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Expert Biocompatibility

Germany, St. Wendel · Job Posted February 04, 2026
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At Fresenius Medical Care, we are the global leader in kidney care, committed to improving the lives of patients with chronic kidney disease. Our mission is to deliver high-quality, innovative products, services, and care across the entire healthcare journey. Guided by our vision—“Creating a future worth living. For patients. Worldwide. Every day.”—we work with purpose and compassion, supported by a global team of over 125,000 employees. Within our Care Enablement segment, we develop and provide life-sustaining medical products, digital health solutions, and therapies that empower clinical teams and improve patient outcomes. Our FME Reignite strategy drives transformation through innovation, efficiency, and sustainable growth. Systems, Quality & Regulatory (SQR), a global function within Care Enablement ensuring Fresenius Medical Care’s products meet the highest standards of quality, safety, and regulatory compliance throughout the entire product lifecycle. The team supports market access, innovation, and patient safety by driving excellence across manufacturing and supply chain, overseeing post-market surveillance, and promoting continuous improvement and system harmonization. SQR also manages regulatory and quality data governance and provides critical product-related business services across global operations. Join our passionate team and help shape healthcare worldwide! In your role as (Junior) Expert Biocompatibility (m/f/d) you will be responsible for biocompatibility evaluation of medical devices in the framework of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 on medical devices (MDR), ISO 10993-series and other regulatory guidelines/requirements.

Job Responsibility

  • Support Performance of safety and risk assessments for medical devices based on the used raw materials, on extractable and leachable chemicals or on biocompatibility studies (ISO 10993 series)
  • Drive planning, interpretation and evaluation of analytical and biological tests performed by internal or external laboratories under supervision of experienced team members
  • Assist in compilation of overall biological safety assessment according to ISO 10993-1
  • Support in deriving biocompatibility strategy details including material characterization, sampling of different product groups during new product developments or material/product changes
  • Acting as sponsor, study monitor and contact for chemical/ biocompatibility studies in internal and external laboratories
  • Ensure sufficient support of biocompatibility projects and coordinate how to apply overarching strategies
  • Align sampling and testing strategies and support product responsibles how to apply these
  • Coordinate global alignment of laboratory partners (internal and external) as well as methods applied
  • Overall responsibility for the assigned product groups and related biocompatibility files
  • Contribute to supplier agreements and specifications for biocompatibility requirements as well as material selection
  • Observe upcoming regulation changes and ensure timely implementation considering state-of-the art methodology

Requirements

  • Successfully completed bachelor’s or master’s degree in scientific or engineering or a similar technical field required, such as medical technology
  • Related working experience: first years to 5 years, depending on level (Junior Expert / Expert)
  • First experience in writing biocompatibility evaluations
  • Knowledge with biocompatibility-testing and evaluations of medical devices according to ISO 10993
  • Application of Design Control and Risk Management and knowledge and familiarity with the concepts of FDA CFR 820, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971
  • Knowledge with medical device risk management process and related regulations
  • Experience with product or design and development or quality engineering of sterile disposables utilizing various plastic processes such as injection molding and extruding
  • Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences
  • Familiar with agile methodology
  • First Experience with ALM and PDM systems
  • Familiar with durables and disposables of medical devices
  • Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken
  • Willingness to travel on an average monthly cadence and to work in different time zones

What we offer

  • Individual opportunities for self-determined career planning and professional development
  • A corporate culture in which there is enough room for innovative thinking - to find the best solution together, not the quickest one
  • A large number of committed people with a wide range of skills, talents and experience
  • The benefits of a successful global corporation with the collegial culture of a medium-sized company
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