Novo Nordisk
Hillerød, Denmark
Our growth is your opportunity
Being part of Novo Nordisk Research & Development means working at one of the world's largest and most successful biopharmaceutical companies.
Our R&D organisation is vital to Novo Nordisk's continued growth and we always welcome talented people who would like to grow with us.
We are looking for a Systems engineer with a solid understanding of Human factor’s engineering and Design validation in relation to design control to support development and documentation of the world’s best medical devices. If you find this challenge exciting and inspiring, you may be our new colleague in Device Research & Development.
Device Research & Development has a long and outstanding track-record of developing the best, most innovative and widely-used injection devices in the world. In the development of medical devices, we ensure that user insight and innovation go hand in hand with a strong quality mind-set. We are organised in a project centric organisation in addition to a large competency centre of experts, providing state-of-the-art knowledge across projects.
And we have nurtured a dynamic environment where ambitious teams and creative individuals strive to perfect our medical devices. We are constantly improving by challenging each other and testing new ideas to fuel our success.
About the department
Systems Engineering Support is a part of Device R&D located in Hillerød. We define and optimise the development processes and facilitate our medical device projects in complying with these. In addition to Human factors engineering and Design validation, other key areas are interpretation of standards, specification of Product requirements, Design verification, and Safety Risk management.
We are a dynamic team of 13 highly competent and innovative engineers with a shared passion of ensuring effective design control processes and high quality device testing to the benefit of our patients.
The job
You will support our device development projects in planning and documenting Design validation activities (Human factor evaluations). You will work closely together with the team of Development Engineers, System Engineers and Risk Managers. Your working day will be very dynamic, and you will interact with a large range of stakeholders including among others the device projects and quality assurance.
We are in the process of implementing a requirement/traceability SW-tools to support our system engineering approach and ensure good documentation practice. Therefore, you will have the opportunity to develop and improve our support to device projects. You can look forward to working with a wide range of device development projects.
Qualifications
You hold a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or similar and have a systematic and technical flair. It is essential that you possess knowledge of the authorities’ regulations to development and documentation of medical devices or similarly regulated products or industries. If you have experience from an innovative R&D environment and have gained insight within mechanical testing, experiments, data analysis and good documentation practice, it will be a major plus. Either way, you are a quick learner and have a passion for learning new technologies and processes.
Navigating among multiple stakeholders in an international and dynamic environment with changing priorities requires solid communication and good interpersonal skill. You are a team player and master the ability to handle and solve numerous tasks simultaneously. Finally you communicate fluently in English, both written and spoken. Device R&D has a strong record for on-boarding non-local employees and welcome applicants, who are willing to relocate to Denmark.
Working here, you’ll be faced with a wealth of opportunities and be part of a team of the best and brightest in your field. Our success depends on your ability to rethink, reimagine and redesign how devices can improve peoples’ lives.
At Novo Nordisk, we create value by putting patients first. Every ten seconds two people are diagnosed with diabetes, and more than 371 million people worldwide need us. Working here is not just a way to make a living, but a way to make a difference.
Contact
For further information, please contact Brian Ritsing at +45 3075 9895 or Katrine Hammer at +45 3079 2038.
Deadline
1 February 2015.