R&D Engineer - France
An adventurer exploring the MedTech world and all its opportunities
👀 You know that you want to be involved in the development of medical technologies, but you do not know what could be your role?
🔄 You agree that working on many aspects of a project from R&D, to quality, regulatory and clinical topics would be a great opportunity?
🔭 You would like to explore all the possibilities first then become an expert in a specific field?
Then read below:
Who we are?
COVARTIM is an engineering company. Our mission is to help the MedTech industry foster medical innovation and improve health care.
More concrete we support any kind of organisation (practitioners, startups, SMEs, big companies) in the development and the certification of their medical technologies.
In a nutshell:
- A (small) team of 20 people (24-52 years old) always ready to help each other (and play table football);
- 40+ projects in parallel every month;
- 150+ clients in BeNeLux, France, USA, Japan, Finland, …
In order to answer the constantly growing demand from current and future clients, we are looking for R&D Engineers to reinforce our team in La Rochelle (France).
The job is open-ended period, to be filled immediately.
Practically, what will you do?
🕵 Your mission will be to:
- Support the development team in the design and prototyping of new products;
- Manage tests campaigns;
- Prepare technical documentation for notified bodies, FDA, competent authorities;
- Coordinate projects for our clients;
- Support the QA/RA team in the set up of quality management systems and regulatory watch.
How ?
We perform projects for our clients in our office in La Rochelle. Sometimes we go to our clients' premises for kick-off and follow-up meetings and for audits. Some clients want to see us once a week, others are located at thousands km from our office and only see us on Teams. This means that we spend most of our time at the office, together with the team.
What about the team ?
Our members are gathered in two teams : the Product Development team and the Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs (QA/RA) team. The R&D Engineer can be part of both teams, depending on the on-going projects. As such, it guarantees a great overview of different types of projects and nature of activities.
Examples of projects:
⭐ Design and development of interventional cardiology therapy platform and realization of in vivo testing;
⭐ Establishment of development plans for software with therapeutic purposes;
⭐ Support for competent authority inspection at our client;
⭐ Process validation for cleaning and packaging;
⭐ Preparation of technical document for CE mark and FDA clearance.
In order to be ready for this new adventure, you will need:
- A background or education in medical devices or IVD design and development;
- Good acquaintances with the medtech regulatory framework in EU and US;
- Strong communication skills;
- Strong organization skills to be able to run multiple projects in parallel and switch from one to another rapidly;
- To speak French and English to communicate with our clients and our cosmopolitan team;
- To make clients' satisfaction a priority by combining quality and professionalism;
- Driving license.
Every seniority level is welcome!
🌱 You start your career? Our team will be there to guide you! You will collaborate on several projects and you will quickly have an overview of what can be done here. Cherry on top: you will learn and discover a lot in a short time!
🌼 You have got a first experience already? We will support you in the development and the enhancement of your knowledge and know-how. You will become more and more autonomous, take the lead on your projects and coordinate team work.
🌳 You have got a proven experience? We will be happy to make our clients and colleagues benefit from your expertise! You will get introduced to our methods then you will take the full lead on challenging projects.
Homeworking
We know that homeworking is a must nowadays. However when several people work on the same project the office remains the best option for interactions, ideas and pieces of advice sharing. Same for the coaching which is essential during the first months.
Once you have become more autonomous you will apply for one or two days per week at home
Our offer
Benefits:
In addition to your salary, you will get meal vouchers (10 euros/day), a good health covering and pension plan as well as 50% of public transport costs.
Training:
On your arrival and all along your career at COVARTIM you will get many opportunities of learning (technical topics and soft skills).
Well-being at work:
At COVARTIM we care of our members' well-being:
- Attentive director and managers;
- Weekly monitoring of mood and feelings;
- A comfortable and colorful office;
- A good balance between work and life;
- Activities that strengthen group cohesion and make the atmosphere even more pleasant (after-works, team-buidings, puzzles, sport sessions, …);
- And cherry on top: one well-being workshop per quarter (yoga class, nordic walk, seated massage, cooking class, ...).
Apply
Get to know us better and apply on Welcome to the Jungle :
Or send your application and resume to
Kyun Thibaut
PDG
jobs@covartim.com
Recrutement process:
STEP 1
(20 minutes)
First call with Kyun to make sure that the job meets your expectations and to fix an interview.
STEP 2
(30 minutes)
Call with Isabelle, Team Leader, to discuss the job more deeply
STEP 3
(60 minutes)
Interview with Kyun in our office in La Rochelle to take a quick test (case study) and to discover our office and our team members.
