Junior Design and Manufacturing Engineer

Transformation Unit; Cambridge; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site leisure facilities

Bus travel discounts

Free parking

Staff café

Job summary

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Junior Design and Manufacturing Engineer to join Clinical Engineering Innovation. The role focuses on developing medical devices and assistive technologies, combining hands-on engineering with design and manufacturing to prototype, modify and test solutions for patients and clinical teams.

The successful candidate will prepare a 10-minute presentation on a previously designed item and may bring it to interview.

Qualifications

• BEng/BSc in an engineering discipline or equivalent combination of qualifications and experience
• Membership of relevant professional institute
• Registration as a Clinical Technologist

Responsibilities

• Provide practical engineering support across the design, development and manufacture of medical devices and healthcare technologies.
• Use CAD, prototyping, additive and conventional manufacturing, assembly and testing to develop and modify devices, from initial requirements to manufacture and evaluation.
• Work closely with patients, clinicians and other healthcare scientists to understand user needs and develop safe, practical solutions.

Skills

Practical engineering

Manufacturing & testing

Workshop skills

Prototyping

CAD design

Electromechanical

Education

BEng/BSc in an engineering discipline

Membership of relevant professional institute

Registration as a Clinical Technologist

Tools

CAD

PCB design

Microcontrollers

MATLAB

Job description

Main area Division B - Clinical Engineering Innovation Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week Job ref 180-B-264260

Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrooke's Hospital Town Cambridge Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 30/11/2026

Junior Design and Manufacturing Engineer

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

We are looking for a Junior Design and Manufacturing Engineer to join Clinical Engineering Innovation (CEI), supporting the development of medical devices and innovative healthcare technologies, including custom medical devices and assistive technology, for patients and clinical teams. You will combine hands‑on engineering, design and manufacturing skills to help design, prototype, manufacture, modify and test innovative solutions, working closely with patients, clinicians and other healthcare scientists.

Candidates who are invited to interview will be asked to prepare a 10-minute presentation about an item they have previously designed and manufactured that demonstrates their practical engineering skills. Where possible, candidates are encouraged to bring the item to the interview. If this is not practical, for example due to its size or availability, photographs may be included in the presentation instead.

Main duties of the job

The role will provide practical engineering support across the design, development and manufacture of medical devices and healthcare technologies. You will useCAD, prototyping, additive and conventional manufacturing, assembly and testing to develop and modify devices, working from initial requirements through to manufacture and evaluation.

You will work closely with patients, clinicians, engineers and healthcare scientists to understand user needs and develop safe, practical solutions. The role also involves taking day‑today responsibility for running our workshop, maintaining accurate technical and quality documentation, and working within established quality and regulatory processes.

We are looking for someone with strong practical engineering and problem‑solving skills, who is comfortable working hands‑on, can manage their own work within an agreed scope, and is comfortable working collaboratively across clinical and engineering environments.

Working for our organisation

Our Trust
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver. Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full‑time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full‑time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on‑site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff. On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose‑created colleague‑only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH. CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work‑life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start and finish times. Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification

Qualifications

• BEng/BSc in an engineering discipline or equivalent combination of qualifications and experience
• Membership of relevant professional institute
• Registration as a Clinical Technologist

Experience

• Extensive practical experience with mechanical and electromechanical engineering workshop practices and techniques, including traditional machining techniques, rapid prototyping techniques, inspection, quality control
• Experience supporting the manufacture, modification or repair of bespoke or low‑volume devices
• Experience contributing to the simple design and adaptation of custom or assistive technology, such as: o Modifying existing designs to meet individual user needs. o Developing simple components, jigs or fixtures under direction o Applying basic design principles to improve usability, fit or function of assistive devices
• Experience in designing products for suitable manufacturing and assembly processes etc (DfX)
• Experience contributing to the design, modification or adaptation of engineered products or components, with defined responsibility for technical solutions within an agreed scope of practice
• Experience producing and working from CAD models and technical drawings
• Experience acting as a technical specialist advisor to engineers, scientists, clinicians or service users on manufacturing feasibility, materials, tolerances and design for manufacture considerations
• Experience working within a quality management system, e.g. ISO 13485 including active contribution to risk assessments, non‑conformances, or quality improvements
• Experience maintaining accurate technical and manufacturing records
• Experience working flexibly across competing tasks and priorities
• Experience in medical device, clinical engineering or assistive technology setting
• Experience supporting or supervising others in a workshop or technical environment
• Experience of creating and maintaining medical device technical files
• Experience with embedded systems, microcontrollers or PCB design
• Experience of home or community visits for assessment, installation, fitting or support of devices

Skills

• Strong practical skills in manufacture, assembly, fitting, testing and adjustment of devices
• Use of fine tools for equipment manufacture, adjustment and calibration
• Ability to deal with complex and unpredictable situations
• Ability to assess and document risks associated with manufacture of new medical devices
• Ability to follow and implement engineering designs and specifications accurately and to propose improvements where appropriate
• Ability to make sound technical judgements within a defined scope of practice and justify decisions based on engineering, safety and quality considerations
• Capable of creative and innovative thinking
• Capable of creative and innovative thinking standards of safety, organisation and quality
• Effective communication skills and high level of empathetic skills for working within multidisciplinary teams and patients
• Ability to support and guide others in a professional and collaborative manner
• Able to design and make/debug electronic and/or electrical prototypes including microcontroller programming, PCB design and software development
• Able to use tools for software development e.g. Matlab, Python, LabVIEW, visual studio, database management programmes

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent
• Willing to be flexible in working practices
• Improvement mindset – able to identify flaws in our internal processes, prioritise, and complete improvement actions
• Enthusiasm and commitment to learn new skills
• Able to deal with occasional distressing circumstances when working in clinical areas
• Full UK driving licence or ability to travel independently to hospitals, clinics, patient homes and community locations for patient visits

Employer certification / accreditation badges

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Name Isabel Rees Job title Joint Head of Clinical Engineering Innovation Email address [emailprotected] Telephone number 01223 216719