Engineering Manager
Life Science Recruitment
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Job summary
Life Science Recruitment is seeking a senior engineering leader for a Galway hub focused on medical devices. You will lead NPD/NPI programs, drive design controls, and ensure manufacturing readiness for new product introductions.
The role requires extensive experience in medical device engineering and leadership, with exposure to contract manufacturing and customer-facing activities. Based in Galway, the position offers a top salary, bonus, pension, healthcare, and a four-day work week.
Qualifications
- 8+ years' experience in medical device engineering, including NPD.
- 7+ years in a leadership role.
- Experience in customer-facing roles and contract manufacturing environments preferred.
- Strong knowledge of design controls, regulatory requirements, and product development processes.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a high-performing, multidisciplinary engineering team across NPD, NPI and sustaining Engineering
- Drive accountability for execution, performance, and continuous improvement
- Deliver engineering programs across NPD, NPI, and sustaining on time, on quality, and within budget
- Lead cross-functional product development from concept through design, verification/validation, and transfer to manufacturing
- Ensure structured execution aligned to design controls and stage-gate processes
- Drive design reviews, risk management (e.g., FMEA), and technical decision-making
- Lead design transfer and New Product Introduction (NPI), ensuring manufacturing readiness, process robustness, and successful product launch
Skills
Job description
Top salary, Bonus, pension, healthcare and 4 day working week.
My client are a Medical device manufacturer with a new hub in Galway. They specialise in catheters, medical balloons, EM-Micro Sensors, engineered shafts, and complete device assemblies, supporting a wide range of interventional therapies.
- Lead and develop a high-performing, multidisciplinary engineering team across NPD, NPI and sustaining Engineering
- Drive accountability for execution, performance, and continuous improvement
- Deliver engineering programs across NPD, NPI, and sustaining on time, on quality, and within budget
- Lead cross-functional product development from concept through design, verification/validation, and transfer to manufacturing
- Ensure structured execution aligned to design controls and stage-gate processes
- Drive design reviews, risk management (e.g., FMEA), and technical decision-making
- Lead design transfer and New Product Introduction (NPI), ensuring manufacturing readiness, process robustness, and successful product launch
- 8+ years' experience in medical device engineering, including NPD
- 7+ years in a leadership role
- Experience in customer-facing roles and contract manufacturing environments preferred
- Strong knowledge of design controls, regulatory requirements, and product development processes
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