Quality Engineer - Medical Devices

Job Summary

This is your opportunity to use your quality engineering skills to deliver advanced inhalation products that could have a positive impact on patients’ lives around the world. Working alongside industry experts, you’ll enjoy the chance to ensure the quality of a range of vital products and play a key role in the development of innovative medical solutions.

What you get

Our workplace culture encourages a diverse and inclusive work force. We offer flexible working opportunities that promote a healthy work life balance. We nurture our people through vocational & leadership development, mentoring programmes and career development.

In return for your skills and expertise, we offer a competitive base salary, annual bonus and generous benefits package including a pension plan, life assurance, private health, dental plan, share save/incentive schemes, cycle to work scheme and free parking.

What we are looking for

We’re looking for a quality engineer to join a new team at our Cambridge site, supporting the development of a range of smart inhalation devices through the full process from initial concept to manufacturing, including the supply chain. You’ll work closely with our device design engineers and suppliers to ensure all products meet industry standards and regulatory requirements, as well as the needs of our customers and partners.

With knowledge of quality engineering tools such as APQP, SPC and SCAR, you'll be supporting our supply chain and device industrialization teams to ensure devices are manufactured to all relevant industry standards and regulatory requirements. Experience of electro-mechanical medical devices including Class I and Class II devices and PCB testing is preferred.

You'll work closely with the production line to identify production trends, carry out audits and recommend quality standard updates. This will include overseeing incoming materials, reducing scrap and improving supplier quality, as well as maintaining our quality systems and supporting ongoing ISO certification.

What you need

You’ll have an engineering qualification diploma or degree or equivalent with previous Quality experience in a medical device environment. You’ll be able to demonstrate understanding the applicable regulations/guidelines preferable with knowledge of inhalation product manufacture and testing processes but not essential. You will possess good communication skills, very organised with a high attention to detail. You’ll be capable of working independently whilst collaborating effectively within an team environment. You’ll be IT literate and a competent user of MS Office applications.

About Vectura

We are global leaders in the development of innovative formulations and devices for inhaled medical products and our specialist technologies helped over seven million patients in 2017. Working collaboratively, we combine technical, engineering, clinical and regulatory expertise to design, develop, industrialise and deliver a unique range of innovative products, from smart nebuliser technologies to innovative formulations.

With a healthy pipeline of new products in development, as well as partnerships with major international pharma companies, it an exciting time to join, You’ll find it’s an ideal place to develop a stimulating and rewarding career.

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