Your opportunity to join this successful company where you will manage and deliver large, complex, multidisciplinary diagnostic product development projects.

This role provides an excellent opportunity for an experienced programme manager with the ambition and ability to achieve excellent results in a highly demanding industry and to deliver novel and radical solutions to new and existing problems under tough commercial, regulatory and time constraints.

Your specific responsibilities will vary according to your particular expertise but are likely to include:
· Management of projects from the proposal stage through to the delivery of the project
· Liaising directly with clients to understand their programme needs for large diagnostic instrument development and life sciences instrument development programmes
· Estimating timeline, resource, budget and key technical risks for proposal preparation
· Building and managing the project team with the appropriate level of expertise for the proposed work
· Reporting technical and financial progress both to the client and internally
· Leading meetings with clients, give presentations and communicate ideas and concepts to all disciplines
· Take the lead in ensuring that projects are run to relevant quality standards including the EU and FDA standards for medical devices and in-vitro diagnostic equipment
· Take the lead in ensuring that projects meet appropriate safety standards
You will also support the diagnostics business development function, exhibiting and presenting at key conferences and representing the Diagnostics Group at sales meetings. You will use your strong technical expertise and knowledge to develop relationships with current and future clients.
Minimum requirements
To meet the requirements of this role you must have:
A proven track record in the delivery of large complex multidisciplinary projects to time and budget within a regulated environment
Experience of managing risk and timeline on development projects with considerable novel content
Experience of managing multidisciplinary teams, often across different client sites and worldwide
You should have excellent oral & written communication skills
You should be a self-motivated team player who is highly enthusiastic about the diagnostic product development area.
An excellent understanding of medical device development processes compliant with ISO 13485, QSR or experience of a similar quality system such as ISO9001.

In addition, experience of the following will also be beneficial:
Experience in diagnostics either within a product company or consultancy with direct experience of in-vitro diagnostics
Experience in taking a medical or other product from concept through to launch including scale up and transfer to manufacture.

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Our client combine highly creative lateral thinking with excellent technical skills and broad industry experience to form powerful development teams. Their work ranges from complete product developments to providing consulting services for their clients on their technology, strategy or development processes.

Your responsibility will be to support the strategy for the business and execute significant personal sales, marketing and client management activities that result in continued growth of this major sector of their business.

The Division undertakes development projects in the three focus areas of:

· Drug delivery systems
· Medical diagnostics and instrumentation
· Surgical products and medical systems

You will be responsible for supporting all aspects of Business Development for their Medical Diagnostics and Instrumentation business. You will:

· Identify companies that are potential clients
· Develop strong commercial relationships with senior executives in potential client companies
· Personally close substantial sales
· Work with and guide our technical teams and business development and technical teams to maximize sales conversion
· Feed back market information to the technical teams to support product and service development
· Interact with teams across the broad technical base which includes:
o Mechanical engineering
o Product design
o Electronics
o Software
o Regulatory affairs
o Manufacturing technology
o Process automation
o Life sciences

You will also use your strong commercial and technical skills to make a significant contribution to the overall direction of development projects, often working on more than one concurrently. Whilst this position is based in Cambridge, there will be some international travel required (typically up to 25% of time)

Minimum requirements

To meet the demanding requirements of this role you will be able to provide the following:

· Proven success in developing business in the Clinical Diagnostics and Instrumentation or broader Medical Products sector with substantial contract values
· Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
· Significant commercial experience in medical product development, sales experience with a design and development services company or sales experience with a medical products company
· Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline or in the physical sciences

A fantastic opportunity for an ambitious Business Development Manager to make an impact in this highly respected company.

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Summary: Top high tech consultancy seeks bright ambitious Software or Hardware Engineers for medical devices projects, Cambridge, to £45k

This growing consultancy seeks a number of engineers to join their group focussing on drug delivery devices, manufacturing systems, diagnostic instrumentation and surgical technology. You must have the ability to hit the ground running and be immediately effective in technically challenging projects where you can contribute to, and/or lead demanding assignments.

With at least a 2.1 Hons degree from a good university in Electronics or Computer Science, with excellent communication skills, a good mixture of analytical, experimental and creative capabilities and a strong track record (or demonstrable interest) in medical device development.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in this stimulating technology environment with professional career development possible into a variety of technical, business and leadership roles.

Keywords: Consultant, 1st, 2.1, Medical Devices, Software, Hardware, Cambridge.

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Summary: This growing high technology consultancy seeks an experienced Project Leader to work on the development of medical devices, Cambridge, to £60k.

This growing consultancy seeks an experienced project leader with a strong track record in one of the following areas; drug delivery devices, diagnostic instrumentation or surgical technology. You will have a passion for delivering technology research and/or product development projects to time and to budget, as well as having excellent client?relation management skills. You will lead demanding medical technology projects with responsibility for a project team consisting of engineers, physicists, designers and technicians, managing all aspects of a project including proposals, financial management, execution, resources, client communications, and on-going sales.

You will have a first class or upper second class degree in engineering or physics; excellent communication and presentation skills; a passion for challenging technology and/or product development activities; gravitas derived from significant experience gained in a relevant medical sector; and be familiar with the regulatory context of medical device development.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop expertise in medical technologies within a growing technology company.

Keywords: Medical Devices, Physics, Design, Consultancy, Cambridge, 1st, 2.1.

Summary: Aerosol Scientist, top company working in drug delivery and medical device technologies, Cambridge, to £50k.

Our client is seeking a bright, ambitious aerosol scientist to create, analyse and develop new medical technologies. The successful candidate will be expected to make a solid contribution to a group with core business in drug delivery devices, manufacturing systems and surgical technology. You will take a leading role in the medical applications of aerosol science, working with engineers and other aerosol scientists in the design and development of novel technologies, products and analysis techniques.

You must have a 1st or 2.1 degree in physical sciences or a related engineering discipline with subsequent experience in aerosol science, demonstrated ability to generate, analyse and interpret aerosol analysis and test data, ideally a proven track record of working in the medical field and more specifically in drug delivery/pharma, strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills with sound working knowledge of aerosol principles and characterisation, highly interactive interpersonal skills for effective communication with project team members, clients, and expertise with CFD; you will likely also be familiar with one or more of C, FORTRAN, Mathematica, MATLAB, or similar.

Keywords: Aerosol, Cambridge, 2.1, 1st, drug delivery, medical device CFD.

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This recognised leader in its field are currently seeking a Physicist/Scientist to take the lead on multi-disciplinary projects developing innovative medical devices and equipment. As well as applying your mathematics, physics and scientific knowledge to solve challenging technical problems you will use your commercial experience, acting as first point of contact for clients.

Your specific responsibilities are likely to include:
· Leading teams of technologists/engineers to develop high integrity complex systems for medical devices
· Working closely with engineers and technicians to implement designs
· Writing technical reports and producing high quality design documentation
· Preparing technical programmes of work
· Presenting findings to internal and external clients

Minimum requirements
To meet the demanding requirements of this role you will have:
· An excellent degree in Physics or a related discipline
· Significant post graduate relevant industrial experience
· Strong technical skills, with key strengths in practical application of the sciences
· Experience of writing technical reports and proposals
· A genuine passion for Physics and Engineering in general

You will have excellent team working skills and the ability and enthusiasm to mentor less experienced staff. You will also have strong verbal and written communication and task management skills.

A proven ability to manage a team of engineers and technicians is highly desirable as is an appreciation of risk management tools used in product development.
In addition, experience of the following will be beneficial:
· A working knowledge of medical device development processes compliant with ISO13485 and Quality System Regulation
· Multi-disciplinary control engineering
· Systems engineering including generation of specifications and documentation
· An ability to apply simulation tools such as Matlab / Simulink to model complex problems and solutions
· A post-graduate qualification with a high level of practical experience would also be advantageous

Skills summary: Medical Devices, ISO13485, Mathematics, Physics, Matlab / Simulink.

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This leading consultancy are looking for an Industrial Chemist who can become involved in a range of projects although there will be particular focus on working on project assignments in the medical product, healthcare and consumer (FMCG) sectors.

The role will include:
· supporting business sector heads in growing their footprint in the areas of assay systems and formulation
· contributing ideas/concepts for new products and services
· taking on a technical lead role in projects and initiatives requiring industrial chemistry, formulation and assay device skills; and mentoring and developing junior consultants in this technology area

Qualifications and Education requirements:

The ideal candidate will have a good Chemistry degree (and possibly higher degree) which has been applied in a commercial environment, specifically in the consumer and/or medical sector(s).

You will be enthusiastic about helping to develop innovative solutions with emphasis on medical products, industrial and fast moving consumer goods industries.

Essential Experience & Skills:
· You will be expected to work in a technical capacity, taking on a programme/project management role or a technical lead role within the operating business. You will also support business development and sales activity, therefore must have client facing experience
· Experience of design/development to regulatory approvals (e.g. FDA)
· Knowledge of product/formulation development or processing
· Consulting background, or experience of working with consulting organisations
· Excellent attention to detail
· The ability to work to deadlines
· Good interpersonal skills, and be a strong team player.

Key skills: Industrial Chemist, Assay Systems, Medical Products.

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Summary: To take a leading role in the design and delivery of multi-disciplinary projects in the field of drug delivery products and devices. The position will require you to apply your extensive drug delivery experience and project leadership skills to the development of world-leading medical products for our clients around the globe.

Specific responsibilities

As a senior member of staff, you will support the drug delivery campaign in a variety of ways from exhibiting and presenting at key conferences to representing the group at sales meetings. You will use your strong technical expertise and knowledge of the drug delivery field to develop relationships with current and future clients by understanding their needs, writing proposals to define the work programmes, holding technical workshops and presenting data.

You will provide a technical point of contact within the company for clients. Significant project management tasks will be a key part of the role, and you will lead multi-disciplinary projects teams including engineers, fluid dynamicists, industrial designers and laboratory scientists.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineer or scientist with the ambition and ability to achieve excellent results in a highly demanding industry and to find novel and radical solutions to new and existing problems under tough commercial, regulatory and time constraints.

Minimum requirements

To meet the requirements of this role you should have a very high level of practical experience within an engineering design environment along with proven technical skills. Knowledge of the drug delivery area is essential with experience at a pharmaceutical or medical device company being required.

You should be a self-motivated team player who is highly enthusiastic about the drug delivery area. Significant project management or project leadership experience is essential.

An excellent understanding of medical device development processes compliant with ISO 13485 and QSR is also a key requirement.

Hands-on experience of manufacturing and assembly processes from one off designs to high volume manufacture would be an advantage.

Key skills: Drug Delivery, Medical Devices, ISO13485, QSR.

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Our client is looking to recruit an innovative and proactive Mechanical Engineer, to become involved in a range of projects.

Products are designed for a range of industries including medical devices and consumer products. Typically these products involve complex design issues, as a highly optimised solution is required containing complex electro-mechanical systems.

Essential Experience & Skills:

Your skills will include some, or all, of the following:

· Significant mechanical design experience to include the development of new products, ideally gained within a consultancy or commercial environment;
· Innovative and complex mechanical systems, manufacturing processes and analytical problem solving capability;
· Experience of working in a multi-skilled environment (i.e. developing electro-mechanical products);
· Team leading experience, involving guiding and planning team member’s activities;
· Experience of managing projects to tight budgets and timescales;
· Strong interpersonal and communications skills – confident and capable in a client facing role.

Preferred Skills:

The candidate should have:
· Knowledge of transfer to manufacture, manufacture process, medical device regulations, FDA submissions, type testing;
· Exposure to medical device development process;
· Risk assessment/risk management;
· CAD design experience (e.g. Solidworks);
· Analytical skills experience (e.g. FEA, moldflow, COMSOL);
· Have an ambition to learn challenging new skills and technologies and enjoy learning “on the job”.

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This established consultancy work on assignments in the medical product, healthcare and consumer (FMCG) sectors. They are currently seeking an Analyst who will become involved in a range of projects.

The role will include:

· gathering data (in response to set questions), for example, market competitor data, functional approaches, research and technology options
· carrying out detailed analysis of findings and data from projects
· structuring presentations/conclusions, preparing workshop material and presenting results to the project manager/team
· participating in client meetings and workshop sessions, where appropriate
· liaising with clients, for example, conducting data collection interviews

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

The ideal candidate will have a good BSc in either biochemistry, molecular biology, biomedicine, pharmacology (or related disciplines), or equivalent. An MSc or PhD or equivalent and some relevant industrial or commercial experience would be advantageous.

You will be enthusiastic about building a career in business and innovation consulting with emphasis on medical products, life science and healthcare industries.

This will be a demanding role that would suit someone who enjoys variety, the ability to apply their skills in new and different areas and capable of “learning on the job”.

In addition, the ideal candidate will have:

· excellent analytical and communication skills with the ability to analyse a wide range of data, structure their thoughts well, draw robust conclusions, and communicate their conclusions in a clear concise way
· excellent attention to detail
· the ability to work to deadlines
· good interpersonal skills, and be a strong team player
· good PC skills, including Word, Excel and Powerpoint

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