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Co-Op: Research Engineer

  2025-10-10     iRhythm Technologies     San Francisco,CA  
Description:

At iRhythm, you'll have the opportunity to grow your skills and your career while impacting the lives of people around the world. iRhythm is shaping a future where everyone, everywhere can access the best possible cardiac health solutions. Every day, we collaborate, create, and reimagine what's possible, putting patients first and improving lives. We're seeking curious and innovative problem solvers to help shape the future of cardiac health, our company, and your career.

About This Role

Specific job responsibilities and opportunities may include:

  • Supporting early-stage research and scientific feasibility efforts to evaluate promising technologies for incorporation into wearable sensing solutions
  • Conducting user studies to collect data from sensors on human subjects
  • Developing and executing test protocols to characterize prototypes
  • Identifying and applying various signal processing and analysis techniques to improve our understanding of data using Python or R
  • Engaging in rapid prototyping activities, e.g., using evaluation kits and creating basic 3D models in SolidWorks
  • Working with lab equipment like multi-meters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc.
  • Gaining exposure to the healthcare environment, particularly evaluation of clinical needs and use cases
  • Working alongside a technical team to rapidly prototype electromechanical hardware platforms or fixtures
  • Learning to be creative, flexible, and agile during research and early development stages at a medical device company
  • Contributing to generation of intellectual property

About You

We are looking for an enthusiastic biomedical, mechanical, or electrical engineering student who is interested in cutting edge research in the medical device space. You should be excited about working on early-stage projects, be a quick learner, and enjoy working with a highly multidisciplinary team. You recognize the need for thoughtful, data-driven decision-making, and have strong prototyping and debugging skills to support technical feasibility studies. You have excellent engineering fundamentals, love to solve problems, and are resourceful.

Desired Qualifications

  • Pursuing a PhD or Master's degree in biomedical, mechanical, electrical, or a similar engineering discipline
  • Familiarity with physiological parameters and sensing (e.g. ECG, pulse oximetry, respiratory flow/effort)
  • Practical application of hypothesis-driven experimental design
  • Strong foundation in math and physics, with an understanding of basic statistical principles
  • Detail-oriented and diligent about maintaining a lab notebook
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, and a positive attitude

Comfortable working with minimal supervision

Location

San Francisco

Actual compensation may vary depending on job-related factors including knowledge, skills, experience, and work location.

Estimated Pay Range

$0.00 - $0.00

iRhythm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with applicable laws. iRhythm provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, including those who may have difficulty using our online system. For accommodations, contact ...@irhythmtech.com.

About iRhythm Technologies

iRhythm is a leading digital healthcare company that creates trusted solutions to detect, predict, and prevent disease. By combining wearable biosensors and cloud-based data analytics with powerful proprietary algorithms, iRhythm distills data from millions of heartbeats into clinically actionable information. Our vision is to deliver better data, better insights, and better health for all.

Make iRhythm your path forward. Zio, the heart monitor that changed the game.

There have been instances of impersonation targeting iRhythm postings. All open positions are listed on the iRhythm Careers page and communications will come from an @irhythmtech.com email address. If you suspect a scam, contact ...@irhythmtech.com. Written offers of employment will be extended in a formal offer letter from an @irhythmtech.com email address. Only.

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