Senior Medical Device Engineer - Drug Delivery Leader

PA Consulting Group; Royston; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

25 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Community involvement opportunities

Annual performance-based bonus

PA share ownership

Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work)

Job summary

PA Consulting Group is seeking an experienced engineering leader to shape and lead the development of drug delivery devices and combination products for pharmaceutical and medical technology clients. Based at our Global Technology and Innovation Centre near Cambridge, you will join a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers and designers.

This role combines deep mechanical engineering with strong technical, project and client leadership.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or related discipline.
• Significant experience in medical device and/or drug-device combination product development.
• Strong background in drug delivery devices and patient-facing combination products.
• Expertise in mechanical design, actuation, injection moulding, tolerancing and design for manufacture.
• Understanding of assembly, sterilisation and transfer towards manufacture.
• Experience with requirements management, design controls, risk management, verification, validation and testing.
• Understanding of usability and human factors.
• Electro‑mechanical experience is a plus.
• Strong leadership, client engagement and project delivery skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex drug delivery and combination product programmes from concept through to industrialisation.
• Provide senior technical leadership across engineering, usability, risk and manufacturability.
• Build trusted relationships with clients and internal teams.
• Shape strategy, direction and delivery on high-impact development programmes.

Skills

Leadership & client engagement

Project delivery

Mechanical design

Drug-delivery devices

Regulated development

Requirements management

Team mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Biomedical/related discipline

Job description

PA Consulting Group is seeking an experienced engineering leader to shape and lead the development of drug delivery devices and combination products for pharmaceutical and medical technology clients. Based at our Global Technology and Innovation Centre near Cambridge, you will join a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers and designers.

This role combines deep mechanical engineering with strong technical, project and client leadership.