Company Overview: Lexington Medical, Inc. is a medical device company developing and manufacturing minimally invasive surgical stapling solutions in the Boston area. With the highest standards in design engineering and smart manufacturing, our team delivers disruptive technology to healthcare providers, improving surgical outcomes for patients in a thriving $6B+ surgical stapler market.

Our products combine precision mechanics, embedded intelligence, and real-time control to deliver clinically superior outcomes in the operating room. Rooted in a talent-dense culture, we are committed to innovation, foster continuous growth, and achieve great heights together. , you will have the opportunity to impact the lives of millions of patients worldwide and thrive in a fast-growing MedTech company.

Role Overview: We are hiring an Embedded Software Engineer to join our R D team at Lexington Medical, Inc. in Bedford, MA, near Boston. This role is designed for someone early in their career who has completed strong internships or co-ops working on embedded firmware, robotics, or electromechanical systems and is excited to continue building real hardware-driven products.

In this role, you will contribute to the development, testing, and integration of embedded firmware within our advanced surgical stapling platform. You will work closely with embedded, electrical, mechanical, and systems engineers, gaining hands-on exposure to microcontroller-based systems, hardware bring-up, and real-world debugging in a regulated medical device environment. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on firmware that interacts directly with motors, sensors, and physical mechanisms.

Responsibilities

: Contribute to the design, implementation, and testing of embedded firmware running on ARM Cortex-M or equivalent microcontroller-based systems using C and C++. Assist with the development and integration of low-level drivers and communication interfaces, including SPI, I²C, CAN, UART, and USB, along with application-layer logic that controls and monitors electromechanical systems. Work closely with electrical and mechanical engineers to support hardware bring-up, debugging, and system integration, ensuring firmware interacts correctly with motors, sensors, and other physical components.

Participate in code reviews and design discussions, learning best practices for modular, maintainable firmware design. Contribute to improving firmware quality, reliability, and traceability over time. Support verification and validation activities through bench testing and system-level testing.

Requirements

, design decisions, and test results in alignment with FDA and IEC 62304 expectations.

Qualifications

: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related discipline. 1+ years of relevant experience, including internships or co-ops with significant hands-on embedded or hardware-focused work. Experience writing and debugging embedded C or C++ code.

Comfort working with microcontrollers, hardware-level debugging tools, and lab equipment. Exposure to real-time or bare-metal embedded systems. Familiarity with communication protocols such as SPI, I²C, UART, or CAN.

Hands-on experience with robotics, motor control, sensors, or electromechanical systems through internships, academic projects, or personal projects. (hint: Answer to the mystery question is 23. ) Company Overview Disclaimer: Lexington Medical, Inc.

is a surgical stapling company based in Bedford, MA , developing smart surgical technology for minimally invasive procedures . We’re hiring top engineers and medical device sales professionals to help us grow and improve outcomes for patients worldwide.