--- title: 'Electrical Engineer at e184' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/electrical-engineer-e184-portland-35e18f1dery2' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-18' --- # Electrical Engineer at e184 - **Company:** e184 - **Location:** Portland, OR - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-10-06 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/e184/985ee913-79b4-4d17-8bfd-5c25af4abc8a ## Job description ## About us e184 is a biotechnology research company dedicated to overcoming the limits of human biology. One of our programs in reproductive technologies develops ectogenesis - the ability to support human development outside the body - to expand reproductive freedom and redefine what is possible in medicine. Our mission is to remove the biological constraints that limit who can safely carry a pregnancy, enabling new pathways to parenthood for individuals facing medical risk, infertility, or physiological barriers to gestation. We operate at the intersection of biology, engineering, and computational science, building integrated platforms that combine advanced tissue models, adaptive culture systems, and automated experimental workflows to understand and recreate the conditions required for healthy human gestation beyond the uterus. ## Role overview As an Engineer at e184, you will design and implement the electrical systems that enable communication and control between experimental hardware and software platforms supporting ex utero gestation. Your work will focus on developing reliable electrical architectures that integrate sensors, actuators, imaging systems, perfusion hardware, and environmental controls into a unified, software-controlled system. Working closely with mechanical, software, and bioengineering teams, you will translate device requirements into robust electrical designs that support long-duration, continuously operating experiments. This is a highly hands-on role for an engineer who enjoys building and debugging real-world systems at the intersection of scientific instrumentation, medical devices, and automated control in a fast-moving startup environment. ## What you'll do - Design electrical system architecture: Develop electrical frameworks that enable communication between hardware subsystems and centralized software control platforms. - Integrate sensors and actuators: Design and implement circuitry for pumps, valves, environmental sensors, imaging hardware, and monitoring systems. - Develop hardware–software interfaces: Implement communication protocols and control interfaces that allow reliable real-time monitoring and device operation. - Build and prototype electronics: Design schematics, assemble prototypes, and test electrical systems supporting experimental hardware. - Support system automation and control: Collaborate with software engineers to enable automated workflows, feedback control, and synchronized operation across devices. - Ensure reliability and safety: Implement power management, signal integrity, grounding, and fault protection strategies for stable long-duration operation. - Test and troubleshoot systems: Diagnose electrical and integration issues across multidisciplinary hardware platforms and drive iterative improvements. Core requirements - MS in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field, or BS with 3+ years of relevant industry experience - Experience designing and debugging electronic systems for hardware devices or instrumentation - Strong understanding of analog and digital electronics, signal conditioning, and power distribution - Experience interfacing sensors, motors, pumps, or control hardware with embedded or computer-based systems - Familiarity with common communication protocols (e.g., I2C, SPI, UART, USB, or TCP/IP) - Experience reading and creating schematics and PCB designs - Strong hands-on troubleshooting skills in laboratory or device environments - Ability to work independently while collaborating in interdisciplinary teams - Comfort working in a fast-paced, iterative startup environment You'll stand out with - Experience developing electronics for laboratory automation, medical devices, or scientific instrumentation - Experience integrating electrical systems with software control platforms or embedded systems - Familiarity with data acquisition systems and real-time monitoring hardware - Experience with PCB design tools (e.g., Altium, KiCad, Eagle, or similar) - Knowledge of sensor integration for environmental monitoring or fluidic systems - Experience designing systems for continuous or long-duration operation - Prior startup or early-stage hardware development experience Why e184? - Unrivaled impact: Your work directly enables technology that transforms human fertility and reproductive medicine. - Full-spectrum growth: Gain exposure to the entire lifecycle of discovery. From screening to mechanistic validation. - Best of both worlds: Experience the creative chaos of an early-stage startup with the stability of a well-capitalized company. - Elite collaboration: Work alongside a world-class team who are as driven as you are. The perks - Competitive salary + equity participation is considered - State-of-the-art facility in Portland metro area - Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k) with company match - 31 PTO days ## About e184 ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: e184 is a biotechnology and neurotechnology research company working to overcome the limits of human biology, focusing on reproductive technologies (ectogenesis, in vitro gametogenesis) and non-implantable brain-computer interfaces. - **Entity Type**: Private (Funding not publicly disclosed) - **Headquarters**: Portland, Oregon, United States (with additional offices in the Cayman Islands and a BCI Lab in the United Kingdom) - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Not publicly named (key executives include Aleksei Mikhalchenko, Chief Scientific Officer; Gavin Morley, CEO of BCI Lab; Pablo Hurtado González, COO) ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Biotechnology Research, Neurotechnology - **Target customers**: B2B (research institutions, medical partners) and direct impact on individuals (future reproductive medicine, human-AI integration) - **Mission or purpose**: To overcome the limits of human biology – beginning with reproduction and following life’s logic into symbiosis and beyond. ## Products & Services - **Repro Lab (Ectogenesis & In Vitro Gametogenesis)**: Research and development of technology to support human development outside the body (ectogenesis) and create functional gametes from other cell types (IVG). Aimed at expanding reproductive freedom and enabling new pathways to parenthood. [e184.com/repro](https://www.e184.com/repro) - **BCI Lab (Brain-Computer Interface)**: Development of a non-implantable brain-computer interface based on advanced sensors, intended to enable fluid human-AI collaboration and extend cognition, bandwidth, and memory. [e184.com/bci](https://e184.com/bci) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: 14 employees (as of 2026), with +100% year-over-year headcount growth - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly listed (the company describes itself as “well-capitalized” in job postings) - **Growth Signals**: Rapid team expansion (doubled headcount in the last year); active hiring across multiple scientific and engineering roles; distributed workforce across 6 countries (US, UK, Denmark, Cyprus, Mexico, Germany) ## Competitive Advantages - **Pioneering focus**: Combines two frontier fields – ectogenesis/IVG and non-implantable BCIs – under one company, creating unique cross-disciplinary synergies. - **Non-implantable BCI approach**: Targets true brain–AI integration without invasive surgery, potentially unlocking broader adoption and scalability. - **Mission-driven science**: Tackles fundamental biological constraints (reproduction, cognition) that few startups address, attracting top talent from institutions like Insitro, Institut Pasteur, and Washington State University. ## Strategic Focus - **Reproductive technology**: Advancing ectogenesis and in vitro gametogenesis to remove biological barriers to parenthood. - **Neurotechnology**: Building scalable, non-implantable brain-computer interfaces for fluid human-AI collaboration. - **Talent acquisition**: Aggressively hiring scientists, engineers, and industry professionals in both Portland (Repro Lab) and the UK (BCI Lab). ## Why Work Here - **Unrivaled impact**: Directly contribute to technology that could transform human fertility and human-AI interaction. - **Full-spectrum growth**: Exposure to the entire lifecycle of discovery – from screening to mechanistic validation. - **Elite collaboration**: Work alongside a world-class, highly driven team in a fast-paced startup environment. - **Benefits**: Competitive salary + equity; state-of-the-art facilities in Portland metro area; comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401(k) with company match; 20 days PTO + 11 paid holidays. [jobs.lever.co/e184](https://jobs.lever.co/e184/3fbf4093-2621-4d4d-badf-7cf64ef7d70a) - **Work policy**: Likely on-site for lab roles (Portland for Repro Lab, UK for BCI Lab); remote/hybrid not specified. ## Sources 1. [linkedin.com/company/e184](https://linkedin.com/company/e184) 2. [e184.com](https://www.e184.com) 3. [e184.com/repro](https://www.e184.com/repro) 4. [e184.com/bci](https://e184.com/bci) 5. 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