We are a South African preventive health company built on a simple belief: quality healthcare should come to people, not the other way around. For 18 years we have been designing and delivering mobile health services to communities, workers, and families across South Africa, reaching people who are often the last to be served by the formal health system. We are not a traditional clinic. We bring the clinic to you. Our mobile assessment centres (MACs) are fully equipped health units that travel to farms, schools, communities, and workplaces. Each unit carries trained clinical staff and professional-grade medical equipment, capable of conducting a full range of preventive health assessments in a single visit. Our work sits at the intersection of occupational health, community health, and preventive medicine. We have served mine workers on remote sites, agricultural communities in rural provinces, school learners, and thousands of individuals who had never before received a structured health assessment. In each case, the outcome is the same: people learn about their health, gain access to care they would not otherwise have received, and leave with something tangible, whether a prescription, a referral, a pair of glasses, or simply the knowledge of where they stand.
Key Responsibilities:
Medical Hardware and Software Integration
- Integrate medical hardware devices with clinical software platforms, establishing communication between devices and backend services.
- Collaborate with software and data engineers to ensure hardware interfaces are compatible with existing systems and requirements.
- Develop and improve QA processes related to medical hardware.
IoT and Electronics
- Integrate and maintain IoT devices supporting patient, clinical, and operational workflows.
- Take ownership of electronics-related tasks across the business, including sourcing, testing, and deployment.
- Support infrastructure projects requiring embedded systems or custom hardware solutions.
Troubleshooting and Field Support
- Diagnose and resolve issues with point of care medical devices and connected hardware in a timely manner.
- Conduct pre-dispatch checks on all mobile clinic vehicles, verifying hardware connections, system operability, and appropriate access controls prior to departure.
- Ensure regular software updates and security patches are applied to medical devices and associated software.
- Act as the primary escalation point for device-level technical failures.
Automation
- Identify and implement automation opportunities within hardware management, monitoring, and maintenance workflows.
- Build tooling to reduce manual intervention in device configuration and deployment.
Documentation
- Produce clear, accurate technical manuals and SOPs for point of care medical devices and integrated systems.
- Maintain documentation for all hardware configurations, integration specifications, and known issues.
Requirements
- Degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 2 to 5 years of experience in a systems integration, point of care medical devices, or electronics engineering role.
- Hands-on experience with IoT platforms, embedded systems, and communication protocols (e.g. UART, I2C, SPI, HL7, DICOM).
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot hardware and software integration issues.
- Experience writing technical documentation and user manuals.
- Comfortable managing multiple concurrent projects with varying technical scope.
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Pay: R50 000,00 - R80 000,00 per month
Work Location: In person
