Consulting engineers since 2014 · Cape Town
BMEC is a bespoke engineering consultancy. From a quick design review to a full product development programme spanning mechanical, electronic, software and regulatory work, delivered by one multidisciplinary team.
Clients we have worked with across four continents
What we do
Clients come to us with technical challenges they cannot resolve internally: a stalled vendor, a prototype that cannot be manufactured, a device that needs certification, or a product that needs to be engineered properly from the start. We assess the problem, give clear advice and deliver the work.
Projects range from a single design task to a full development programme. If the work needs one discipline, you pay for one. If it needs several, one team is accountable for all of them.
Capabilities
Mechanical, electronic, firmware, software and medical engineering in one practice, from first concept through to long-term support in the field.
Fractional C-suite techno-commercial support
Senior technical leadership without a full-time hire: directorship, due diligence, risk management, IP and innovation strategy, and investment sourcing.
Mobile, web, cloud and embedded
Full-stack engineering across application, embedded and cloud, from mobile apps used in the field to firmware on medical devices and the cloud services behind them. We also build AI into client systems and our own.
Mechanical, electronic and industrial design
CAD modelling, simulation and tolerance analysis through to PCB development and manufacturing packs, designed for production and for use in the field.
IoT, mechatronics and industrial control
Sensing, actuation and control systems that run unattended in the field, from agricultural machinery to the automation of a historic public mechanism.
R&D, production, simulation and compliance
Devices from concept to clinical deployment across haematology, neurology, ophthalmology and vascular surgery, with the regulatory and IP pathway planned from the start.
CE · FDA · UKCA · ISO 13485 · SAHPRA
Most projects span more than one discipline. Tell us about yours and we will advise on what it requires.
Explore capabilitiesSelected work
Water treatment, agritech, medical devices, IoT and assistive technology, from concept to clinical use and from prototype to production.
Brought in to recover a failing vendor relationship, then contracted to design ArcAqua's flagship industrial ozone sanitation system. CE certified on the first attempt, with hundreds of units deployed and still in service more than ten years later.
A nine-year relationship across five product generations. What began as a GPS speed-control brief became a precision-agriculture platform spanning electronics, firmware, mobile, web and cloud, which BMEC continues to develop and maintain.
A beer-tap monitoring startup asked us for a modest hardware revision. We recommended a new architecture instead, which removed the most expensive component and reduced unit cost by roughly a factor of ten.
A permanent implant for the treatment of glaucoma, taken from concept through prototyping, IP protection, and pre-clinical and clinical device production. Currently in human-stage trials.
Track record
One client relationship has spanned 26 statements of work over more than a decade. Another has been in continuous production with us since 2017. Software and hardware we designed ten years ago are still in service. We have filed PCT patents, and clients retain full ownership of their IP.
Client milestones
Funding rounds, regulatory clearances and market listings from companies we have worked with, drawn from public coverage.
Raised R28m from the SAB Foundation and ~$1.75m to advance its glaucoma drainage implants, the device family BMEC engineers.
Read more ↗ Strait Access TechnologiesUS clearance (K243184, June 2025) for the South African cardiovascular company, and a first-in-human milestone following TEVAR.
Read more ↗ MaltentoSecured $3.3m from Sand River Venture Capital and opened a black soldier fly biotechnology laboratory in Cape Town.
Read more ↗ ArcAquaBacked by Remgro's venture arm Invenfin, ArcAqua's chlorine-free food-safety system, built on BMEC engineering, is drawing international demand.
Read more ↗ DISA MedinotecMedinotec began trading on the OTCQX (MDNC), opening a path for US manufacturing and distribution of its niche medical devices.
Read more ↗ WyrmwoodThe Modular Gaming Table raised roughly $8.8m from thousands of backers.
Read more ↗How we work
Every engagement is a fixed-scope step on the same six-phase path. You can join at any phase and stop at the end of any one.
Techno-commercial due diligence, technology readiness assessment, platform and tooling evaluation, IP strategy and regulatory planning, leading to a clear requirement specification.
In practice: Draught Guardian →The high-level technology decisions: software architecture, hardware component selection and automation system specification. These are the decisions that are most expensive to change later.
In practice: SmartSpreader →The deliverables: code, schematics, PCB layouts, CAD models, manufacturing packs, BOMs and production documentation.
In practice: Simba Pediatric Bed →Production from low to high volume, sourcing and procurement, assembly and full-stack systems integration.
In practice: HSBP →Bench, lab and field verification and validation, plus regulatory approval and trial support, including cadaveric, animal and human studies.
In practice: QMAX →Rollout, technical training, production management, issue resolution, obsolescence management and long-term lifecycle oversight.
In practice: ArcStation →In-house
Prototyping, machining, board assembly and clean-bench work are done in-house, which shortens iteration cycles and lets us find problems early.
In the workshop
Designs are modelled and simulated before they are built, then etched, machined, populated and assembled, much of it in-house. This is how we get complex systems through certification on the first attempt.
Live footage: our own mark, laser-etched into stainless steel.
Latest
Raphael posts regularly on LinkedIn with engineering notes and project milestones. Workshop and project footage is on Instagram.
Start a conversation
The founders take the first call themselves. We will give you a clear view of what the project involves, including whether it is feasible.
