- Location
- Cheshire-Wilmslow, UK · Wexford-Wexford, IE
- Department
- Engineering
- Education
- Bachelor
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- iCIMS
Description
Overview
Join Waters' Clinical Systems Development team and play a pivotal role in bridging assay and analyser development, to deliver the next generation of clinical LC-MS diagnostic systems. As a Systems Engineer - Assay Integration, you will work with multidisciplinary teams spanning assay science, software, engineering and systems development, ensuring innovative assays are successfully translated into robust, integrated diagnostic solutions. This is a unique opportunity to influence products from early concept through commercialisation while helping deliver technologies that support better clinical decision-making and improve patient outcomes worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage assay requirements throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring solutions meet customer, clinical and business needs
- Act as the key technical link between Assay Development and Analyser Engineering teams, driving alignment across multidisciplinary stakeholders.
- Define how assays integrate with software, consumables, sample preparation and LC-MS instrumentation to deliver a complete diagnostic solution.
- Translate user needs and analytical performance goals into clear, traceable and verifiable system requirements.
- Support technical decision-making by evaluating design options, system trade-offs and performance requirements across the diagnostic platform.
- Collaborate with Quality, Regulatory and Risk Management teams to ensure compliance with applicable IVD standards.
- Drive successful verification and validation activities, ensuring integrated assay solutions perform as intended and are ready for commercial deployment.
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Clinical Chemistry, Biomedical Science, Engineering, or a related scientific discipline.
Experience:
- Experience within the IVD, diagnostics, life sciences, or regulated medical device industry, with a strong understanding of assay development and product development processes.
Competencies:
- Ability to translate customer, clinical and business needs into clear, traceable technical requirements.
- Strong understanding of clinical assay development, analytical performance and diagnostic workflows.
- Proven ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams, influencing and collaborating with scientific, engineering and business stakeholders.
- Strong systems-thinking, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to manage complexity and drive technical decisions.
- Passion for developing innovative diagnostic technologies that improve patient care and healthcare outcomes.
Travel (If Applicable):
- Occasional domestic and international travel to support project activities, customer interactions and collaboration with global teams.
In addition to salary, we work flexibly and provide 25 days holidays, excellent family friendly benefits such as attractive employer pension contribution, life assurance, income protection and private medical. With Waters, there are plenty of opportunities for you to grow, develop and contribute.
We're actively building diverse teams and welcome applications from everyone. But simply having a diverse workforce is not enough. We aim to build an inclusive environment, where everyone can contribute their best work and develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences and recognise the importance of teams reflecting the communities they serve.
We can make reasonable adjustments to our interview process according to your needs.