Senior Device Engineer

Teva; Aston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global pharmaceutical company is seeking a Senior Device Engineer to support the engineering design and development of drug delivery devices. The role involves ensuring product safety and compliance, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and contributing to continuous process improvements. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in engineering, experience in medical device management, and strong analytical skills. This position offers a dynamic work environment and various employee benefits.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Structured training and development programme

Qualifications

• Experience in design, manufacture, and life-cycle management of medical devices.
• High level of independence in executing engineering tasks.
• Training in Design Controls and medical device Safety Risk Management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support engineering design of drug delivery devices.
• Lead Safety Risk Management activities.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of departmental processes.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

3D spatial awareness

Communication skills

Creativity and problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or relevant Technical discipline

Tools

SolidWorks 3D CAD software

Job description

Who We Are

Join Teva's Combination Products & Devices (CPD) R&D Team - Shaping the Future of Drug Delivery.

At Teva's CPD team in Abbots Park, Runcorn, we're pioneering the development of advanced needle-based injection devices and cutting‑edge technologies to deliver our portfolio of Small Molecule and Generic medicines. From Pre‑Filled Syringes (PFS) to Autoinjectors and Pen Injectors, our diverse device portfolio supports both generic and specialty products across key therapeutic areas including Neuroscience, Immunology, and Endocrinology.

Within CPD Abbots Park, our work is organised into three product technology clusters, each broadly focused - though not exclusively - on a specific subset of injection devices :

• Cartridges & Pen Injectors
• Autoinjectors (AI)
• Pre‑Filled Syringes & Safety Systems (PFS)

The Opportunity

As Senior Device Engineer, reporting to one of the Engineering Team Leaders or to a Project Technical Lead, you'll play a key role in ensuring our combination products are safe, effective, and compliant with global standards. You'll apply best‑practice engineering principles, Design Controls, and Safety Risk Management to guide products from concept through to production.

Throughout this journey, you will collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams from across Teva. This will include not only our CPD team of laboratory scientists, human factors engineers, and project managers, but also with the wider‑Teva network, including formulation scientists, regulatory experts, marketing and manufacturing from around Teva's many global sites.

Your expertise in manufacturing technologies - such as plastic injection moulding - will be vital in preparing device designs for seamless transfer into production. You'll bring creativity and problem‑solving skills to tackle complex engineering challenges, while also contributing to the evolution of our departmental systems and influencing best practices across the team.

How You'll Spend Your Day

Support the engineering design and development of drug delivery devices across various stages of development, including early research, design verification and validation, and life‑cycle management.

Ensure that products in your care are :

• Engineered to be reliable and robust through the application of appropriate design, analysis, and testing methodologies.
• Comprehensively specified, ready to be verified, and provide our submissions with objective evidence of compliance.
• Documented in compliance with CPD's Quality Management System.

Lead or support Safety Risk Management activities, including :

• Hazard identification.
• Risk analysis and evaluation through the conduct of design Failure Modes and Effects Analyses (FMEAs).
• Support to the Manufacturing, Science & Technology (MS&T) function in conducting process risk assessments.
• Lead or support technical design reviews to assess design robustness, safety, and documentation quality compliance.
• Lead or support investigations to identify root causes of device‑related issues using established techniques such as Fault Tree Analysis and Design of Experiments.

Contribute to the continuous improvement of departmental processes, including the development and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures, guidelines, templates, and the introduction of new software tools.

Mentoring and coaching capabilities, with the ability to support and guide junior colleagues as required.

Responsible for the management of externally sourced engineering services, including oversight of associated budgets, timelines, and risk.

Domestic and international travel may be required (approximately 10%) to support project activities, including visits to suppliers, Teva manufacturing sites, and other stakeholders.

Your Experience And Qualifications

Do You Have :

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Engineering, Scientific, or other relevant Technical discipline.
• Proven experience in the design, manufacture, and life‑cycle management of medical devices or combination products from concept through to commercialisation (preferred), or equivalent expertise from a relevant regulated industry.
• A demonstratable high level of independence in executing engineering tasks, with minimal supervision. Proactively identifies additional activities required and exercises sound judgement in seeking peer support when appropriate.
• Training in Design Controls, medical device Safety Risk Management, and European Medical Device Directive / Regulations (preferred).
• Familiarity with statistical methods relevant to design input definition, verification and validation testing, including the determination of sample sizes proportionate to risk.
• Strong 3D spatial awareness and ability to visualise concepts, mechanisms, and assemblies.
• Working knowledge of SolidWorks 3D CAD software (preferred).

Are You :

• Able to influence and educate peers and stakeholders; confident in professional judgement and decision‑making.
• Bringing strong analytical skills with the ability to assess mechanisms and systems from a first‑principles engineering perspective.
• Comfortable operating in dynamic environments, with the ability to adapt to change, manage uncertainty, and respond flexibly to evolving conditions.
• An effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to produce high‑quality engineering documentation.

If so, we'd value hearing from you!

Enjoy A More Rewarding Choice

We support our people through every stage of their journey with us. Our flexible reward platform puts you in control, empowering you to tailor your benefits to fit your lifestyle, priorities, and what matters most to you. With 25 days of annual leave that grows with your service, the flexibility to purchase additional days, and two dedicated volunteering days each year, your time off is truly yours to enjoy, recharge, and give back. We prioritise your health with private medical insurance, life assurance, critical illness cover, and income protection.

Whether you're growing your family or pursuing new adventures, our enhanced maternity and paternity leave, sabbaticals, and hybrid working policies are here to support you through life's most meaningful moments. Financial wellbeing matters too, which is why we offer an enhanced pension scheme, access to a discount store, and free financial coaching through Bippit.

To help you grow with confidence, we offer a structured training and development programme tailored to your role and department, equipping you with the tools, knowledge, and support you need to thrive.

Deadline for internal applications will close on Thursday 18th September 2025.

Teva's Equal Employment Opportunity Commitment

Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's global policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran status, national or ethnic origin or any other legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable laws. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to support you throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.