Senior R&D Engineer - NPD
1 month ago
Farnborough
This is not a lab-coat, blue-sky R&D role. Its a proper senior engineering role for someone who knows how to take a product from concept and turn it into something that can actually be built, validated, and shipped in a regulated environment. Youll sit at the sharp end of new product introduction. Leading projects, owning technical decisions, managing risk, and being the engineer people look to when things get complex. If you enjoy responsibility, autonomy, and being trusted to make judgment calls, this will suit you. This role suits someone who has grown up in regulated product development. Medical devices ideally, but aerospace or automotive backgrounds also fit if you understand structured design control and validation. What you'll be doing * Leading NPI and design transfer projects from early concept through to manufacturing. * Acting as the senior technical interface internally and externally during development. * Owning design outputs, including drawings, BOMs, specifications, DMRs, and manufacturing documentation. * Driving risk management activities across products and projects, not just filling in templates. * Working closely with Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and Suppliers to ensure smooth transfer. * Supporting validation activity, including IQ, OQ, and PQ during scale-up and early production. * Making independent engineering deci...