Lead Hardware - System engineer – Defibrillator

About the Company

BPL Medical Technologies is a leading Indian medical technology company committed to advancing healthcare through innovative, reliable, and accessible solutions. With a strong legacy and nationwide presence, BPL serves hospitals, clinics, and healthcare providers across India and select international markets.

The company offers a diverse portfolio across patient monitoring, imaging, and critical care, supported by robust manufacturing, service, and distribution capabilities. With a growing installed base and a focus on quality and customer trust, BPL continues to strengthen its position as a trusted partner in healthcare delivery.

Driven by innovation and operational excellence, BPL is focused on building future-ready capabilities and delivering long-term value to customers, partners, and stakeholders.

Get to know about us - https://www.bplmedicaltechnologies.com/

Role Summary

We are looking for a technically strong and experienced hardware engineer to lead the design and development of high-power hardware systems for our Defibrillator product line. This is a hands-on leadership role that sits at the core of a safety-critical medical device requiring deep expertise in power electronics, analogue and digital design, and medical device compliance. If you thrive on complex engineering challenges and want your work to have a direct impact on patient outcomes, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities

Hardware Design & Development

• Design and develop high-power hardware systems including DC-DC converters, inverters, and SMPS power supplies for AC and DC-based systems.
• Work with analog and digital interfaces, perform board bring-up, and lead testing and debugging activities.
• Select appropriate components including microcontrollers, memory ICs, driver ICs, ADC/DAC components, MOSFETs, IGBTs, and interface designs.
• Design PCB layouts that meet electrical, EMC, safety, mechanical, thermal, DFA, and DFM requirements, with strong adherence to impedance control and length matching guidelines.

Regulatory & Safety Compliance

• Ensure all hardware designs meet medical device safety and performance standards, including IEC 60601-1 and IEC 60601-1-2.
• Participate in AFMEA, own the DFMEA process, and collaborate with manufacturing teams on PFMEA.
• Conduct design of experiments to investigate issues, apply structured root cause analysis methodologies such as Fishbone and 8D, and implement effective CAPAs.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work closely with EMS partners and vendors to improve process quality, product reliability, and Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and automated testing outcomes.

• Conduct detailed requirement analysis, translate specifications into system-level requirements, and provide effort estimations for proposals.
• Collaborate with firmware teams to ensure seamless integration of hardware and microcontroller interfaces.

Technical Leadership

• Mentor and guide junior hardware engineers, providing technical direction and supporting their professional development.
• Lead and review PCB design activities, ensuring the team adheres to established design standards and best practices.
• Contribute to product lifecycle management and drive continuous improvement across the hardware engineering function.

What Were Looking For

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering (B.E. / B.Tech / M.E. / M.Tech / M.Sc.).
• Minimum 8 years of experience in hardware design, with a strong focus on high-power electronics and medical devices.
• Demonstrated experience designing hardware for safety-critical applications in compliance with IEC 60601-1 and IEC 60601-1-2.
• Working knowledge of defibrillators, electrocautery systems, or X-ray systems will be a distinct advantage.
• Experience in people management and team handlin

Skills & Competencies

• Strong foundation in circuit theory, electrical engineering principles, and mixed-signal circuit design.
• Hands-on expertise in high-power electronics DC-DC converters, SMPS, MOSFET and IGBT-based designs, and high-voltage component selection.
• Proficiency in signal integrity, power integrity, and EMI/EMC design concepts.
• Experience designing firmware for microcontroller interfaces.
• Familiarity with EDA tools such as Cadence, Altium, PSpice, OrCAD, and Mentor Graphics.
• Proficient with standard test instruments including DSOs, multimeters, and power supplies.
• Strong understanding of product reliability and performance characterisation.
• Proven ability to guide and mentor PCB and hardware design teams.

Why This Role Matters

This is a high-impact, hands on role for someone who is ready to take full ownership of high-power electronics.

• You will take end-to-end ownership of high-power hardware design for a life-critical medical device, with significant technical and leadership accountability.
• The role offers deep specialisation in a niche and highly valued domain high-power electronics within regulated medical device development.
• You will work across the full hardware development lifecycle from requirements and design through compliance, validation, and manufacturing transfer.
• You will have the opportunity to mentor and shape a team of engineers, directly influencing technical standards and engineering culture.
• Your work will contribute to devices deployed in emergency and critical care settings, where the quality and reliability of your designs has a direct and meaningful impact on patient outcomes.

Location - Bangalore