Senior Catheter Engineer

Senior Catheter Engineer

Working arrangement: Minimum 75% on-site

Relocation support available

We are seeking an experienced Senior Catheter Engineer to lead the design, development and industrialisation of advanced catheter-based medical devices and delivery systems.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role, covering the full product lifecycle from concept and prototyping through design verification, manufacturing transfer and production scale-up.

You will work closely with R&D, NPI and manufacturing teams, taking ownership of catheter engineering projects and helping develop internal technical capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of catheters and delivery systems, including guide catheters, microcatheters, steerable sheaths, stent delivery systems and balloon catheters.
• Develop and optimise manufacturing processes, including braiding, coiling, polymer reflow, lamination, bonding, tipping, laser welding and hypotube reinforcement.
• Translate product requirements into manufacturable designs meeting performance requirements for flexibility, torqueability, pushability and kink resistance.
• Lead prototyping, design verification and validation, pilot builds and manufacturing transfers.
• Develop test methods, fixtures, tooling and process validation strategies.
• Apply DOE and statistical analysis to improve product performance, manufacturing processes and yield.
• Own technical documentation, drawings, specifications, FMEAs and validation protocols.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Biomedical or Materials Engineering, or equivalent.
• 7–10+ years of hands-on catheter design and/or process development experience in medical devices.
• Practical expertise in catheter manufacturing processes, particularly reflow, braiding, coiling, bonding, tipping and laser welding.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD, preferably SolidWorks.
• Fluent English; Hungarian or German is advantageous.

Desirable

• CDMO or contract medical device manufacturing experience.
• Experience in structural heart, vascular, neurovascular or electrophysiology delivery systems.
• Experience with steerable sheaths, balloon catheters or nitinol components.
• Experience establishing catheter manufacturing lines or cleanroom facilities.

If this is of interest, please apply or send a copy of your CV to jmcalinden@barringtonjames.com