Job Description

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Cepheid, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

At Cepheid, we are passionate about improving health care through fast, accurate, molecular diagnostic systems and tests. As a member of our team, you’ll get to make an immediate, measurable impact on a global scale, within an environment that fosters career growth and development. Our mission drives us to develop groundbreaking solutions for the world’s most complex health challenges. Together, we bring MORE change to the world.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Architect – Electrical & Electronics is responsible for shaping robust hardware and subsystem architectures that enable accurate, reliable, and compliant molecular diagnostic products. This role guides critical design and technology decisions to improve instrument performance, reduce technical risk, and accelerate solutions that strengthen patient outcomes.

This position reports to the Principal Electrical Engineer and is part of the Systems R&D Software – IDC located in Bangalore and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Define electrical hardware architecture, leading its integration with mechanical and firmware systems across connectivity, compute, user interface, pressure, vibration, optics and thermal domains.
• Influence components, topology, and technology selection through trade-off analyses involving performance, cost, power, size, EMI/EMC, and reliability.
• Define critical-to-quality and critical-to-function parameters and quantify performance against requirements.
• Advance technical roadmaps by evaluating alternative technologies and improving the robustness, reliability, and performance of critical subsystems.
• Support diagnostic instruments and devices throughout their lifecycle by addressing regulatory compliance, field issues, yield improvements, and cost optimization.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a related engineering discipline, with 12+ years of experience in electrical hardware design and development for complex electromechanical products.
• Expertise in completing product certification for CE marking and electrical compliance standards such as IEC 61326-2-6 , IEC 61000-3-x, 60601-1-2 and IEC 61010-1, and FCC Part 15 Subpart B.
• Hands-on proficiency with Cadence, Xpedition, or Altium design tool suites, including schematic design and printed circuit board layout review.
• Experience in designing and reviewing analog, digital, mixed-signal, power electronics, data-acquisition, and system power-distribution hardware.
• Experience in applying risk analysis, design FMEA, reliability engineering practices, signal and power integrity analysis, EMI/EMC compliance and hardware verification.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel as required and collaborate with global internal and external stakeholders.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Board-level circuit design experience with FPGA-based embedded systems for motion control and/or data acquisition, including RTL development using Verilog or VHDL, is preferred.
• Prior experience with electronic hardware development for PCR or molecular diagnostic instruments is preferred.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.