Principal Scientist

With a passion for life

Join our diverse teams of passionate people and a career that allows you to develop both personally and professionally. At Getinge we exist to make life-saving technology accessible for more people. To make a true difference for our customers - and to save more lives, we need team players, forward thinkers, and game changers.


Are you looking for an inspiring career? You just found it.

Job Responsibilities and Essential Duties :

• Identify, adapt, and advance new technology initiatives
• Analyses of test data of new scientific theories and hypotheses
• Prepare and defend scientific rationales and justifications
• Serve as the subject matter expert on chemical activity, formulation, and analysis
• Provide scientific guidance and recommendations on new formulations and optimizing existing formulations
• Author high-quality technical reports and peer-reviewed publications
• Planning, executing, documenting and reporting lab activity to provide scientific data supporting marketing proof points of features on existing and new devices
• Develop internal procedures and standards for maintenance of laboratory investigation records, quality of invention releases, and feasibility experiment design
• Provide technical leadership for project team activities, team members, peers, and cross functional counterparts
• Assists in special projects as needed
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related duties as requested

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated research effectiveness; publication in peer review journals, presentations forums, etc.
• Strong statistical analysis skills
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, writing and computer skills
• Chemical, medical device, and packaging industry experience strongly desired
• Good laboratory and sciences skills expected, including documentation of activity
• A detailed understanding of the product development process is preferred.

Minimum Requirements:

• PhD in Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Sciences, or related.
• Minimum of three years of related experience in the medical device or other regulated industry is required.

Quality Requirements:

Build Quality into all aspects of their work by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements.

• Ensure compliance to all FDA and Worldwide Quality & Compliance regulations (As applicable to the job function).
• Must have the education and experience to understand and comply with U.S. and Worldwide medical device regulations (As applicable to your job function).
• Attend all required Quality & Compliance training at the specified interval.
• Adopt the "Beyond Compliance Quality Culture" in the work environment; always meet and exceed requirements.

Environmental/Safety/Physical Work Conditions:

• Ensures environmental consciousness and safe practices are exhibited in decisions.
• Duties are performed in an office environment.

The physical demands described here are a representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

$126,000-$157,000/annually + 8% STIP

About us

With a firm belief that every person and community should have access to the best possible care, Getinge provides hospitals and life science institutions with products and solutions aiming to improve clinical results and optimize workflows. The offering includes products and solutions for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms, sterile reprocessing and life science. Getinge employs over 12,000 people worldwide and the products are sold in more than 135 countries.


Benefits at Getinge:

At Getinge, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, which includes:

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance benefits
• 401k plan with company match
• Paid Time Off
• Wellness initiative & Health Assistance Resources
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability Benefits
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Benefits
• Parental and Caregiver Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement

Getinge is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.