Senior Manufacturing Quality Engineer in London

All the health information we need is within us. Just below the skin. SAVA is redefining the way people interact with their health by developing the most advanced biosensing technology science has to offer, capable of accessing bodily information in a painless, real-time and affordable way.

The Role

We are hiring for a Senior Quality Engineer to join our Manufacturing team. This role will be central to identifying critical gaps in our manufacturing process and implementing solutions to address them. Quality isn’t just a department. It is how we aim to operate. We firmly believe that our product is only as good as the culture we build around quality. This role is the missing piece that will help mature our quality architecture and scale our processes. If you want to build something from the ground up that will directly shape how a novel medical device reaches patients, keep reading.

What You’ll Do

• Embed within Manufacturing to build a hands‑on understanding of sensor design, materials, process steps and the failure modes that matter most.
• Define and continuously refine inspection protocols across every manufacturing stage, with acceptance criteria that are clear, measurable and practical for a production environment.
• Spot quality risks early and intervene before small problems become expensive ones.
• Lead root cause analysis and CAPA focused on systemic fixes: process drift, material variability, yield loss.
• Provide guidance to quality specialists on reviews, CAPAs, and NCEs.
• Develop and track quality metrics and yield trends that feed directly into manufacturing decisions.
• Keep us aligned with ISO 13485 and regulatory requirements without letting compliance slow us down.
• Act as the quality bridge between Manufacturing and QA/RA, translating requirements into processes that make sense on the floor.
• Be the person during audits who can answer the hard questions calmly and credibly.
• Train and mentor Manufacturing QA Specialists and technicians.
• Establish defect libraries and failure mode catalogues.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• 5+ years in manufacturing quality engineering within medical devices or a similarly regulated environment.
• Genuine floor experience. You've spent real time on production lines.
• Strong grasp of process control, defect analysis, root cause investigation, and yield improvement.
• Hands‑on experience designing or implementing inspection protocols or quality control frameworks in a manufacturing setting.
• Working knowledge of ISO 13485 and what it actually takes to operate within a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Equally comfortable designing a quality framework and troubleshooting a defect.
• Someone who collaborates well across functions – with manufacturing engineers, process technicians, regulatory specialists, and production leads.

Bonus Points For

• Experience working in clean room environments.
• Background in wearable medical devices, biosensing, continuous glucose monitoring, or similar sensor technologies.
• Experience in a startup or scale‑up where you built quality systems from the ground up.

Why Sava

This is a high‑ownership, high‑responsibility role in a company that is building something complex, meaningful, and fast. The expectations are high, the learning curve is steep, and the work is often messy - but the impact is real. We don’t have room for egos or passengers. What we do have is a team of thoughtful, driven, and mission‑aligned people who are committed to building something better and doing it with urgency and integrity.