Software Quality Engineer

ABOUT ORGANOX:

OrganOx is a commercial stage organ technology company dedicated to developing technologies to improve outcomes for patients with acute or chronic organ failure. The company was established as a spin out of the University of Oxford in 2008 and is now part of the Terumo Group. OrganOx is a pioneer in normothermic machine perfusion (NMP). It's flagship platform, the metra®, is available for use in the U.S., Europe, Canada, and Australia. It has been utilized in over 7,000 liver transplants to date to keep donor livers in a metabolically active state outside the body enabling longer preservation times and functional assessment of the organ prior to transplant, leading to an increased number of organs available for transplant. Founded in 1921, Terumo Corporation (TSE:4543) strives to fulfil its mission of “Contributing to Society through Healthcare” by providing a comprehensive range of solutions in the fields of therapeutic procedures, hospital operations, and life sciences in more than 160 countries and regions.

Position Summary

The Software Quality Engineer is responsible for supporting software quality assurance by ensuring regulatory compliant software life cycle documentation is produced, confirming adherence to software procedures and coding standards, and participating in software testing. The Software Quality Engineer will be involved in the software quality assurance of the full software development lifecycle of new and existing product. As a medical device company, software documentation and procedures must adhere to the relevant standards under the guidance of the Director of Regulatory Affairs. The Software Quality Engineer will join rapidly growing Quality team and will have a proven track record in software quality assurance. The Software Quality Engineer will report to the Design Assurance Manager.

This is an on-site role in Oxford, with flexibility, to ensure effective control of the design and development, risk assessment, and change control, in collaboration with the R&D, Post-Market Engineering, and Quality teams.

Listed below are the major responsibilities of the role and a brief description of some of the key tasks to be performed. This list is not totally exhaustive.

Major Responsibilities

Under direction from the Manager, Design Assurance the Software Quality Engineer will:

• Assure software quality through the full lifecycle process in accordance with OrganOx software standards and procedures up to class C according to IEC 62304.
• Complete relevant documentation and verification test reports for OrganOx devices and systems, according to OrganOx documentation procedures.
• Assist in design and risk review of new and existing medical devices.
• Support and conduct risk assessments and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) to identify and mitigate potential issues.
• Contribute as part of the team to assist in other tasks as necessary.
• Adhere to the letter and spirit of OrganOx’s Code of Conduct and all other company policies