Senior Medical Device Design Engineer Jobs – South Oxfordshire | Medical Device R&D & Product Development

Senior Medical Device Design Engineer

£45,000 – £50,000 + Benefits

South Oxfordshire | Medical Devices | R&D | Product Development | Manufacturing

Are you an experienced Senior Medical Device Design Engineer, Medical Device Development Engineer, or R&D Engineer looking for an opportunity to help develop innovative medical technology within a fast-growing engineering business?

This Senior Medical Device Design Engineer job in South Oxfordshire offers the chance to join an ambitious medical device design and manufacturing company during an exciting phase of expansion. Working within a newly established, state-of-the-art medical device R&D and cleanroom manufacturing facility, you will play a key role in the design, development, testing, and industrialisation of advanced medical devices.

This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with a background in medical device design, product development, biomedical engineering, or medical technology R&D who want to work on projects spanning concept development through to low-volume manufacture within a collaborative and technically driven environment.

About the Company

This innovative medical technology business specialises in the design, development, and manufacture of medical devices, combining research and development expertise with low-volume production capability.

The company is currently experiencing strong growth and has recently relocated to a brand-new medical device R&D and cleanroom manufacturing facility in South Oxfordshire. Backed by significant investment from a larger medical technology group, the business is expanding its engineering capability, technical infrastructure, and product development capacity.

Despite this investment and growth, the organisation maintains the collaborative and agile culture of a specialist engineering SME, providing employees with the opportunity to influence projects, contribute ideas, and work closely across multidisciplinary teams.

This newly created Senior Medical Device Design Engineer role reflects the company’s ongoing investment in innovation, product development, and engineering excellence.

The Role – Senior Medical Device Design Engineer

As a Senior Medical Device Design Engineer, you will take a leading technical role within medical device development projects, supporting products from early-stage concept work through development, verification, industrialisation, and low-volume manufacturing.

This is a hands-on engineering role offering excellent technical variety. You will work closely with engineering, manufacturing, and development teams to help bring innovative medical devices from design into practical production environments.

The position would suit a Medical Device Design Engineer, Product Development Engineer, R&D Engineer, or Development Engineer who enjoys working across the full product lifecycle within a regulated medical device environment.

You will contribute to both product innovation and practical engineering delivery, supporting everything from CAD design and testing through to manufacturing readiness and design transfer activities.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Medical Device Design Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

Leading technical aspects of medical device design and development projects
Supporting products through the full lifecycle from concept development through to low-volume production
Creating detailed 3D CAD models, assemblies, and engineering drawings
Using SolidWorks to support design and development activities
Supporting product development, verification, validation, and product testing activities
Assisting with the design transfer of products into manufacturing
Designing specialist tooling, fixtures, and development equipment
Working closely with manufacturing teams to support prototype builds and low-volume production activities
Contributing to engineering documentation and technical records within a regulated medical device environment
Supporting medical device design controls and engineering processes
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve technical challenges and drive project progress

This role offers exposure to a wide variety of medical device engineering activities, combining product innovation, practical engineering problem-solving, and manufacturing collaboration.

About You - Senior Medical Device Design Engineer / Development Engineer / R&D Engineer

To be successful in this role, your background may include experience as a:

Senior Medical Device Design Engineer
Medical Device Design Engineer
Medical Device Development Engineer
R&D Engineer
Product Development Engineer
Biomedical Engineer
Mechanical Design Engineer – Medical Devices
Medical Technology Engineer

You will ideally have previous experience working within the medical device sector, supporting the design and development of regulated medical technology products.

Skills & Experience Required

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in several of the following areas:

Previous medical device design and development experience
Strong 3D CAD capability, including:

CAD modelling
Assemblies
Engineering drawings

Experience using SolidWorks would be highly advantageous
Understanding of ISO 13485 and medical device quality systems
Knowledge of medical device design controls and regulated product development environments
Experience supporting product testing, verification, or development activities
Understanding of manufacturing transfer or industrialisation activities
Degree qualification in:

Medical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Or a related engineering/scientific discipline

Passion for innovation and hands-on engineering problem solving
Comfortable working within a collaborative R&D, development, and manufacturing environment

Candidates who enjoy combining technical design engineering, product development, prototyping, and manufacturing collaboration are likely to thrive in this opportunity.

Why Apply?

This is a particularly exciting time to join the business. The company is investing heavily in its facilities, technology, engineering capability, and long-term growth plans. Joining at this stage gives you the opportunity to make a visible contribution within a growing medical device organisation while working on technically interesting and meaningful projects.

Reasons to Apply

£45,000 – £50,000 salary guide + benefits
Work on innovative medical device design and development projects
Newly opened medical device R&D and cleanroom manufacturing facility
Opportunity to support products from concept through to manufacturing
Join a business with ambitious expansion plans
Backing and investment from a larger medical technology group
Collaborative, technically focused SME environment
Opportunity to influence engineering capability and product development activities
Exposure to cutting-edge medical device technologies and hands-on engineering work

For engineers seeking Senior Medical Device Design Engineer jobs in Oxfordshire or opportunities within medical technology product development and R&D, this role offers excellent career development potential.

Location

This Senior Medical Device Design Engineer job is based in South Oxfordshire and is commutable from a wide range of Oxfordshire and Berkshire locations.

Suitable commuting locations include:

Abingdon
Oxford
Didcot
Wantage
Newbury
Witney
Bicester
Reading
South Oxfordshire
Surrounding Oxfordshire and Berkshire areas

The location provides excellent access across the Oxfordshire technology, engineering, and medical devices sector.

Apply for this Senior Medical Device Design Engineer Job in South Oxfordshire

If you are an experienced Medical Device Design Engineer, Development Engineer, R&D Engineer, or Product Development Engineer looking to join a growing medical technology business where you can genuinely influence product innovation and engineering capability, we would be keen to hear from you.

Apply today to explore this exciting Senior Medical Device Design Engineer opportunity in South Oxfordshire.