Product Designer

Eakin Healthcare Group; Comber; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blended Working

Bonus

25 days holiday

Holiday purchase

Wellbeing Programme

Health Cash Plan

Pension

Life Assurance

Maternity/Paternity

Cycle to Work

Referral Scheme

Long Service Awards

Free Parking

Job summary

Eakin Healthcare Group in Comber, United Kingdom, is seeking aProduct Designer for a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will translate clinical requirements into innovative medical devices, focusing on anesthesia and respiratory care while ensuring regulatory compliance and design-for-manufacture integration.

The role emphasizes detail, CAD proficiency, and collaboration within manufacturing-ready design processes and data management systems.

Qualifications

• Educated to Degree level in Product Design, Industrial Design, Mechanical engineering.
• SolidWorks 2D & 3D CAD proficiency.
• Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop proficiency.
• Experience in design for injection moulding and mould anatomy.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to deliver goals on time.

Responsibilities

• Define & communicate product design concepts and refinements through 2D & 3D CAD modelling and prototyping.
• Translating caregiver and patient clinical requirements into proposed designs.
• Maintaining Design Control documentation per QMS requirements.
• Design-for-manufacture, including injection mould design and downstream product realisation.
• Create & maintain 2D, 3D, and data on the Product Data Management system, per SOPs.
• Assist with maintaining Device Master Records (DMRs), BOMs and ERP data.
• Investigative work, leading to iterative design changes and corrections to existing medical devices.

Skills

Degree in Product Design

SolidWorks

Adobe Creative Suite

Injection Moulding

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Numerical skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Verbal & written communication

Education

Degree in Product Design or Engineering

Tools

PDM system

Microsoft 365

Job description

WHY JOIN US?

We’re good at what we do – come and join us and you can benefit from:

• Blended Working
• Bonus
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 28)
• Option to buy holiday days
• Wellbeing Programme
• Health Cash Plan
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Referral Scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Free Parking

JOB OVERVIEW

Job Title: Product Designer - 12 month FTC

Reporting to: Head of Product Development

Hours per week: 37.5

Shift Work: No

Travel: Occasional travel to other Eakin Healthcare sites as and when required

Direct Reports: None

JOB PURPOSE

Reporting to the Head of Product Development (Respiratory), the ideal candidate will demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, competency in CAD and analytical review. Having the requisite skills required to work in medical device design and design-for-manufacturing, this role enables the Product Designer to bring-to-life the concepts, ideas, and products around innovation for device clinical effectiveness and patient safety.

Focussing primarily on medical devices for anaesthesia and respiratory critical care settings, success in the role will be reflected in the individual’s high productivity when working in effective teams – translating concepts and ideas into medical devices integrated within manufacturing systems having gained regulatory approval for their use on patients.

Ongoing development in the role is facilitated by involvement in many facets of maintaining medical devices on the market – including involvement in projects to improve the design, manufacturability, and data management of devices through iterative changes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define & communicate product design concepts and refinements through 2D & 3D CAD modelling and
  analysis, prototyping and proof-of-concept activities.
• Translating caregiver and patient clinical requirements into proposed designs.
• Maintaining Design Control documentation and records in accordance with QMS requirements.
• Design-for-manufacture, including injection mould design and downstream product realisation
  activities – such as production considerations, operations support, device assembly, and testing.
• Create & maintain 2D, 3D, and ancillary product and industrial design data on company Product Data
  Management (PDM) system, in line with Standard Operating Procedures.
• Assist withing maintaining & updating Device Master Records (DMRs), the relevant data entry into Bill of
  BOMs and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system as they relate to product data.
• Investigative work, leading to iterative design changes and corrections to existing medical devices.

AS A SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE YOU’LL HAVE:

Essential

• Educated to Degree level in Product Design, Industrial Design, Mechanical (or similar) engineering.
• Competency in SolidWorks 2D & 3D CAD.
• Competency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.
• Practical experience of design for injection moulding & mould anatomy.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent numerical skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
  
• High degree of personal organisational discipline.
  
• Strong cognitive recall capability.
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Ability to deliver goals and objectives on time.

Desirable

• Competency in surface modelling techniques and practical applications.
  
• Competency in KeyShot product visualisation software.
  
• Competency in a variety of 3D printing techniques and other prototyping skills.
  
• Experience in a medical device company.
  
• Experience of product design for medical devices.
  
• Strong IT skills (including Microsoft 365 Office).

COMPETENCIES

Customer Focus

Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

Manages Complexity

Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

Cultivates Innovation

Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful.

Action Oriented

Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.

Plans and Aligns

Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Persuades

Using compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others.

Nimble Learning

Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.

Being Resilient

Rebounding from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations

The closing date for applications is: 29 October 2026

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We value different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and are dedicated to providing equal opportunities for all.

Early Closure Statement

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage early submission.

Right to Work in the UK

Please note that Eakin Healthcare is unable to provide sponsorship for this role. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application.