Electronics & Software Engineering
We have the experience to overcome your project's complex challenges.
Our Electronics & Software Engineering group includes engineers, programmers, technicians and human factors experts so your project is ensured a durable, safe and easy-to-use electronics system.
We specialize in complete electronics & software solutions
- Medical Products - designs for regulatory approval, including fault and hazard analysis, EMR suppression and safety testing.
- Biotech Equipment - designs for business success, including your sample throughput, accuracy, consumables and maintenance.
“Using concept models and illustrations, Industrial Designers help clients and engineers visualize a product or product concept so it can be discussed and analyzed thoughtfully. This exploration allows the team to better consider options for how components are organized, what the product can look like, and how the product will be used. A strong vision becomes a roadmap that guides a project to its desired end result.”
—Fred Kool, Director of Electronics & Software Engineering
We build devices compliant with the strict IEC 60601 standard for medical electronics.
You've spent a lot of time mastering the medical or biotech regulations in preparation for your submittal. We have, too. You can be assured your partners at BC Tech will generate regulation compliant output under strict design controls.
BC Tech has designed, tested and manufactured dozens of regulation compliant devices with complex electronic controls and user interfaces for use in the United States and Europe under the UL, CE, IEC, AAMI and more.
We have extensive experience with medical and biotech technology:
- Energy Delivery - R/F, microwave, laser, ultrasound, etc.
- Motion & Agitation Control - brushed/brushless DC motors, actuators, etc.
- Temperature Control - PCR, thermocyclers, peltiers, etc.
- Gas & Fluidics Control - flow, expansion, pH, foams, etc.
- Electro Optics - PMT, arc lamps, lasers, LEDs, photo diodes, CCD, etc.
- Leveraged Software - proprietary real-time executive, control and measurement modules, etc.
The Electronics & Software Senior Engineering Team
Project Manager, Sr. Electrical Engineer
- Companies:
- Siemens Medical
- Acuson
- Medi-Tech
- Accomplishments:
- 17 years in medical device design and development. Developed piezoelectric and MEMS ultrasound transducers; designed catheter-based ultrasound phased arrays and balloon angioplasty catheters; developed pulsed-dye laser ablation catheters, RF-heated balloon angioplasty catheters.
- Education:
- B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
- M.S. Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Sr. Systems Engineer
- Companies:
- Baxter Healthcare
- Nellcor, Revivant
- Medical Device Consulting
- Accomplishments:
- 25+ years in medical device engineering. Developed pulmonary artery catheters; pulse oximeters; patient monitors for blood pressure, glucose measurement; drug inhalation; CPR devices.
- Education:
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Massachusetts
- M.S. Biomedical Engineering, USC Los Angeles
- Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Biomedical emphasis, USC Los Angeles
Sr. Electronics and Software Engineer
- Companies:
- UC Santa Cruz
- Rancho Los Amigos Hospital
- Loma Linda Medical Center
- Accomplishments:
- 30+ years in medical product engineering. Developed an 8-channel electrical muscle stimulator: portable ECG/Respiration monitor; implanted flowmeter; microwave ablation system; cardiac catheter RF ablation; blood separation system; implemented low-power designs operating on battery.
- Education:
- B.S. Physics, Pacific Union College California
Sr. Electonic Engineer
- Companies:
- Utility Systems Corp
- Metering Technology Corp
- Excort Memory Systems, California Microwave
- Peak Systems
- Eratron
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Accomplishments:
- 35+ years in electronic engineering. Responsible for hardware, analog and digital design of remotely readable electric power meters; designed medical RF devices, one of which was to be embedded in the human body; designed RFID systems and radio telephony equipment; patented Fail Safe protection circuit.
Sr. Electrical Engineer
- Companies:
- Maxtor Corp.
- Seagate Technology
- Accomplishments:
- 15 years of experience in instrumentation and measurement with focus on characterizing and testing complex electro-mechanical systems. Designed embedded test control allowing "one button" test on factory floor; implemented a non-preemptive multitasking system in C for the PIC microcontroller in a robotic system; developed a piezo sensor system.
- Education:
- Physics: State University College at Potsdam
Sr. Software Engineer
- Companies:
- Pacific Neo-Tek
- Philips Semiconductors
- Emu Systems, Sensory Engineering
- Lego Denmark
- Borland
- Accomplishments:
- 26+years electrical engineering and computer programming. Developed software for patient temperature management system; mobile patient monitoring device; authored OmniRemote, the original and leading PalmOS universal remote control.
