Product Engineer — Life Sciences Impact & Innovation

Cytiva; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytiva in the United Kingdom is seeking a Mechanical/ Manufacturing Engineer for a 23-month fixed-term contract to support Lab Filtration products across design changes, documentation, and product rationalisation.

You will work with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain and Process Engineering to drive corrective actions, maintain records, and deliver improvements that enhance manufacturability, reliability and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Product Design, Biomedical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Practical experience in product engineering, sustaining engineering, product development, manufacturing engineering, or quality engineering within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings (SolidWorks experience) and product specifications and supporting controlled changes to products, materials, components, processes, or technical records.
• Experience applying structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis methods to technical or manufacturing issues.
• Experience working within a quality management system and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to complete documented engineering deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Support product lifecycle activities for assigned Lab Filtration products, including design changes, product improvements, technical documentation, specifications, bills of materials, obsolescence, and product rationalisation.
• Investigate product and manufacturing issues affecting safety, quality, delivery, or cost; apply structured problem-solving methods and work with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Process Engineering to implement corrective actions.
• Contribute engineering deliverables to new product development, product transfer, supplier change, verification, validation, risk assessment, design review, and product qualification activities.
• Prepare and maintain accurate engineering and quality records in accordance with Cytiva procedures and applicable requirements, including support for non conformance, CAPA, complaint, deviation, audit, and inspection activities.
• Identify and deliver continuous-improvement and productivity opportunities that improve product performance, manufacturability, quality, cost, or operational reliability.

Skills

Structured problem-solving

Root-cause analysis

Manufacturing engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Quality engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering or related

Tools

SolidWorks

PLM systems

Job description

Cytiva in the United Kingdom is seeking a Mechanical/ Manufacturing Engineer for a 23-month fixed-term contract to support Lab Filtration products across design changes, documentation, and product rationalisation.

You will work with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain and Process Engineering to drive corrective actions, maintain records, and deliver improvements that enhance manufacturability, reliability and cost efficiency.