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Lead Mechanical Engineer - TechBio

Newton Colmore is partnered with a TechBio company in Cambridge and we are hiring for a lead mechanical engineer to join the team.

As a Mechanical Engineer, you will be utilising your mechanical design engineering knowledge, problem-solving and your 3D modelling skills to create novel solutions for real-world engineering and scientific problems. The technology you will be working on will include optical, fluidic and thermal mechanical systems and is aiming to make a step-change in innovation for the biotechnology sector.

Your specific responsibilities will be to identify product requirements, create and define technical solutions for the product and the generation of concepts and systems. You will then also be charged with transferring designs through to manufacture and competing technical analyses to ensure the product is safe, reliable and scalable.

To be considered for this exciting role you will need to have experience of designing complex mechanical systems within a highly regulated sector, coupled with an impressive academic record. SolidWorks and Creo knowledge would be ideal as would experience with transferring designs to manufacture.

In exchange for your skills and expertise, the company offer a highly competitive package as well as providing excellent career progression and training as well as providing a platform for you to work on start of the art technologies and testing equipment.

For more information, make a confidential application now and a member of our team will be in touch with more details.

Newton Colmore Consulting is a specialist recruitment consultancy operating within the medical devices and biotechnology sectors. We conduct bespoke searches for our clients across the globe. We are continually running searches across R&D so take a look at our open roles on our website.

Key words: Mechatronics Engineer, Mechanical Engineer Medical Devices, Drug Delivery, Inhalation, Injectable, ISO13485, CFD, SolidWorks, ProE

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