Mechanical Test Engineer - Medical Devices - Cambridge

ZipRecruiter; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing medical devices company in Cambridge is seeking an experienced Mechanical Test Engineer to join their in-house testing team. You will play a key role in the development of innovative medical products by building and testing prototypes, ensuring their transition from concept to manufacturing. Ideal candidates will have mechanical testing experience and knowledge of LabView or Python. The company offers a performance bonus, free meals, and a competitive pension plan.

Benefits

Performance bonuses

Free lunches and breakfasts

Competitive pension plan

Qualifications

• Experience of mechanical testing on physical products with knowledge of force testing equipment.
• Working knowledge of LabView or basic python programming experience.
• A methodical and structured approach to solving problems.

Responsibilities

• Building prototypes and designing and running experiments to gather performance data.
• Creating bespoke prototypes and testing programmes for product verification.
• Working closely with the laboratory manager to innovate new ideas.

Skills

Mechanical testing experience

Knowledge of force testing equipment

LabView knowledge

Basic Python programming

Methodical problem-solving

Job description

Job Description

A growing medical devices company in Cambridge is searching for an experienced research and development test engineer to join their in-house testing team.

As a Mechanical Test Engineer within this organisation, you will be utilising your experience to determine the performance and reliability of brand-new physical products within the medical devices sector.

You will be charged with building prototypes and designing and running experiments to gather performance data on new products as well as creating novel test methods and protocols. You will be working closely with the laboratory manager to help push the team forward with new ideas.

It will be your role to ensure that exciting new breakthrough products can make the successful transition from initial concept to verification and manufacturing. This will be done by creating bespoke prototypes and testing programmes which will provide detailed data and insights that can be translated into real-world improvements.

To be considered for this role, we are ideally looking for a candidate who has the following:

• Experience of mechanical testing on physical products with knowledge of force testing equipment.
• Working knowledge of LabView or basic python programming experience.
• A methodical and structured approach to solving problems.

The company are offering tailored packages for the right engineer which includes a series of benefits including performance bonuses, free lunches and breakfasts and competitive pension plan.

If you would like to find out more about this opportunity, make an application now and one of our team will be in touch to discuss it further.

Newton Colmore Consulting is a highly specialist recruitment consultancy operating within the Medical Devices, Scientific Engineering, Scientific Software, Robotics, Science, Electronics Design, New Product Design, Human Factors, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance and Field Service Engineering sectors throughout Europe and the US.