, and other stakeholders to drive successful execution.
Required background
- Advanced degree in Electronics Engineering or similar.
- (Bonus) Proven track record of technical hands-on experience, ideally in the development of sensorics, eNoses, embedded systems.
- (Bonus) Notions of developing and improving bioinformatics/AI algorithms, and willingness to expend knowledge in this regard
- Fluency in English.
About the team
This is an in-person job with one optional work-from-home day per week. Our office space is at StartUB! (Barcelona). The current team is integrated by 8 people: CEO, Product Lead, Operations Lead, Clinical Lead, QA/RA Manager, Project Manager, Lab Technician, Software Engineer.
Desired start date: June 2nd
How to apply
To apply, please submit your application via LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4197540768) or tell us why you’re the right candidate via email to .
