Engineers who install, maintain and repair medical equipment in hospitals and labs. The technical face of the manufacturer on site.
Medical Device Field Service Engineers look after equipment such as imaging systems, diagnostic analysers, surgical systems and laboratory instruments. They install new systems, carry out planned maintenance, fix faults on site and train clinical users.
Most roles cover a UK region and involve daily travel. Adverts ask for an electronics, electromechanical or biomedical engineering background, fault-finding skills, and a full driving licence. Many employers train engineers on their own equipment.
Most days are spent on customer sites, mixing scheduled maintenance with fault calls.
Based on advertised midpoints across the 190 UK listings priced in pounds in the last 12 months. Base salary only.
% of 124 listings posted in the last 12 months that mention each skill, extracted from job descriptions.
A typical UK progression for medical device field service engineers. Years are guidance — strong people move faster, and many senior folks sidestep into research, product or management.
Learns the equipment and supports experienced engineers on site.
Covers a territory independently for maintenance and repairs.
Handles complex systems and escalations, and mentors other engineers.
Leads technical support for a product range or manages a service team.
There's no single route, but most people follow some version of these steps.
An HNC, HND or degree in electronics, electromechanical or biomedical engineering.
Roles in equipment maintenance, the armed forces or NHS engineering teams.
Many companies run training on their own equipment.
Work independently across a region of hospitals and labs.
Become a specialist on complex systems or manage a service team.
Rise Technical Recruitment
Field-based role travelling across the UK to install, commission and repair bespoke healthcare and life sciences equipment for a global company's customer base. Monday to Friday days with stayaways required, joining a specialist team and receiving training to become a technical expert in a growing industry.
Hunter Selection
Install, maintain, repair and support high-value aesthetic laser systems across the UK, combining electro-mechanical fault-finding with customer training and technical support. The role offers significant autonomy and varied travel, including occasional international trips for training, and is a newly created position within a growing global operation.
Aesthetic Laser Systems · Ophthalmic Laser Systems · Medical Laser Equipment +2
Hunter Selection
Servicing, calibrating and repairing advanced aesthetic laser and medical electro-mechanical systems across London and the Home Counties, combining planned maintenance with on-site fault-finding and remote customer support. Works within a small engineering team, with manufacturer-led training and mostly M25-region travel.
Aesthetic Laser Systems · Medical Devices · Laser Systems +3
TEAM
You'll install, commission, calibrate and repair specialist laser and IPL medical equipment at hospitals, clinics and distributors across the South Coast, combining planned maintenance with reactive fault-finding on electrical and electronic systems. The role offers autonomy over your own regional schedule, full product training, and a company vehicle.
Laser Systems · IPL Equipment · Medical Devices
Philips · 10000+ people · Public
You will install, maintain, troubleshoot and repair advanced MRI systems for customers across South East England, working independently and within a regional team. The role covers corrective and preventative maintenance, upgrades and on-call support, with opportunities to develop expertise in other imaging modalities.
Philips MRI · Philips Quality Management System
Ernest Gordon Recruitment
Carry out planned and reactive maintenance on healthcare and lifting equipment across hospitals, schools and care homes, including LOLER inspections, working both independently and within a team on a local patch. Training is provided through shadowing senior engineers and external courses, with overtime and progression into a senior role available.
GE HealthCare
You will install, maintain and repair CT, PET and Nuclear Medicine systems across the Midlands and wider UK, diagnosing complex multi-technology faults and providing remote diagnostics from a home office. The role involves roughly 35-40% travel with occasional overnight stays, plus overtime, short-notice callouts and weekend shifts, working closely with healthcare professionals and engineering teams.
CT · PET · Nuclear Medicine +2
Ernest Gordon Recruitment
Field-based role servicing biomedical and aesthetic laser equipment across a London patch, with occasional UK travel and roughly two nights away per month. The engineer receives manufacturer-funded training and certification on high-precision medical lasers, with a progression plan toward senior positions and time off in lieu for excess hours.
Medical Lasers
The locations with the most live listings for this role today.
Not always. Electronics and electromechanical fault-finding from other sectors often transfers, and trainee roles are common.
Most cover a region and involve daily travel. A company car is often provided.
Imaging, diagnostic analysers, surgical systems and laboratory instruments are the most common.
The salary section on this page is drawn from live adverts on the board.
Post your role in 90 seconds and reach the specialist audience that already reads this page.
