R&D Engineer

R&D Engineer

About Your New Employer

Our client is an innovative medical device company developing next-generation catheter-based technologies to support the treatment of serious conditions.

You will join a multidisciplinary product development team based in Galway.

About Your New Job

Reporting to the Principal R&D Engineer, you will play a key role in the development of catheter-based medical devices, with an initial focus on catheter components, manufacturing processes, and supplier capabilities.

As an R&D Engineer, you will:

• Lead the development of catheter components, manufacturing processes, and supplier capabilities.
• Design, build, and evaluate prototypes to support product development activities.
• Develop test methods, test platforms, and bench models for device development, verification, and validation.
• Design and execute experiments, analyse technical data, and use results to guide product design decisions.
• Apply principles of mechanics, fluid dynamics, materials science, and statistics to solve technical challenges.
• Develop assembly processes and manufacturing methods for catheter-based medical devices.
• Apply Design for Manufacture and Design for Assembly principles throughout product development.
• Support validation activities for components, processes, and test methods.
• Participate in design and process risk management activities, including DFMEA and PFMEA.
• Work with suppliers and external partners to support component development and manufacturing scale-up.
• Prepare technical reports, specifications, protocols, and development documentation.
• Maintain laboratory equipment and facilities in a safe and compliant manner.
• Keep informed of relevant technologies, standards, and test methodologies.
• Contribute to invention generation and intellectual property development.
• Support demonstrations of company technology for clinical collaborators, investors, and other stakeholders.

This is a hands-on engineering role suited to someone who takes a first-principles approach to problem solving. You will be expected to break down complex problems, design experiments to test assumptions, and use data to drive engineering decisions.

What Skills You Need

• A Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Biomedical, Materials, Polymer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum three years of product development experience within the medical device industry.
• Practical experience in medical device design, prototype development, and laboratory testing.
• Experience developing and executing experimental test programmes.
• The ability to analyse technical data and use evidence to inform design decisions.
• Experience working within a regulated product development environment.
• Knowledge of medical device design controls and risk management processes.
• Experience using SolidWorks and Microsoft Office.
• A hands-on and methodical approach to technical problem solving.
• The ability to work collaboratively with R&D, Preclinical, Operations, suppliers, and external partners.

What's on Offer

• The opportunity to work on innovative medical device technology with the potential to improve patient outcomes.
• A varied, hands-on engineering role covering product design, prototyping, testing, manufacturing, and supplier development.
• The opportunity to work in a collaborative and fast-paced product development environment.
• The chance to contribute to invention generation, intellectual property development, and the advancement of next-generation medical technologies.

What's Next

Apply now to be considered for this R&D Engineer opportunity in Galway. If you have medical device product development experience and are passionate about developing innovative, patient-focused technologies, we would be delighted to hear from you.