Medical device maker with 150+ patents in connected health monitoring
Willow Laboratories designs and manufactures connected medical devices—built on Bluetooth, NFC, and embedded firmware (Java, Python, Spring Boot)—deployed across hospital systems. The tech stack reveals a hardware-forward org: wireless protocols dominate, paired with load testing (JMeter, k6, Gatling, Dynatrace) and security tooling (OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, MobSoft), suggesting both IoT integration complexity and regulated-device rigor. Hiring is heavily engineering-skewed with senior embedded and backend roles, while pain points center on regulatory de-risking, ISO 13486 compliance, and production scaling—typical friction points for companies maturing from R&D into manufacturing.
Willow Laboratories is a health-tech hardware company based in UC Irvine Research Park, founded in 1998, with a portfolio of over 150 issued and pending patents. The product line spans connected medical devices and wellness tools for hospital systems and consumer health programs. Core development spans PCB design for wireless devices, mobile app backends (Node.js, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB), and FDA-regulated product workflows. Current operational priorities include strengthening product quality assurance, closing process gaps, and scaling production systems while maintaining compliance with medical device standards (ISO 13486, GCP, FDA submission readiness).
Wireless: Bluetooth, BLE, NFC. Backend: Java, Python, Node.js, Spring Boot, Quarkus. Databases: PostgreSQL, Couchbase, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis. Streaming: Kafka, Apache Flink. Infrastructure: AWS. Testing: JMeter, k6, Gatling, Dynatrace, Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP.
PCB and RF design for wireless medical devices, backend architectures for mobile health apps, FDA submission workflows, product verification and validation, and scaling production systems. Active projects include a national diabetes prevention program and healthy living initiative.
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