Material Developer

If you’re ready to have an impact in a career that makes a difference, Mölnlycke could be your next step. You’ll be helping to equip medical professionals around the world with solutions to improve outcomes for patients. And you’ll be developing yourself in a global environment with an inspirational culture, with lots of opportunities. All the while building a successful career, with real purpose.

Mölnlycke is now looking for a Material Developer to join our R&D Wound Care team out of our headquarters in Gothenburg.

This is a great opportunity to be a part of a team taking technical ownership for and building expertise within material technologies. You will be working within cross functional teams, together with different stakeholders and external suppliers in various areas!

About the job

We are looking for a Material Developer to support the development and implementation of new and improved materials for Mölnlycke products in order to meet customer needs and improve product sustainability, as well as rationalizing and reducing the cost of products in order to improve profitability and to secure supply.

You’ll be working in a fast-changing and exciting environment where, you will be both driving change projects and manning development projects with need for material expertise.

These are the main accountabilities for this position

In this position you will be accountable to deliver in assigned design control roles and within the assigned material area to; plan, develop, deliver and document material solutions in assigned role in design control projects. You’ll have focus on material solutions in development and change projects.

You will ensure that material documentation for assigned materials is up to date and compliant and for maintaining and developing knowledge of materials within the assigned area. You’ll secure supply of existing materials by working with internal partners and material suppliers within the assigned material area and propose new product ideas leveraging on new material opportunities.

You will develop and improve existing material solutions and identify new potential suppliers within assigned area and continuously monitor and suggest new materials and/or alternative suppliers within the assigned area.

What you’ll need

• Master's degree or Bachelor's degree in engineering, chemistry, life science or equivalent
• Technical Knowledge in materials and related medical device
• Understanding of Mölnlycke Customer and end user needs including competitor knowledge
• Knowledge of Global Regulatory Requirements and standards related to the material areas and related medical device.
• Deep knowledge in Mölnlycke QMS and Design control
• Communication skills
• Fluent English written and spoken
• General business acumen

What you’ll get…

• Wellness benefits
• Flexible working hours
• Great colleagues in a global company
• An open, friendly and fair working atmosphere
• Competitive compensation package including company pension plan, bonus, company health care

Our approach to diversity and inclusion

At Mölnlycke diversity is not just a vision, but our strength. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that values and celebrates the power of diversity. At the heart of our commitment is the belief that diversity fuels innovation, creativity and problem-solving. We invite you to be a part of a team where authenticity is embraced, and every employee, regardless of background or any other traits, experiences a true sense of belonging. Your attitude, drive, enthusiasm, and eagerness to learn are just as important to us as the requirements for the role.

About Mölnlycke

Mölnlycke is a world-leading medical products and solutions company that equips healthcare professionals to achieve the best patient, clinical and economic outcomes. Our business is organized in the four business areas Wound Care, Operating Room Solutions, Gloves and Antiseptics, where customer centricity, sustainability and digitalisation are at the heart of everything we do.

Mölnlycke employs around 8,700 people. The company headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden and we operate in more than 100 countries worldwide. Mölnlycke is a founding partner of GoCo Health Innovation City, a world-class innovation cluster for health, and in early 2025 our headquarters will move there. Since 2007, the company has been part of Investor AB, an engaged owner of high-quality, global companies which was founded by the Wallenberg family in 1916. For more information, please visit www.molnlycke.com and www.molnlycke.com/careers

If this sounds like you and you feel you have what it takes to succeed in this role, we want to hear from you as soon as possible.