Technical Product Development Manager (Medical Devices)

• Own system-level architecture across hardware, firmware, software and cloud — and defend it when reality pushes back.

• Drive end-to-end execution of new products, components and features from concept to market — making the hard trade-offs between scope, schedule, cost and risk in the open.

• Lead root-cause investigations on the hardest issues: signal quality, stimulation delivery, connectivity, data integrity, firmware reliability, cloud uptime. You are the person teams call when the easy hypotheses have run out.

• Build engineering excellence that actually moves fast: design and code reviews, configuration management, test automation, release discipline — without ceremony for ceremony’s sake.

• Own product reliability end-to-end with Production and Customer Support: triage, complaint trending, corrective actions, reliability programs, and CAPA support when needed.

• Drive platform modernization: pay down technical debt, modularize, and plan staged redesigns that lower risk while preserving compliance.

• Embed design controls and risk management into how engineering really works day to day; partner with RA/QA to keep traceability audit-ready, not theatrical.

• Guide hardware and firmware: low-noise front-ends, stimulation current sources and safety monitoring, wireless, EMC/ESD, DFM/DFT, production test.

• Guide software and cloud: robust device control apps, observability and telemetry, secure update strategy, cybersecurity for connected devices.

• Grow the engineering organization: hire and retain strong engineers, coach managers and senior ICs, and build a meritocratic culture of ownership.

• Run multiple parallel programs with honest visibility on scope, risk, timeline and resourcing.

Your first 90 days:

So you can picture what "day one" actually looks like.

• Weeks 1–2: onboarding. Structured onboarding on our product strategy with the CPO and Product team, and on our quality system, design controls and regulatory processes with RA/QA. By the end of week 2 you have a working understanding of where the product is going and how we are expected to build it.

• Weeks 3–4: deep dive. You're in the lab with the hardware team, in code reviews with the firmware and software teams, and in conversations with RA/QA, Production, Clinical and Customer Support. You leave with a clear map of the system, the team, and the top 5 risks.

• Weeks 5–8: unblock and ship. You focus on pushing forward projects and investigations that have been stuck or moving too slowly — clearing dependencies, making calls, and giving the team momentum. Concretely, you take ownership of two threads in parallel: one hardcore technical project to resolve an existing problem on the platform, and one more strategic piece of work shaping how we develop a new feature for the market.

• Weeks 9–13: bet. shape the roadmap. You translate what you have learned into a concrete engineering plan and feed it into the 3-year company and product roadmap together with the CPO: platform debt to retire, reliability bets, and the 2–3 technical risks you are going to kill before they kill us — sequenced against the product milestones the business is committing to.

• BSc/MSc in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering/Computer Science, Telecommunications, Physics, or a similarly rigorous quantitative field (or equivalent experience).

• Significant experience (typically 8+ years) in product/system engineering with demonstrated hands-on contribution across hardware, firmware and software.

• Experience leading or coordinating multidisciplinary engineering work. Formal management experience is a plus; we are equally open to strong senior engineers or tech leads ready to step into a broader leadership role with support and room to grow.

• Proven track record as a technical reference — owning system-level decisions and shipping products to market.

• Medical device experience in regulated environments: design controls, risk management, V&V, and tight collaboration with RA/QA.

• Strong background in complex electromechanical/electronic systems: analog and digital design, embedded systems/firmware, wireless. Comfortable reviewing schematics, PCBs and manufacturing/test processes. You are comfortable reading schematics, debugging at the bench with a scope, and engaging seriously with PCB layout, BOM choices, and manufacturing/test processes.

• Solid software engineering fundamentals — able to review architectures and code, not just project plans. Familiar with automated testing and CI/CD.

• Structured root-cause and reliability mindset: you close the loop from field issues to robust fixes.

• Significant experience navigating medical device environments, specifically ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and IEC 60601

• IEC 62304 (medical device software lifecycle) and IEC 62366-1 (usability engineering).
• IEC 60601-1-11 (home healthcare environment) for home-use contexts.
• Cybersecurity for connected health devices and software (e.g., IEC 81001-5-1 principles).

• Hands-on with EEG acquisition systems: biopotential front-ends, electrode interfaces, artifact and noise mitigation. (We work at microvolt scale. You know what that means.)
• Hands-on with tDCS/tACS/tRNS stimulators: current source design, compliance voltage, safety monitoring, isolation, stimulation protocols.
• Cloud-connected medical devices: telemetry, fleet management, remote updates, incident response.
• Experience supporting EU MDR and/or FDA submissions (regulatory frameworks) — technical files, V&V, audit interactions.
• MSc/PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Neuroengineering or a related field.
• How you show up
• Hands-on mentality and a real passion for hard technical problems — equally at home in the lab and in the code.
• You act (or are ready to grow into) a technical authority and mentor; you raise the bar by doing and unblocking, not only by delegating.
• System thinker who connects clinical and user needs to engineering decisions, risk controls and verification strategy.
• Communicates complex topics clearly across levels, in writing and in person.
• High ownership and urgency, with safety, quality and regulatory compliance as non-negotiables.
• Genuine collaborator across Hardware, Software, RA/QA, Production, Customer Support, Clinical and Research.

• It is not a pure people-management role. If your last few years have been mostly slideware and 1:1s, this will be a stretch.
• It is not a greenfield playground. You will inherit a real platform with real users, real history, and real technical debt — and you will enjoy it anyway.
• It is not a place to hide behind the process. We respect medical device rigor; we also reject ceremonies that do not make patients safer.
• It is not a 100-person mega-engineering empire. We are a focused team where your work shows up in the product within weeks, not quarters.

• Because brain technology is finally graduating from research curiosity into clinically validated, home-deployable medical devices — and the engineering decisions made in the next 12–24 months will define what the next generation of these products looks like. You'd be making those decisions.
• Because you will work directly with the Chief Product Officer with a clear seat at the table where product strategy meets technical reality — no telephone game, no proxy.
• Because the team is small enough that you matter, and the mission is large enough that it matters back.

• Competitive salary in the sector (based on your experience/skills)

• 26 vacation days per year + December 24th and 31st off

• Fully stocked kitchen (coffee, organic fruits, snacks, and beverages)

• Flexible working hours and hybrid work model 

• Private health insurance

• Inspiring, purpose-driven team and culture

• Beautiful office in Barcelona, located on Av. Tibidabo

• Team-building events and professional growth opportunities