Senior Quality Engineer In Vitro Diagnostics

Job Title : Senior Quality Engineer, In Vitro Diagnostics

Location: Cambridge, MA

About the Job

The Senior Quality Engineer – In Vitro Diagnostics is a senior subject matter expert responsible for ensuring the quality, safety, and regulatory compliance of IVD’s across the full product lifecycle—from early development through commercialization and lifecycle management. Partnering with the Senior IVD Director, this role requires deep technical and regulatory expertise including EU IVDR, FDA 21 CFR Part 809/812/820, ISO 13485, ISO 18113, and ISO 15189. The incumbent serves as a strategic quality partner to cross-functional teams including R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Clinical, and Laboratory Operations, providing expert guidance on design controls, analytical validation, clinical performance evaluation, and post-market quality requirements.

We deliver 4.3 billion healthcare solutions to people every year, thanks to the flawless planning and meticulous eye for detail of our Manufacturing & Supply teams. With your talent and ambition, we can do even more to protect people from infectious diseases and bring hope to patients and their families.

Join a global network that powers how Sanofi delivers — seamlessly, purposefully, and at scale. In Manufacturing & Supply, you’ll help reimagine how life-changing treatments reach people everywhere, faster.

About Sanofi:

We’re an R&D-driven, AI-powered biopharma company committed to improving people’s lives and delivering compelling growth. Our deep understanding of the immune system and innovative pipeline – enables us to invent medicines and vaccines that treat and protect millions of people around the world. Together, we chase the miracles of science to improve lives.

Main Responsibilities

IVD Quality Management System: Contribute to the design and implementation of a fit-for-purpose IVD QMS aligned with ISO 13485, EU IVDR, and MDSAP. This includes working with key stakeholders to establish phase-appropriate processes spanning research, development, validation, and commercial lifecycle. Harmonize QMS practices across global functions and develops lean, scalable processes suitable for a growing organization in the IVD space.

IVD Regulatory Compliance: Provide strategic quality leadership across IVD development, evidence generation, labeling, regulatory strategy, and lifecycle management, ensuring compliance with FDA and international regulatory requirements, including EU IVDR, ISO 18113, and 21 CFR Part 809. Support global regulatory submissions and conformity assessment activities for diagnostic, biomarker, patient selection, and companion diagnostic programs, including PMA, 510(k), IDE, IND, NDA, and BLA submissions, as well as EU IVDR Technical Documentation reviews and Notified Body interactions. Review analytical validation, clinical performance, and assay data to support regulatory decision-making, including SR/NSR and IDE determinations. Ensure quality oversight of Technical Documentation, Performance Evaluation Reports, and GSPR compliance, maintaining traceability between intended use, risk management, performance evidence, labeling, and regulatory claims while supporting inspection readiness and successful regulatory outcomes.

End-to-End Lifecycle Quality: Provide quality leadership across assay development, validation, design transfer, commercialization, and lifecycle management, ensuring compliance with design controls and maintaining traceability from intended use and user needs through verification, validation, risk management, clinical evidence, and labeling. Maintain Design History Files (DHF), Technical Documentation, and Technical Files while overseeing analytical validation and performance evaluation activities, including scientific validity, analytical performance, and clinical performance. Ensure risk management principles consistent with ISO 14971 are integrated throughout the product lifecycle and provide quality oversight for clinical studies, post-market surveillance activities, and continuous monitoring of diagnostic product performance.

Laboratory and Clinical Study Quality: Establish and maintain quality frameworks for internal and external laboratories, CROs, and diagnostic partners; lead laboratory qualification activities including assessments, audits, quality agreements, performance monitoring, and inspection readiness; ensure compliance with applicable standards and regulations; and provide quality oversight of biomarker, patient-selection, companion diagnostic, and laboratory-developed assays, including review of validation packages for fitness-for-purpose.

Supplier & Partner Quality: Conduct supplier qualification, audits, and monitoring, and oversee the quality aspects of IVD development, validation, patient testing, and diagnostic activities performed by third parties.

Post-Market Quality & Continuous Improvement: Establish and manage nonconformance, deviation, CAPA, complaint handling, and vigilance reporting systems. Define and implement post-market performance follow-up (PMPF) strategies. Drive continuous improvement through data-driven quality metrics.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with IVD development teams, Regulatory Affairs, Clinical, and Laboratory Operations. Balance scientific understanding with quality rigor and business objectives to support IVD commercialization and lifecycle management

About You

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Analytical Chemistry, or any field

10+ years in quality management within IVD or closely related diagnostic fields.

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree (MS/PhD)

Strong leadership experience

Hands-on experience with assay development and validation

Laboratory quality systems implementation and management

Clinical and performance study support

Direct experience with diagnostic, biomarker, and patient selection assays and companion diagnostic programs

Proven track record building or transforming QMS in developing organization

Experience supporting IVDs from concept through commercialization

Manufacturing operations experience

Drug-device combination products knowledge

Quality Management Systems & Regulatory Compliance:

In-depth knowledge of ISO 13485:2016, EU IVDR (2017/746), FDA 21 CFR Part 820 (QSR), and 21 CFR Part 809 (IVD regulations)

Proven track record implementing and certifying QMS systems across multiple sites

Working knowledge of MDSAP (Medical Device Single Audit Program) requirements

Comprehensive GxP knowledge and experience in implementation and maintenance of compliant systems

IVD-Specific Standards & Requirements:

Strong expertise in ISO 18113 series, ISO 15189, and CLSI guideline

Knowledge of IEC 62304 (software lifecycle) and IEC 62366-1 (usability engineering) for IVD products with software/SaMD components

Understanding of ISO 14971 risk management principles applied to IVD devices

Experience with technical documentation, performance evaluation, and post-market obligations under EU IVDR

IVD Development & Validation:

Demonstrated experience with design controls and DHF/Technical File management for IVD devices

Hands-on experience with analytical performance studies (precision, accuracy, linearity, interference, reference interval studies)

Experience with process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), analytical method validation, and design transfer for IVD manufacturing

Knowledge of assay development lifecycle and validation requirements

Risk Management & Problem Solving:

Proficiency in risk management tools and methodologies (FMEA, FTA, risk-benefit analysis)

Strong problem-solving methodologies and root cause analysis capabilities

Experience with complaint handling, MDR/vigilance reporting, and post-market surveillance systems

Emerging Technologies:

Familiarity with SaMD quality considerations i