Lead/Senior Engineer (Electrical & Electronic)

About the role

At Biobot Surgical, we are developing next-generation robotic technologies that help surgeons perform procedures with greater precision, safety, and confidence. As a fast-growing Singapore-based medical robotics company, our innovations are deployed globally and are making a real impact on patient care.

We are looking for an experienced Lead/Senior Electrical Engineer who is passionate about designing complex electronic systems and enjoys solving challenging engineering problems. This role offers the opportunity to contribute directly to the development of advanced medical robotic platforms, working alongside multidisciplinary teams in software, firmware, mechanical engineering, quality, regulatory, and manufacturing.

Position title and compensation will be commensurate with experience and technical capability.

Role & Responsibilities:

As a Lead/Senior Electrical Engineer, you will play a key role throughout the product development lifecycle by:

Electrical Design

• Design analog, digital, power and mixed-signal electronic circuits.
• Develop electrical architecture for medical robotic systems.
• Design and review schematics and PCB layouts.
• Support prototype bring-up, debugging and design verification.

System Integration

• Integrate hardware with embedded firmware and software.
• Troubleshoot complex hardware/system issues.
• Support electrical safety, EMC and regulatory testing.

Product Development

• Participate throughout the entire product development lifecycle.
• Support design reviews, design verification and validation.
• Prepare engineering documentation and design records.
• Support manufacturing transfer and production ramp-up.
• Support risk management, design reviews, design transfer, DFM/DFT, supplier engagement, production qualification, and product sustaining activities.
• Design, testing and qualify PCBA/ module in accordance with design specification.
• Plan and support external laboratory testing for electrical safety and EMC, including radiated and conducted emissions and immunity; assess results and drive technical closure of findings.

Continuous Improvement

• Support investigation of production and field issues using structured troubleshooting and root-cause analysis; implement effective corrective or design-improvement actions.
• Drive design improvements and engineering changes.
• Support supplier qualification and component lifecycle management.
• Work with systems, firmware, software, and mechanical engineers to manage interfaces and resolve cross-disciplinary design issues.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of product development experience.
• Sound knowledge of analog and digital electronics, power supplies, microcontroller-based systems, sensors, actuators, and common wired communication interfaces.
• Hands-on capability with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, logic analyzers, electronic loads, and other relevant test equipment.
• Ability to understand embedded-system behaviour and collaborate effectively with firmware engineers.
• Electrical safety and EMC standards for medical electrical equipment, particularly IEC 60601-1 and IEC 60601-1-2.
• Design controls and risk management within an ISO 13485 quality system, including familiarity with ISO 14971.
• Practical experience with schematic capture and PCB-layout tools.
• Ability to isolate faults systematically, interpret data, document evidence, and convert findings into robust design improvements.
• Able to work independently while communicating effectively across engineering, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, purchasing, service, and supplier teams.

Advantageous Experience:

Experience in one or more of the following:

• Medical devices
• Surgical robotics
• Robotics
• Motion control
• Precision instrumentation
• Semiconductor equipment
• Industrial automation
• Altium Designer
• Embedded C/C++