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Quality Engineer
Reference: BHN588752
Job details
- Start date: ASAP
- Employment type: Permanent
- Salary: £55,000 - £63,000/annum
- Date published: 25 June 2025
Job description
Our client, a prestigious player in the life science sector, is seeking a Quality Engineer to join their team in Ashford, Kent. This is a permanent position focusing on ensuring the highest standards of quality for medical devices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Effectively utilise quality tools and processes such as product and process controls, risk analysis and management tools, design verification and validation, and investigations to assure product quality.
- Ensure conformance with regulations of the FDA and other international regulatory agencies, providing responses as necessary.
- Work on advanced design quality engineering projects with input from design quality management.
- Provide compliance guidance for the execution of design verification and validation and maintenance of quality standards within the quality system.
- Develop and maintain product risk management files in line with ISO 14971.
- Apply complex statistical sample size calculations for quality determination on projects.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to coordinate product changes.
- Participate in design reviews, test readiness reviews, risk assessments, and design transfers.
- Provide quality support and direction for resolving on-market product issues, escalating to senior management as needed.
- Evaluate, prioritise, and mitigate potential product and process risks to improve product quality.
- Monitor product data to identify statistically significant trends and risks.
- Ensure compliance and consistency with the client's quality system, supporting audit readiness.
Job Requirements:
- Experience in quality compliance, audits, and investigations.
- In-depth knowledge of Quality Management Systems and experience linking risk management to all elements of the quality system.
- Strong knowledge of medical device standards, including ISO 13485 and ISO 14971.
- Experience with and knowledge of FDA, EU MDR, and other key medical device regulations.
- Ability to take a systems approach to understand the interaction between components.
- Analytic thinking skills to identify issues and develop solutions based on data.
- Experience working closely with engineering and manufacturing teams.
- Knowledge in the design, development, and clinical application of respiratory and anaesthesia medical devices is preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical, Software) or related field from an accredited college or university required.
- ASQ CQE required or ability to obtain within one year.
Benefits:
- Permanent position in Ashford, Kent.
- Opportunity to work in a highly regulated and rewarding sector.
- Collaborative and professional work environment.
- Potential for career growth and professional development.
If you are an experienced Quality Engineer looking for a challenging role in the medical device sector, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dedicated team in Ashford, Kent.

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