R&D Chemist Engineer

For our client, a medical device start-up located in Geneva, we are looking for an R&D Formulation Engineer. It is a permanent full-time position with 1 day of home-office possible.

• Collect customer’s need and translate them into technical requirements
• Define and execute experimental plan to create prototypes
• Conduct literature, patent, and technical research, including assessment of in-house manufacturing equipment, and outsourced technical solutions (raw materials, components, services).
• Conduct formulation and characterization of prototypes in the R&D laboratory, including drafting protocols, reports, and stability studies.
• Organize, conduct and supervise the manufacturing of R&D prototypes in cleanroom environments, coordinating with production site staff.
• Provide regular feedback to the R&D Manager and actively participate in project meetings with international clients.
• Ensure projects planning timelines, cost target, product specifications, and quality standards (ISO 13485).
• Travel up to 30% (mostly within 1h travel distance of Geneva).

• Propose technical improvements to R&D lab operations.
• Ensure a smooth technology transfer from R&D to the industrialization team, including participation in process validation activities.
• Coordinate with internal teams from design input to design verification.
• Draft and maintain technical files requested by the QA departement.

• Engineering degree in chemical, polymers or equivalent (materials science, or pharmaceutical sciences)
• Minimum 1-3 years of experience in medical device R&D (Class III), preferability in hyaluronic acid
• Technical skills:
  Formulation & characterization of hydrogels, testing methods such as rheology, pH, osmolarity (GPC/HPLC is a plus)
• Experience working in cleanroom environments
• Strong skills in technical documentation (protocols, reports, flowcharts) and project management (e.g., Gantt charts)
• Fluent in English (C1 minimum), French is a plus.

Interested? We are waiting for your CV.

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Science and Research

• Medical Equipment Manufacturing