About the role

Our leading-edge expertise, software, and electronics enable organisations to make scientific breakthroughs, deliver state-of-the-art cancer treatments, develop healthcare innovations and bring clean fusion energy to the world.

To support the development and regulatory approval of our advanced products used in radiation oncology worldwide, we are looking for a Verification & Validation Engineer who will take ownership of product verification activities across the full development lifecycle.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, quality, and regulatory compliance and plays a key role in ensuring that our products meet defined requirements, applicable standards, and user needs.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Plan and execute verification activities for medical devices and subsystems.
• Define appropriate verification methods for product and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure traceability between requirements, risk controls, and verification evidence (e.g. Code Beamer).
• Execute and/or supervise manual and automated verification testing.
• Review and approve verification reports prior to design release and regulatory submissions.
• Ensure verification documentation is complete, consistent, and audit-ready.
• Support audits and product submissions (CE, FDA 510(k)) in collaboration with Quality and Regulatory teams.
• Drive improvements in verification processes, documentation, and test automation.
• Act as the verification authority during design reviews and product readiness assessments.

Required qualifications and skills

• Experience with verification and/or validation activities in regulated environments (medical devices preferred).
• Solid understanding of design controls, risk management, and their linkage to verification activities.
• Ability to interpret system, software, and hardware requirements and translate them into effective verification strategies and test cases.
• Understanding of relevant standards and regulations (ISO 13485, IEC 62304, ISO 14971, FDA QSR).
• Experience with requirements and traceability tools (e.g. CodeBeamer, Jira).
• Familiarity with manual and automated testing approaches at the system and/or software level.
• Ability to assess verification coverage, identify gaps, and evaluate the adequacy of test evidence.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a structured, quality-oriented working style.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or other related technical disciplines, or five years of related experience and/or training.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.

Bonus points if you have

• Background in medical physics and/or experience working with medical systems.
• Experience with test automation or scripting.
• Hands-on experience with software verification (IEC 62304).
• Experience supporting regulatory audits or submissions.

What we offer

• Employment contract for an indefinite period with a six-month probationary period.
• A work environment with flexible working hours and a hybrid work model.
• Plenty of personal and professional growth opportunities combined with a competitive and periodically updated salary tailored to your skills, experiences, and results.
• Interesting work full of challenges in an international working environment.
• Opportunities to work abroad.
• High-impact learning culture: regular in-house and external training sessions and a team of international professionals eager to help you grow.
• Many recreational after-work activities, additional health insurance (Specialists+), unlimited coffee, soft drinks, fruit, and other well-being goodies.
• Cosylab events (Teambuilding, New Year’s Party, Picnic … ).

Why join Cosylab?