Advanced Product Development Engineer (Denmark, Hillerød)

Novo Nordisk A/S; Hillerød; On-site; DKK 570,000 - 838,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S in Hillerød is seeking an Advanced Product Development Engineer to drive design control and risk management across the full product development lifecycle for medical devices. This role ensures safety, quality, and regulatory compliance, enabling life-saving treatments to reach patients worldwide.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams within Global Manufacturing & Supply, contributing to robust design control practices and traceability across subsystems to support

Qualifications

• Relevant degree combined with experience in medical device development.
• Strong knowledge of design control principles, including 21 CFR 820.30 and ISO 13485.
• Experience with requirements management, traceability, and system architecture documentation.
• Proficiency in design verification and validation methodologies.
• Familiarity with medical device regulations (FDA, EU MDR, ISO 13485).
• Experience conducting and facilitating design reviews.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Driving design control and risk management activities, applying risk-based thinking to all development and lifecycle activities
• Executing the full design control lifecycle – from planning, inputs/outputs, reviews, verification, validation, transfer, through to change control
• Establishing and maintaining requirements specifications and system architecture with full traceability across subsystems and interfaces including user communication, primary and secondary pancaking
• Conducting and participating in design reviews, ensuring alignment and technical rigour at every stage
• Planning, supporting, verification and validation activities
• Maintaining requirements traceability and objective evidence throughout the Design History File

Skills

Design control principles

Risk management

Requirements management

Traceability

English fluency

Education

Relevant engineering degree

Job description

Jobbeskrivelse
Placering
Hillerød, Denmark

Jobkategori
Engineering & Technical

This is a temporary position for a period of 12 months, based in our Hillerød office.

mPFS EARHART

Shape the future of medical device development – from concept to patient, with design control at the core of everything you do.

Your new role

As an Advanced Product Development Engineer, you will drive design control and risk management across the full product development lifecycle. Your work will directly ensure that our medical devices meet the highest standards of safety, quality, and regulatory compliance – enabling life-saving treatments to reach patients worldwide.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Driving design control and risk management activities, applying risk-based thinking to all development and lifecycle activities
• Executing the full design control lifecycle – from planning, inputs/outputs, reviews, verification, validation, transfer, through to change control
• Establishing and maintaining requirements specifications and system architecture with full traceability across subsystems and interfaces including user communication, primary and secondary pancaking
• Conducting and participating in design reviews, ensuring alignment and technical rigour at every stage
• Planning, supporting, verification and validation activities
• Maintaining requirements traceability and objective evidence throughout the Design History File

Your new department

In Global Manufacturing & Supply, we cover the full value chain from drug and device development to marketed Novo Nordisk products. We are more than 30,000 colleagues across the globe with the shared responsibility of scaling molecules, processes, devices, and products, dedicated to supplying life‑saving medicines to the patients who need them most.

Within Global Manufacturing & Supply, the MPFS EARHART team is focused on advancing our device development portfolio. Here, you will work alongside dedicated engineers and cross‑functional partners to deliver robust, patient‑centred medical devices through rigorous design control practices and collaborative problem‑solving.

Your skills & qualifications

• A relevant degree combined with demonstrable experience in medical device development
• Strong knowledge of design control principles, including 21 CFR 820.30 and ISO 13485
• Experience with requirements management, traceability, and system architecture documentation
• Proficiency in design verification and validation methodologies
• Familiarity with technical documentation and Design History File management
• Understanding of medical device regulations (FDA, EU MDR, ISO 13485)
• Experience conducting and facilitating design reviews
• Fluency in English

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long‑term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer

For this role, the annual base salary ranges from DKK 570,200.00 to 838,100.00 depending on your experience and competencies.

Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short‑term and/or long‑term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area, and relevant market benchmarks. Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here.

Deadline: 24 August 2026. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long‑term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.