Founded in 2020 and based in Silicon Valley, Empo Health is a seed-funded, VC-backed, and NSF-supported startup developing revolutionary in-home health monitoring products. Empo Health's first product, the FDA-listed Empo Footprint, is an in-home foot-imaging scale that helps doctors and patients monitor for early signs of diabetic foot ulcers. By helping them identify foot complications and risk factors before they escalate into more serious issue, Empo's product aims to assist clinicians with preventing amputations and saving lives.
As a critical member of our small, fast-paced team, you will work closely with the founders and other early team members. You should be comfortable evaluating the execution of existing processes, suggesting new processes, and collaborating across a variety of team functions. If you’re passionate about remote care and helping prevent the worst outcomes for diabetic patients, then we’d love to hear from you!
THE JOB
This is a full-time position with the following responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary technical owner for our linux user space C++ application, ensuring high-performance execution and a maintainable modern architecture for long-term scalability.
- Design and implement reliable, thread-safe, multithreaded software components (synchronization, concurrency mechanisms, performance).
- Collaborate closely with Electrical, Mechanical, and Test teams to integrate new hardware features and resolve integration issues.
- Contribute to debugging and resolution of field issues, including reproducing issues, instrumenting code, and delivering fixes.
- Develop and maintain automation, test, and build tooling using Python and/or Bash.
- Write/maintain user-space code in C/C++ and apply strong object-oriented design principles where appropriate.
- Support manufacturing and bring-up activities as needed
- Improve software observability and diagnostics (logging, metrics, traceability, version reporting).
- Participate in code reviews and establish maintainable architecture for long-term product scalability.
- Collaborate on the embedded Linux platform work and Yocto build system.
- Document software architecture, interfaces, and test strategy to support a regulated medical-device environment.
- Continue use and support of our 3rd party over-the-air software updater and device monitor.
YOU MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT IF YOU...
- Have a Bachelors or Masters in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science or a related field.
- Have 8+ years of experience in systems software development with a focus on C++ application architecture.
- Possess a strong fluency in hardware-software integration; you don't need to be an EE, but you should enjoy collaborating with them.
- Have a proven record of working as a self-starter with ownership mentality.
- Have a strong ability to work well with others.
- Possess exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Have served as the lead on similarly scoped projects.
- Have strong C/C++ experience and a deep understanding of object-oriented design.
- Have contributed heavily to hardware products that have shipped.
- Are comfortable developing on Linux and in embedded environments.
- Have strong knowledge of multithreading and synchronization.
- Use Python and/or Bash scripting for automation, testing, and build processes.
- Can operate effectively in a small, fast-paced team and collaborate cross-functionally.
- Are able to work onsite as needed in San Bruno to support hardware integration and manufacturing debugging, typically 3 days a week.
EVEN BETTER IF YOU...
1. Are familiar with the Linux Device Tree.
2. Are familiar with the i.MX http://i.MX platform.
3. Have experience with Yocto Project, OpenEmbedded, or other Linux build systems.
4. Are comfortable with lab tools such as an oscilloscope, logic analyzer, and multimeter for low-level troubleshooting.
5. Have project management experience.
6. Are experienced with Git.
7. Are experienced with factory production and assisting with field issues.
8. Have class 1 medical-device software process familiarity.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Hybrid-friendly working environment
- “Take what you need” vacation and sick leave policy
- Generous coverage for medical, dental, vision, and mental wellness plans
- 401(k) retirement plan with 4% match (after employment for 6 months)
- 12 week parental leave + part-time transition period at full pay (after employment for 12 months)
- Equity incentive options for early full-time employees
Listed by Empo Health for a position based in the United States. Employers on this board attest they are hiring domestically.
Founded in 2020 and based in Silicon Valley, Empo Health is a seed-funded, VC-backed, and NSF-supported startup developing revolutionary in-home health monitoring products. We’re assembling a contracted team of experienced Remote Patient Monitoring LPNs to provide clinical services to our customer podiatrists.
Empo Health’s first product, the Empo Footprint, is an in-home imaging scale that helps doctors and patients monitor for early signs of diabetic foot ulcers. After running a successful pilot study with results that exceeded all expectations, the team is hard at work preparing the world-class device and associated Empo Remote Health Link service for launch in a few months. This is a hands-on role: you will monitor patient data and work with a supervising podiatrist on the practice side, as well as an operations supervisor on the Empo side.
Your work will directly contribute to detecting the diabetic foot ulcers that impact millions of at-risk patients, potentially preventing amputations and saving lives. If you’re passionate about remote care and helping prevent the worst outcomes for diabetic patients, then we’d love to hear from you!
The Job
This role will be a part-time contracted position with the opportunity to grow hours to near-full-time. LPNs will be contracted by Empo and managed by Empo, but will be assigned under the general supervision of customer podiatrists to provide clinical services. The position will be fully-remote, and responsibilities will include:
Monitoring foot images and weight data collected by the Empo Footprint and displayed in the Empo Remote Health Link web portal daily. Escalating critical findings to the podiatrists and/or patients as necessary.
Conducting routine patient check-ins and adherence reminders, ensuring proper documentation is completed for each check-in. Check-ins will occur as frequently as once per month for a caseload of up to 50 patients initially.
Providing additional outreach to patients who have questions, experience changes in their health, or encounter issues with their Empo devices, ensuring timely resolution, support, and accurate documentation of all interactions.
Fielding questions from patients and delegating to other members of the Empo team as needed
Interacting with customer podiatrists
You might be a good fit if you
Are accredited as a Licensed Practical Nurse in Maryland
Are based in the United States
Have experience with working with diabetic patients
Learn new clinical protocols quickly
Communicate well with both patients and providers
Have excellent English verbal and written communication skills
Are passionate about improving access to high quality healthcare
Are tech-savvy with strong proficiency in using various digital tools and software beyond Microsoft Office. You should be comfortable with tasks such as converting files (e.g., Word to PDF), using cloud-based software and online portals, downloading and installing apps, and uploading documents to web platforms.
Have an interest in learning new technologies
Even better if you
Have a compact license
Have experience working with diabetic foot complications
Have experience with remote patient monitoring or telehealth
Can communicate effectively verbally or in writing in other languages
Have clinical research / GCP experience
What We Offer
Remote-friendly working environment
Important Note
Promoting diversity of backgrounds is extremely important at Empo Health. Although we do our best to list everything we are looking for in a candidate, we may be missing skills and/or attributes that could make you a great fit for the role. If you think you might fit this role but don’t perfectly match the description above, then please still apply! We would hate for both of us to miss out on a great opportunity.
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