Overview: Our client is a dynamic and innovative med-tech start up dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare through advanced AR/VR systems. As a Hardware Design Engineer, you will play a critical role in developing cutting-edge hardware solutions that enhance medical diagnostic capabilities while adhering to stringent medical device standards.
Goals and Projects:
- Short-Term Projects
- Design of medical headlights for dental and surgical markets.
- Development of autonomous testing equipment for production line automation.
- Creation of a hardware-in-loop testing platform.
- Mid-Term Projects
- High-speed digital design for real-time AR/VR applications.
- Power electronics architecture for high compute edge devices.
Core Responsibilities:
Hardware Design and Development: Lead comprehensive hardware engineering efforts including schematic capture, PCB design, and rapid prototyping.
Medical Device Standards Compliance: Ensure adherence to medical device design standards (ISO 13485, EN60601).
System Architecture: Architect robust system platforms utilizing high throughput processor technologies, ensuring high performance and reliability in medical applications.
Testing and Validation: Utilize lab equipment (oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer,
etc.) for hardware testing and validation.
Component Management: Manage component selection and procurement, optimizing supply chains to meet project timelines and quality standards.
Prototyping: Oversee testing and programming jigs development for hardware validation.
Quality Assurance: Ensure system compliance and quality assurance, collaborating with QA and Regulatory Affairs to meet global medical regulations and standards.
Mentorship: Mentor and guide junior hardware engineers, fostering innovation and excellence within the team.
Continuous Improvement: Innovate and enhance system designs based on clinical feedback and user interactions, driving continuous improvement.
Design for Manufacture (DFM): Implement DFM principles to ensure hardware designs are optimized for manufacturing, reducing costs, and improving product quality.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related field; a Master's degree is preferred.
Minimum of 3 years of experience in hardware design engineering and design for manufacture; experience in C/C++ firmware development is preferred as well.
Proficiency in PCB design and validation software: Altium/KiCad/OrCAD/EAGLE, Power Analyzer by Keysight, SPICE simulations.
Experience with high-speed digital design and delay matching (DDR3/4, MIPI, PCIe, USB3.0+).
Strong understanding of analog sensor design and rapid prototyping.
Proficiency with lab equipment for hardware testing and validation.
Experience in designing embedded systems centered around MCUs and FPGAs (preferably AVR, STM32, Zynq MPSoC, NXP) Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
Knowledge of design for manufacture (DFM) principles.
Benefits:
Competitive salary of £50,000 - £70,000 per annum.
25 days holiday excluding bank holidays and company Winter holiday closure.
Flexible working hours and hybrid work arrangement (2 - 3 days per week on-site requirement).
Equipment for hybrid work provided.
Private health insurance (following a successful probation period).
Opportunity to work in an innovative, fast-paced start up environment.
Collaborative and inclusive company culture.
Professional development and growth opportunities.