Senior Design Engineer

Pontypridd

Up to £55,000

1 day WFH per week

Are you a passionate Senior Design Engineer who enjoys turning great ideas into real-world medical devices that make a difference? If you love solving problems, collaborating with others, and seeing your designs go all the way from concept to market, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re looking for a Senior Design Engineer to join our New Product Development team. This is a key technical role where you’ll help shape innovative, safe, and compliant medical devices used around the world.

What you’ll be doing

As a Senior Design Engineer, you’ll provide hands-on technical expertise across the full product lifecycle. Your day-to-day work will include:

• Designing and developing medical devices from proven concept through to market release
• Ensuring designs are robust, safe, compliant, and cost-effective
• Applying system-level thinking, risk management, and best engineering practices
• Creating and maintaining Design History Files (DHF), including DFMEA, verification, validation, and usability documentation
• Working closely with manufacturers to optimise designs for manufacturability
• Planning and conducting verification and validation testing (including ISIR where required)
• Capturing engineering data and decisions within the PLM system
• Collaborating with cross-functional and international teams
• Continuously developing your skills and supporting a culture of quality and improvement

✅ What we’re looking for

Essential

• BSc degree in Product Design, Engineering, or a related science discipline
• Strong experience applying engineering principles and problem-solving techniques
• Experience compiling Technical Files for medical devices
• Solid knowledge of extruded and moulded component design
• Familiarity with ISO 13485, MDR and/or FDA regulations
• Proficiency in SolidWorks, Creo, or another 3D CAD package
• Good understanding of statistics and engineering maths
• Basic project management experience
• Excellent communication, organisation, and decision-making skills
• A proactive, self-motivated approach with strong attention to detail

Desirable

• Experience with usability engineering files
• Basic electronics knowledge and familiarity with IEC 60601
• MATLAB or FEA experience
• Basic programming (e.g. Arduino, Raspberry Pi)
• Experience using AI tools to boost productivity
• Experience collaborating with overseas engineering teams

Salary & Benefits

Up to £55,000

33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) plus holiday trading scheme

Pension

Life assurance

Plus additional benefits