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Founded in 2003, Crux has always had integrity in the way we work at its core. We have a belief in making well informed processes and initiatives backed by data insights and strong business acumen. In our consulting service offering we pride ourselves on pushing the boundaries and have built a global reputation across all sectors we operate in. Mixing the best people, with the best tools, in a world-class facility located in Bristol, we continue to reach new heights. With continued growth on the horizon into new and exciting areas of business, one thing we are sure of is that change is certain.

This provides an opportunity for someone to head up and lead our operations and quality team to ensure our operational activities fulfil our current and future needs. We are looking for a Head of Quality and Operations to oversee and develop our organisation’s quality and operational activities so the business can continue to deliver a best-in-class service to both internal teams and customers.

We require an adaptive and action-oriented mindset with strong foresight and planning capabilities. You are expected to play an active role in the development and completion of quality & operational initiatives, regularly meeting with and reporting to the board of directors. This will include the development and implementation of strategic quality policies and procedures, ensuring regulatory compliance and overseeing our IT strategy.

You will be responsible for providing leadership and direction to our quality and operations function, offering expert guidance and support, approving newly developed policies and maintaining positive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. Ultimately, you will ensure our operations run smoothly and productivity of the Crux team.

To ensure success you will have sagacious business acumen, a passion for quality and have a sound understanding of business strategies.

Responsibilities of the role include:

• Leadership, development and recruitment to the Quality and Operations team
• Working with the senior team to help formulate operational strategies
• Ensuring regulatory compliance
• Designing & evolving policies that align with our overall strategy
• Managing contracts and relations with customers, vendors, partners and other stakeholders
• Supporting customer quality audits
• Implementing efficient processes and standards
• Ensuring legal compliance
• Internal audits and implementation of corrective actions
• Development of all quality metrics and regular reporting to board level
• Operational oversight of insurance requirements and renewals
• Managing IT budgets and implementation of solutions
• Liaison with finance team, overseeing expenses and budgeting to help optimise costs and benefits to the business

We’re looking for someone with:

• 1st or 2:1 degree (in Business or other relevant field)
• A background in quality and business processes
• Great attention to detail
• Experience with oversight of IT system implementation (SAP Business ByDesign an advantage)
• A motivation for work that is challenging and has high impact
• Effectiveness at delivering results and solving difficult problems
• Experience in leading people and is passionate about building successful teams and developing individuals
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills with internal and external stakeholders
• The ability to see the bigger picture
• A collaborative mindset in working with the senior leadership team to present, drive and develop strategies to be approved by the board that contribute to the overall strategic direction for the business
• Being a role model, representing and Crux’s core values of ingenuity, investment and integrity at all times

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

 

Crux Product Design is an ambitious, growing consultancy looking for a new member to join our sales team in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further their career and support some of the world’s most exciting product development projects.

In this role, you will work with our sales team to help showcase the exciting work being completed at Crux. Your primary objective will be to identify new prospects and work towards securing meetings to present our capabilities. We utilise a consultative selling approach, meaning that you’ll be given responsibility from day one to build relationships with clients and identify opportunities to support them with their design and engineering challenges. 

We work in an exciting space, our clients are positioned across the globe and they specialise in innovative research and development projects. All clients bring unique challenges to solve through the use of clever design and engineering and the sales function is key to translating client needs into commercial opportunities. We’re searching for a dynamic, motivated individual who will bring enthusiasm to our growing team.

About Crux...

Crux is a dynamic engineering and product development consultancy that takes pride in its outstanding work and a warm and supportive workplace environment. Working as a trusted partner to pharmaceutical companies and household brand names, our projects deliver a vast array of products to global markets. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels.

Principal responsibilities...

• Initiating dialogue and managing relationships with new prospect clients
• Lead generation and inquiry to understand client needs
• Managing timelines, meeting scheduling and client requests
• Capturing business opportunities from ongoing client discussions
• Producing accurate, concise reports of commercial opportunities for internal stakeholders
• Presenting commercial insights back to our technical team

Skills we're looking for...

• Commercial awareness and excellent communications skills
• Ability to communicate ideas and work flexibly within a dynamic, multidisciplinary team
• Confidence and self-assurance, prepared to initiate conversation with new leads
• Prior experience working independently and achieving goals
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – articulate and diplomatic manner
• Understanding of planning tasks and defining future opportunities

Desirable, but not essential...

• Additional academic qualifications past A-level
• Experience working in a sales or technical (design, engineering, science) role
• Experience working in a consultancy environment with external clients
• Evidence of an entrepreneurial attitude and commercially-astute decision-making
• An interest in social media, marketing and ‘pitching’ services

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com. Please title your correspondence 'Business Development Executive’

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

 

Crux Product Design is an ambitious, growing consultancy looking for a new member to join our sales team in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further their career and support some of the world’s most exciting product development projects.

In this role, you will work with our sales team to help showcase the exciting work being completed at Crux. Your primary objectives will be to develop sales opportunities, provide awareness of Crux service offerings and produce project proposals in response to client requests. We utilise a consultative selling approach, meaning that you’ll be given responsibility from day one to listen to client needs and respond to sales opportunities with well-considered project proposals. This is an exciting role, with potential to provide a measurable impact to our company’s future growth.

We work in an exciting space, our clients are positioned across the globe and they specialise in innovative, novel product development. All clients bring unique challenges to solve through the use of clever design and engineering and the sales function is key to translating client needs into commercial opportunities. We’re searching for a considerate, motivated individual who will bring both technical comprehension and commercial acumen to the role.

About Crux...

Crux is a dynamic engineering and product development consultancy that takes pride in its outstanding work and a warm and supportive workplace environment. Working as a trusted partner to pharmaceutical companies and household brand names, our projects deliver a vast array of products to global markets. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels.

Principal responsibilities...

• Client liaison, initiating and developing client relationships
• Opportunity qualification, matching client requirements to Crux capabilities
• Presenting Crux services at pitches, global trade shows and conferences
• Proposal development, bid writing and responding to requests for quotations
• Managing project planning, timeline planning, meeting scheduling, client requests and resulting actions
• Capturing business opportunities from ongoing client discussions
• Producing accurate, concise reports of commercial opportunities for internal stakeholders

Skills we're looking for...

• 1st or 2:1 degree in design, engineering, science or a closely associated course
• 2+ years industrial experience, working within pharmaceutical, consumer or a regulated environment
• Technical knowledge and a robust understanding of product development and/or manufacturing practices
• Process-driven and methodical, with a pragmatic approach to adapt based on changing industry needs
• A proven record of success within your peer group, evidence of achievements beyond academic results alone
• You’re a thought-leader, confident to present your ideas and inspire those around you
• Strong organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise jobs and remain responsive to new, urgent tasks
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – articulate and diplomatic manner
• Decisive and driven, interested in developing your career and managing junior team members
• Willingness to travel

Desirable, but not essential...

• Experience presenting your work to peers and senior stakeholders
• Experience working to ISO 13485, or to the equivalent regulations and requirements of the FDA
• Experience working within a consulting environment

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com. Please title your correspondence ‘Technical Sales Executive’

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

We’re on the lookout for exceptionally talented Embedded and App development engineers to join our team. If you’re interested in working on multidisciplinary design projects, tackling some of the toughest briefs in the medical and consumer goods sectors then we want to hear from you. You’ll be working on a broad range of diverse projects, on varying platforms. Working primarily on connected medical devices, a successful applicant will have experience developing firmware for BLE enabled devices on PIC, STM32, AVR and various ARM cortex microprocessors And/Or experience Developing Apps for iOS/Android and be comfortable integrating the two. Good knowledge of Git and Agile software development essential and a keen appetite for learning new skills.

About Crux...

We offer our team exciting career development opportunities and the chance to see your ideas come alive in an environment that only a rapidly growing, innovative and dynamic business can provide. Crux also takes pride in its warm and supportive workplace environment. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels. We also believe that a strong community is key to effective communication and happy employees, so we organise regular team social events.

We’re looking for...

 

• 1st or 2:1 degree in a Software/Electronics related subject
• High technical literacy across software and electronics
• Skilled in embedded firmware design (C/C++ ) OR App development
• Knowledge of a higher level language such as Python, Javascript or Java/Kotlin/Swift
• Experience of BLE development (Nordic chipsets preferable)
• Experience of the IEC 62304 standard for medical device software development
• Use of git version control
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Aims to develop technical and leadership skills
• Able to work cooperatively and dependably as part of a team
• Great attention to detail

 

We are keen to hear from either embedded specialists with a good understanding of high level app development Or App specialists with a good understanding of microprocessor firmware development, but a cross disciplinary literacy is essential.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We believe that one of the benefits of being a smaller business is the ability to adapt to the needs of our employees, enabling us to welcome people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds onto the team.

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com referencing 'Senior Software Engineer' in the email subject.

 

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

We’re on the lookout for exceptionally talented mechanical engineers to join our team. If you’re interested in working on multidisciplinary design projects, tackling some of the toughest briefs in the medical and consumer goods sectors then we want to hear from you.

About Crux...

We offer our team exciting career development opportunities and the chance to see your ideas come alive in an environment that only a rapidly growing, innovative and dynamic business can provide. Crux also takes pride in its warm and supportive workplace environment. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels. We also believe that a strong community is key to effective communication and happy employees, so we organise regular team social events.

We’re looking for...

 

• 1st or 2:1 degree in mechanical engineering
• Strong creative and technical abilities
• Excellent concept generation skills
• Experience in engineering analysis and detail design
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Aims to develop technical and leadership skills
• Able to work cooperatively and dependably as part of a team
• Great attention to detail

 

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We believe that one of the benefits of being a smaller business is the ability to adapt to the needs of our employees, enabling us to welcome people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds onto the team.

 

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com

 

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

 

We’re on the lookout for exceptionally talented mechanical engineers to join our team. If you’re interested in working on multidisciplinary design projects, tackling some of the toughest briefs in the medical and consumer goods sectors then we want to hear from you.

About Crux...

 

We offer our team exciting career development opportunities and the chance to see your ideas come alive in an environment that only a rapidly growing, innovative and dynamic business can provide. Crux also takes pride in its warm and supportive workplace environment. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels. We also believe that a strong community is key to effective communication and happy employees, so we organise regular team social events.

 

We’re looking for...

 

• 1st or 2:1 degree in mechanical engineering
• Strong creative and technical abilities
• Excellent concept generation skills
• Experience in engineering analysis and detail design
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Aims to develop technical and leadership skills
• Able to work cooperatively and dependably as part of a team
• Great attention to detail

 

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We believe that one of the benefits of being a smaller business is the ability to adapt to the needs of our employees, enabling us to welcome people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds onto the team.

 

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com

 

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

Crux Product Design is an ambitious, growing consultancy looking for a talented Project Manager to join our team in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further their career and work on some of the world’s most exciting product development projects.

In this role, you will work with our multi-disciplinary design and engineering teams to lead and manage the development of medical and consumer goods devices, from concept through to production. This is a key position of responsibility and your success in this role will be central to the success of the company. We need an innovative, and delivery focused individual with the drive and enthusiasm to push forward relentlessly in a fast-paced and supportive team environment.

About Crux...

Crux is a dynamic engineering and product development consultancy that takes pride in its outstanding work and a warm and supportive workplace environment. Working as a trusted partner to pharmaceutical companies and household brand names, our projects deliver a vast array of products to global markets. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels.

Principal responsibilities...

• Managing multiple design and development projects, ranging from initial concept, product definition, design & development, and transfer to manufacture
• Ensuring goals are met in areas including customer satisfaction, safety, quality and team member performance
• Managing timelines, resource, budgets and risks
• Managing relationships with our clients
• Capturing business opportunities from ongoing client project activities
• Producing accurate and timely reporting of program status to clients and internal stakeholders
• Implementing and managing changes and interventions to ensure successful project delivery
• Leading and working with the project teams to solve challenging design, mechanical engineering, electronics, and software challenges

Skills we're looking for...

• A 1st or 2:1 degree in an engineering or another relevant discipline
• Up to 2 years’ project management experience, managing product development projects
• A project management track-record gained within a highly technical and team-oriented environment
• Strong organisational and time management skills with experience of formal project reporting
• Ability to communicate ideas and work flexibly within a dynamic, multidisciplinary team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – articulate and diplomatic manner
• Understanding of planning tasks and defining project scope, goals and deliverables
• Ability to track project progress and deliver on-time and budget projects
• Ability to address issues as they arise, and both make and drive decisions
• Ability to track project progress and deliver on-time and budget projects
• Ability to address issues as they arise, and both make and drive decisions
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills

Desirable, but not essential...

• Experience managing medical device design and development projects
• Experience working to ISO 13485 and ISO 14971, or to the equivalent regulations and requirements of the FDA
• Experience working within a consulting environment
• An industry recognised Project Management qualification or certification

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com. Please title your correspondence 'Junior Project Manager' 

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

We’re on the lookout for exceptionally talented Electronic Design Engineers, Mechatronics engineers, Robotics engineers or Embedded Software Engineers with prior experience developing products within established regulatory or quality management frameworks. If you’re interested in working on multidisciplinary design projects, tackling some of the toughest briefs in the medical, surgical and consumer goods sectors then we want to hear from you!

Why You’ll Love Working at Crux: 

The role is all about fast-paced innovation and prototyping. You will have the opportunity to see your ideas grow from a blank sheet of paper into polished prototypes and beyond into mass production. 

If you’re interested in working on multidisciplinary design projects, tackling some of the toughest briefs in the medical and consumer goods sectors then we want to hear from you.

What You’ll Be Doing: 

• Design exciting new products in a variety of market sectors
• See your ideas grow from a blank sheet of paper into polished prototypes and beyond into mass production
• Draw schematics and layout PCBs to meet design requirements 
• Write, test and debug firmware for a range of microcontrollers
• Hands on prototyping and assembly, including solder pasting, hand placing components, and reflowing your PCB
• Identify and evaluate the suitability of components through experimentation and testing
• Collect data in our lab to verify your designs and support decisions
• Present your ideas and discuss your design directly with clients

What We Can Offer You: 

• Rapid career development within one of the UKs leading design consultancies.
• Continual professional development provided through external & internal training.
• Monthly company social events, we’ve kept the company spirit alive though lockdown.
• BUPA, company group plan - salary deduction
• Death in Service Insurance (up to 3x salary)
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Bike to work scheme + British Cycling membership

What we're looking for:

Essential:

• An excellent degree in engineering, with a focus on Electronics or similar specialisms
• High technical literacy across software and electronics
• Good knowledge of electronic circuit design & capture
• Proactive and inquisitive, you enjoy problem solving
• An appreciation of the full product development lifecycle
• Able to work cooperatively and dependably as part of a team
• Being prepared to take initiative and apply knowledge and expertise independently
• Great attention to detail

Desirable:

• Experience of working within medical regulatory frameworks (ISO 13485, IEC 60601 etc.)
• Industrial experience in engineering and product development of medical devices
• Good knowledge of embedded firmware design (C/C++)
• Good knowledge of Android/iOS app development
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
• Aims to develop technical and leadership skills

Qualifications

• 1st or high 2:1 degree from a prestigious university
• Strong and relevant A-Level grades

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We believe that one of the benefits of being a smaller business is the ability to accommodate the needs of our employees, enabling us to welcome people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds onto the team.

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com referencing 'Electronics Engineer' in the email subject.

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy

Crux Product Design is an ambitious, growing consultancy looking for a talented Test Engineer to join our team in Bristol. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to further their career and work on some of the world’s most exciting product development projects.

In this role, you will work with our multi-disciplinary design and engineering teams to support the lab-based test & verification activities critical to the success of our world-class development programs. This will involve reporting to all levels of the business internally and externally to client teams where needed.

This is a key position of responsibility and your success in this role will be central to the success of the company. We need a meticulous, organised, and delivery focused individual with the drive and enthusiasm to deliver in a fast-paced and supportive team environment.

About Crux...

Crux is a dynamic engineering and product development consultancy that takes pride in its outstanding work and a warm and supportive workplace environment. Working as a trusted partner to pharmaceutical companies and household brand names, our projects deliver a vast array of products to global markets. Collaboration between people in all areas of our business is key to our success, so open and friendly multi-way communication is encouraged at all levels.

Principal responsibilities...

• Formal product/device testing in a controlled environment
• Development of test methods and formal protocols
• Protocol generation & review
• Data processing
• Test reporting and review
• Training Crux staff on how to operate equipment and generating instruction documents
• Risk assessment preparation and sign-off
• High quality photography of test setup and results
• High quality video capture of test setup and results
• Assisting with the building of test rigs and hardware
• You are expected to work alongside the design and engineering team and have the ability to communicate the value of your work confidently and authoritatively to internal teams and client teams
• Working with the project management team to plan lab access and resource schedules
• Ensuring a safe and ordered work environment
• Developing test/working/operating methods for equipment & workflow
• Identifying and meeting with equipment suppliers for new purchases
• Overseeing/reviewing test work of others
• Lab and workshop tours to clients/visitors

Skills we're looking for...

• A 1st or 2:1 degree in an engineering or another relevant discipline
• Up to 2 years’ experience in a relevant field
• Strong organisational and time management skills with experience of reporting
• Highly computer literate
• Ability to communicate ideas and work flexibly within a dynamic, multidisciplinary team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – articulate and diplomatic manner
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills

Desirable, but not essential...

• Experience within medical device development
• Labview, Matlab and Simulink all desirable
• Experience working to ISO 13485 and ISO 14971
• Experience working within a consulting environment

Interested? Email your CV and covering letter to careers@cruxproductdesign.com. Please title your correspondence 'Test Engineer' 

For our privacy notice please see the following link: https://cruxuk.page.link/UGAJ

To access our equal opportunities policy please follow this link: Crux Equal Opportunities Policy