Senior Medical Device Engineering Project Lead

ARCA; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ARCA is partnering with a leading product development consultancy to strengthen its Medical Devices team with experienced consultants who can combine technical expertise with project leadership and client engagement. This broad role is shaped around experience, offering ownership of complex medical device development programmes and cross-functional teams.

The role covers leading projects from concept to manufacture, directing technical direction, budgets and timelines, and building long-term

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical engineering background with significant injection-moulded product development experience.
• Consultancy experience with direct client-facing responsibility.
• Medical device development experience within an ISO 13485 environment.
• Experience taking complete products through the development lifecycle.
• Strong design for manufacture and high-volume manufacturing knowledge.
• Experience leading technical projects and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong engineering degree / academic background.

Responsibilities

• Lead medical device development projects across the full lifecycle, from concept through to manufacture.
• Take ownership of technical direction, project delivery, budgets and timescales.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across mechanical engineering, electronics, software and industrial design.
• Work directly with MedTech, diagnostics and life sciences clients.
• Guide engineering teams through complex product development and design challenges.
• Build long-term client relationships and contribute to the commercial side of consultancy.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Project leadership

Client-facing

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

ARCA is partnering with a leading product development consultancy to strengthen its Medical Devices team with experienced consultants who can combine technical expertise with project leadership and client engagement. This broad role is shaped around experience, offering ownership of complex medical device development programmes and cross-functional teams.

The role covers leading projects from concept to manufacture, directing technical direction, budgets and timelines, and building long-term