Future Co-Founder | From R&D to Industrialization | Cardiovascular In Vitro Simulation | Mons, Belgium

The opportunity

Pulso is not hiring an engineer to fill a seat — we're looking for the person who will help build the company itself.

As THE first engineer, you won't inherit a team, a process, or a playbook. You'll create them.

This is a role for someone who wants more than a job description: real ownership, direct exposure to the founder and clients, and a genuine path toward a co-founder-level position as Pulso scales. If you're energized by ambiguity, enjoy building things with your own hands, and want your decisions to visibly shape a product and a company — this is built for you.

About Pulso

Pulso is a Belgian MedTech startup (a spin-off from the University of Mons, launched in late 2025) developing in vitro cardiovascular simulation platforms for medical device manufacturers, hospitals, and research centers. The systems replicate real cardiovascular conditions — flow, pressure, valve dynamics — to accelerate the development, evaluation, and validation of medical technologies, including training platforms for cardiologists that currently rely heavily on animal testing.

We're already generating revenue, have delivered 15+ projects, operate across several European markets (Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, France, the UK), and are entering a major growth phase.

What you'll actually do

• Own technical development end-to-end: design, prototype, assemble, test, and continuously improve Pulso's products and client-specific setups.

• Design and run in vitro test campaigns: define simulation protocols (flow, pressure, valve dynamics), replicate target physiological conditions, and validate tested devices against rigorous technical and clinical criteria.

• Build the engineering function from scratch: put in place the methods, documentation, planning, and workflows that don't exist yet — CAD/version control, BOM management, test protocols, issue tracking.

• Run technical projects autonomously: turn requirements into action, coordinate suppliers and partners, anticipate risks, and make the corrective calls needed to deliver.

• Challenge and improve, proactively: bring your own engineering point of view to Pulso's products and ways of working — we're not looking for someone who waits to be told what to do.

• Bridge engineering and the field: translate client and clinical needs into technical solutions, and represent Pulso in client meetings, demos, hospital visits, and cardiovascular congresses.

Your first big objectives

1. Industrialize the current valve simulators — turn prototypes and custom builds into robust, reproducible products (design, BOM, assembly procedures, validation protocols, quality criteria).

2. Develop the next generation of cardiovascular simulators — from concept and CAD through prototyping, in vitro testing, and delivery.

3. Build a reliable supplier and production ecosystem — structure suppliers, purchasing, manufacturing partners, component choices, and inventory as volumes grow.

4. Bring the Pulso Pump to industrial product maturity — strengthen the mechanical and electromechanical design, improve robustness and maintainability, structure the software/UI layer, and establish a clear approach to validation and failure-mode risk management.

5. Make the Pulso Pump commercially scalable — define a controlled product configuration, documentation, testing, and release process so every unit shipped is consistent, supportable, and client-ready — not treated as an engineer's prototype.

6. Build the engineering system behind the products — practical CAD/versioning, BOM, test protocols, technical documentation, issue tracking, and corrective actions, so technical knowledge doesn't live in one person's head.

Who we're looking for

• A degree in mechanical, electromechanical, biomedical engineering, or an equivalent field.

• A first R&D or hands-on mechanical engineering experience, ideally in the MedTech sector is recommended — this can be your first hands-on R&D or industrialization role, as long as it's a real one. What matters more than years is what you've built so far.

• Experience taking a physical product from CAD/prototype through testing, manufacturing, or market launch is a strong plus.

• A genuine entrepreneurial streak: you like building from scratch, you can structure processes that don't exist yet, make decisions under ambiguity, and take on responsibility well beyond a standard job description. Prior startup, co-founder, side-project, or high-ownership experience in a small structure is a real asset.

• Comfortable in a very small, fast-moving environment with high autonomy, ambiguity, and real stakes — this is not a 9-to-5 job.

Skills that matter

• Strong mechanical/3D design skills; proficiency with Fusion 360, SolidWorks, or equivalent.

• Field prototyping, 3D printing, assembly, mechanical testing and troubleshooting — a genuine "builder" mindset, hands-on with your own equipment.

• Comfortable coordinating suppliers, managing BOMs, revisions, technical documentation, test plans, and acceptance criteria.

• Working knowledge of electromechanical integration; software skills (Python, C/C++, Arduino) are a strong plus.

• Fluid mechanics / experimental test-bench experience (flow loops, sensors, pressure, synchronized acquisition, test reproducibility) is highly relevant to what we do.

• Strong communication skills and proficiency in English with clients, clinicians, and technical partners; working French is very helpful for day-to-day life in Belgium.

Why join Pulso

• Become employee #1 and have a direct, visible impact on how the company and its technology are built.

• Take real ownership of the technical side of a revenue-generating MedTech startup with a solid commercial pipeline.

• Work directly with the founder, in a flexible environment where your ideas and decisions have immediate impact.

• Get direct exposure to clients, clinicians, hospitals, and international cardiovascular congresses.

• Grow with the company: your scope and leadership will expand as Pulso scales — with a genuine track toward a co-founder-level role.

• Competitive salary, benefits, and stock options.

Compensation & benefits

• Salary: €4,000 – €5,000 gross/month, depending on experience and overall package.

• Stock options, reflecting the level of ownership we're looking for in this role.

• Meal vouchers (chèques-repas) and eco-vouchers.

• Home-office allowance.

• Company laptop and phone provided.

• Occasional travel for client visits, hospital sessions, demos, and congresses in Belgium and abroad.

Recruitment process

1. Screening of your CV by Adaequatio Services

2. Phone interview — short introductory conversation about the role, your background, and mutual fit.

3. Interview with the founder — an in-depth discussion of your technical experience, your level of ownership, your working style, and your motivation.

4. Practical exercise — an in-person technical exercise, followed by a discussion with the founder and a Pulso Board member.

5. Reference check — final verification before decision.

How to apply

This search is being managed by Adaequatio Services on behalf of Pulso Technology.

📩 Contact Audrey Remacle