Medical Device Consultant

Company Description
**Eurofins Scientific** is the largest company in the world in the market of testing, inspection and certification. The group provides analytical services to clients across multiple industries. Eurofins is active in, amongst others, the pharmaceutical, food, environment, agroscience, and clinical diagnostic testing markets.

The **division Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing** is a network of GMP certified contract laboratories for the pharma industry and the medical device industry. In the Benelux region, Eurofins’ BioPharma Product Testing division has approximately 300 employees across 5 locations.

Job Description

For the medical device industry, Eurofins offers a wide range of testing capabilities across its laboratory network in Europe. This includes, amongst others, microbiology, biocompatibility, toxicology and chemical charaterisation.

In addition to carrying out analytical studies, Eurofins has an organization of medical device consultants in various European countries. These consultants provide advice to clients regarding the most suitable testing, qualification and regulatory strategies for their medical devices. The consultants operate independently from the testing laboratories.

The **Medical Device Consultant** will carry out biological risk assessments to validate the preclinical safety of the client’s medical devices. Furthermore, the Medical Device Consultant will, amongst others, conduct literature search, and provide support for customer’s regulatory requests.

The Medical Device Consultant will collaborate closely with sales representatives and will be frequently involved in client meetings. He or she will interact and coordinate with project managers who are responsible for testing in the laboratory. There is a substantial level of expertise available within the European organization and the Medical Device Consultant can be trained and coached by experienced Eurofins consultants from different countries.

Qualifications
- Master of Science in healthcare or biological field (e.g. Biology, Biotech, Biomedical Engineering, Toxicology, etc.)
- At least 1 year of experience in regulatory or testing of medical devices
- Knowledge of ISO10993, tools for toxicological assessment, software for in silico predictions
- Is goal oriented
- Is a self-starter
- Fluent in English and Dutch. Good command of French is a strong plus

Additional Information
- Market conform financial package
- Lot of scope for national and international knowledge and career development.
- Varied work where you are in regular contact with other companies and scientists in
- and outside the Eurofins group.
- Office location can be either Nazareth (Belgium) or Nijmegen (Netherlands)