R&D Verification Engineer

Join our R&D team and ensure our medical devices meet the highest standards of safety and compliance.
You’ll play a key role in verifying the functionality and performance and driving product quality across interdisciplinary development projects.

We are seeking a R&D Verification Engineer

How you make an impact

• Own system and sub-system level verification, ensuring alignment with system architecture, interface specifications, and product requirements.

• Define and own Verification & Validation strategies, including creation of V&V Plans and Reports, test case review, SOPs, and test documentation throughout the product lifecycle.

• Plan and conduct verification and testing, including engineering test protocols, verification protocols, and system acceptance testing.

• Design and perform functional testing methodologies, including environmental, stress, and life-cycle testing, and support the creation of production test protocols to ensure consistent and high-quality manufacturing.

• Analyze verification data, apply statistical methods, and prepare detailed documentation for regulatory submissions, ensuring precision, reliability, and compliance with standards.

• Coordinate and lead investigations during Verification & Validation (V&V), including anomaly resolution, damage analysis, and test method validation.

• Develop comprehensive system integration plans at System, Sub-System and Systems of System (SoS) level.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with System Architects (SA) and R&D engineers to define core requirements, approve deviations, and support SA in system decomposition into subsystems and components for detailed analysis and effective testing.

• Act as technical project leader for verification, guiding the team, and own overall verification status.

What you bring along

• Master’s degree (MSc) in a relevant field such as mechanical engineering, mechatronics, electronics, materials science, biomedical engineering, human health sciences, packaging engineering, or equivalent.

• 3–5 years’ experience in testing electromechanical devices, ideally within medical product development and verification/validation environments, (e.g., test labs, hospital service areas, or medical technology settings).

• Working knowledge of medical technology, including applicable standards and cross-functional disciplines within the medical device industry.

• Good knowledge of physics principles, e.g. vacuum technology and acoustics.

• Familiar with medical device verification fundamentals, including product requirements, user needs, system architectures, and business use cases.

• Fluent in English (C1-C2), German is an asset.

What we offer you

• Medela Family: A culture characterized by inclusivity and respect that values and supports every member of our team. Together, we pursue one goal: improving the lives of mothers, babies and patients by translating science into care.

• Flexibility: a hybrid model with up to 3 days per week working from home if your role allows it.

• Growth Opportunities: a range of learning initiatives, both on and off the job.

• Competitive package: Benefits align with international benchmarks, including extended maternity/paternity leave, insurance, and additional vacation or bridge days.

• Balance: A variety of activities designed to promote health and well-being

We focus on the personality and professional skills of our candidates and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment and welcome applications from all individuals.

Due to work permit restrictions, we can only consider applications from Swiss Nationals, UK, EU citizens as well as relevant work-permit holders for Switzerland.
For this recruitment we will not consider any applications sent through by agencies.