Product Development Engineer

Kimal is an innovative manufacturer and distributor of customised procedure packs and vascular access devices, supporting clinical departments in more than seventy countries worldwide. Each year, we produce over two million products across a range of specialties including Cardiology, Radiology, Pacing, Laparoscopy, and Cardiac Surgery. Our pioneering central venous catheter technology is helping to reduce patient risk and improve outcomes in hospitals around the globe.

Location:

Hybrid – Bromsgrove and Worcester

Reports to:

Head of CRP Product Management

At Kimal, we believe success is built through collaboration, shared values, and a commitment to making a difference. Our values of Integrity, Positivity, Inclusion and Kindness are at the heart of everything we do, creating an environment where people can thrive, contribute and grow.

We are looking for a Product Development Engineer to join our team and play a key role in developing and improving our Procedure Pack product range. This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving technical challenges, evaluating innovative products, and working collaboratively across multiple disciplines.

You will support products from initial concept and technical evaluation through to validation, integration, and manufacture, helping ensure our products meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.

Working closely with Product Management, Purchasing, Quality, Regulatory and Manufacturing, you will help identify, assess, and integrate components and devices from external suppliers into our Procedure Pack range.

You will combine your engineering expertise with a practical understanding of materials, manufacturing processes and design controls to support new product introductions, improve existing products, and drive continuous improvement across the business.

• Develop and specify products:
  Translate design inputs into clear engineering requirements, product specifications, and technical documentation.
• Support new product introduction:
  Work cross-functionally to evaluate, validate and introduce new products from concept through to pre-launch.
• Evaluate components and suppliers:
  Assess third-party components, materials, and medical devices against technical, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive product improvement:
  Identify alternative components and support cost-reduction, product consolidation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage technical documentation:
  Maintain product specifications, drawings, bills of materials (BOMs), data sheets, and design history files in line with applicable regulatory requirements.
• Ensure compliance:
  Support engineering processes and design control activities in accordance with relevant Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and ISO 13485 requirements.
• Support manufacturing:
  Work with suppliers and manufacturing teams to assess product feasibility, cost, manufacturability, and design for manufacture.
• Solve technical problems:
  Investigate manufacturing issues, quality concerns, and field complaints, supporting root cause analysis, corrective actions, and design changes.
• Contribute to risk management:
  Support product risk assessments and provide technical input into regulatory submissions.
• Collaborate and communicate:
  Provide technical expertise to Product Management and work with internal teams, suppliers, clinicians, and other external stakeholders.

You will be a practical, analytical, and detail-oriented engineer who enjoys working in a collaborative, regulated environment. You will be comfortable balancing technical requirements with product performance, quality, cost, and manufacturing considerations.