IT & Software

Senior Systems Engineer – Biotech Platform Development

Newton Colmore Consulting

Cambridge · Cambridgeshire · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will own the development and delivery of multidisciplinary systems for next-generation diagnostics and biomanufacturing platforms. You’ll work across engineering and R&D to design, integrate and commercialise semiconductor-based and biocomputing technologies, while ensuring ISO 13485-compliant documentation. You collaborate with internal and external partners to align execution with programme goals and regulatory requirements. The position combines hardware, software and biology delivery in a scalable, regulated product context, with opportunities to grow into broader responsibilities as the company scales. This is a mission-driven role at a growth-focused biotech company,/f

Pay / Benefits
  • competitive salary
  • annual bonus
  • private healthcare
  • generous pension contributions
  • lifestyle benefits
  • professional development benefits
Responsibilities
  • Technical ownership of complex multidisciplinary systems
  • Design, integration and delivery of hardware/software/biology platforms
  • Product architecture and ISO 13485 documentation
  • Hands-on delivery of regulated systems
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners to align with programme goals
  • Support translation of breakthrough IP into scalable, regulated products
Key requirements
  • Experience in systems engineering, product development, or technical project delivery within biotech, diagnostics, or medical devices
  • Solid understanding of regulated product development
  • Exposure to startup environments, IP creation, or cross-functional team collaboration (preferred)
  • Background in mechanical, biomedical, or electronic engineering (ideal)
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Stakeholder alignment
  • Effective communication
  • Systems engineering
  • Regulated product development (ISO 13485)
  • Hardware-software-biological integration

Reference: WJ-747_31187216

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