Clinical Scientist in Cambridge

TidalSense is a respiratory technology company with a mission to transform the diagnosis, monitoring and management of chronic respiratory conditions, such as asthma and COPD. The company has ambitions to enable a population-scale change in respiratory care through global deployment of its technologies in both developed and developing countries with poor access to healthcare. TidalSense has launched the first-of-its-kind AI-driven (software medical device) diagnostic test for COPD which uses the company’s unique, patented, sensor technology embedded in the N-Tidal Handset medical device.

We are seeking a clinical scientist with strong research, scientific writing, and project management skills. You will be joining a passionate, socially-motivated and multi-disciplinary team covering engineers, scientists, clinicians, designers, product and usability specialists. This is a unique opportunity for a driven and autonomous individual to generate the clinical evidence and insights that will drive development, regulation, and commercialisation of our medical devices, delivering impact in the real world and changing people’s lives. We are seeking someone who is comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile, and diverse team environment, and who is also committed to our mission to revolutionise respiratory medicine.

Job purpose

To take a leading role in the generation of clinical evidence and scientific content to support the regulation, scientific profile, and adoption of TidalSense’s medical devices.

Key duties & responsibilities

• Clinical research
  • Contribute to the creation and development of the company’s global clinical evidence strategy.
  • Design, plan and project manage research programmes.
  • Write project charters, study protocols and ethics submissions and other required study documentation.
  • Contribute to and oversee study implementation, monitoring and close out, including site visits, formal study reporting and registrations, and communications with external stakeholders (e.g. MHRA, grant monitoring officers).
  • Critically analyse current clinical processes, and design / implement process improvements to optimise efficiency and delivery of targets.
• Scientific writing
  • Write, review and edit clinical scientific content, including peer-reviewed scientific publications, conference abstracts, white papers, scientific and clinical marketing content, product manuals and educational materials.
  • Support with writing grant applications for (clinical) research programmes.
• Stakeholder management
  • Work closely with the clinical, commercial and marketing teams to support key clinical stakeholder management, including building and maintaining a network of key opinion leaders to support current and future studies.
• Clinical evaluation and regulatory
  • With support from the rest of the clinical team, take a leading role in the planning and execution of clinical evaluation in accordance with EU MDR and other applicable regulatory requirements for existing and new medical devices, including writing and reviewing Clinical Evaluation Plans and Reports and Post-Market Clinical Follow-up Plans and Reports, and planning, running and reporting systematic literature searches.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; with the ability to describe complex scientific concepts for diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical and research skills, including the ability to conduct systematic literature searches, design studies, and interpret data.
• Strong organisational, risk management and project management skills.
• Ability to deliver to deadlines, comfortable with uneven workloads.
• Excellent verbal communication and people skills.
• Views Generative AI and automation tools as a 'force multiplier' for their own productivity and is eager to pioneer new workflows in a regulated healthcare environment.
• Attention to detail.
• Willingness to learn and develop processes and personal skills.
• Strong team spirit and hands-on mentality.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or clinical subject.
• Experience in scientific writing, including publication of articles in peer-reviewed journals and managing publications through the peer review process.
• Experience of designing, managing or contributing to clinical research projects.
• Experience of project management.
• Desirable: Qualified healthcare professional (e.g. doctor, nurse or other allied health professional), PhD or DPhil in a scientific or clinical subject, experience of protocol / bid / grant writing, experience of medical statistics and/or health economics, experience working within a quality management system (preferably ISO 13485 or ISO 9001), experience working with medical device products.

Other Requirements

• Legally eligible to work in the UK without sponsorship.
• Will need to be able to work in person in the Cambridge office at least 3 days / week (but ideally more).

Note to Applicants

We read all applications carefully - including your free-text answers - in evaluating your application. Please make sure you spend some time answering these questions carefully. Please answer questions truthfully and without using a LLM to auto-populate answers. Dishonesty is fundamentally against our values. We appreciate that some candidates may hesitate to apply because they may feel that they might not meet all of the required criteria or be competitive enough. If this is you, please don’t shy away from applying - we would like to hear from you!

Closing date for applications: Sunday 22nd February 2026

Salary: £40,000-75,000 (depending on experience)

TidalSense operates a fair pay structure to ensure our colleagues are paid equitably and competitively for their skill, expertise and experience. Successful candidates will be offered this role at the appropriate grade, based on both their resume experience and our judgement of their performance level through the assessment process. We are open to interviewing more junior candidates as well as those who have more industry experience in role.

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours to support your work preferences.
• Hybrid working as per requirements above.
• 25 days annual leave (pro-rated) + 8 public holidays.
• Pension: TidalSense contributes 5% of qualified earnings.
• Annual performance-based bonus.
• Discretionary share options scheme.
• Work from abroad for 1 week per year.
• Buy / sell up to 5 days annual leave (pro-rated).
• Individual personal development budget + dedicated development days.
• Mental Health support: wellbeing support and free 24/7 access to qualified counsellors and advisors.
• Coaching and mentoring.
• Team events and celebrations.
• Beautiful award-winning Cambridge UK office stocked with quality drinks & snacks.