Medical Devices Senior Scientific Specialist (MedTech)

TL;DR

Medical Devices Senior Scientific Specialist (MedTech): Providing scientific secretarial support to the medical devices’ expert panels in the evaluation and advice on high-risk medical devices and in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) with an accent on clinical evaluations of high-risk devices and performance evaluation IVD. Focus on driving innovation and patient safety across Europe.

Location: Relocation to Amsterdam, Netherlands is mandatory

Salary: 8911,48 Euro (including local weighting)

Company

European Medicines Agency (hirify.global) promotes and protects public and animal health in EU Member States by ensuring that all medicines available on the EU market are safe, effective and of high quality.

What you will do

• Provide scientific coordination and regulatory and/or procedural support in the areas of clinical development and evaluation of high-risk medical devices and IVDs.
• Manage requests addressed to the expert panels, including Clinical Evaluation Consultation Procedure and Performance Evaluation Consultation Procedure.
• Advise manufacturers on their proposals for clinical investigations and/or clinical development strategy.
• Handle orphan device status and clinical development.

Requirements

• Possess a university degree (minimum of four years) in Biomedical Sciences (e.g., biology, chemistry, biochemistry, medicine, biomedical engineering).
• Have at least 9 years’ relevant professional experience in clinical development, assessment and/or regulation of medical devices, in vitro diagnostics or high-risk medical devices.
• Excellent general knowledge of the EU medical device and in vitro medical device regulations (MDR and IVDR).
• Thorough knowledge of English (at least level C1) and a satisfactory knowledge of another official language of the European Union (at least level B2).
• Enjoy full rights as a citizen of a European Union Member State, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.

Nice to have

• Experience in analysing and writing on scientific/regulatory matters.
• Knowledge about converging technologies at the interface between medicines, medical devices and borderline products.
• Knowledge of legal, regulatory and procedural aspects of EU Medicines Regulatory framework.

Culture & Benefits

• Meaningful work contributing to protecting the health of every individual and animal in Europe within a multinational, multidisciplinary team.
• Development opportunities (e.g. internal mobility, mentoring, peer coaching, career reflection programme, etc.).
• Work-life balance (flexible working arrangements, teleworking, generous annual leave plus official holidays).
• Initial 5 year contract with competitive monthly tax-free salary and household & children’s allowances (where applicable).
• Excellent health insurance scheme and social benefits.
• Retirement Pension Plan.

Hiring process

• Preliminary Assessments: Foreseen 08 June 2026.
• Final assessments: Foreseen 30 June and 01 July 2026.
• Decision expected: Foreseen Second week of July 2026.