Looking to shape the Future of Diabetes Technology? This Senior Scientist position could be your next best challenge.
Proclinical is seeking a Principal Scientist - Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) to lead the development of next-generation glucose sensing technologies. This is a high-impact role focused on advancing electrochemical biosensors, wearable medical devices, biomaterials, and CGM sensor platforms from early research through to commercial manufacture.
Working across R&D, clinical, regulatory, algorithms, and manufacturing teams, you will play a key role in delivering innovative diabetes technologies that improve patient outcomes worldwide.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of CGM sensors, including enzyme immobilisation, anti-biofouling membranes, electrode surface modification, electrospinning, and advanced biomaterials.
- Drive innovation in electrochemical biosensors, continuous biosensing, flexible electronics, and non-enzymatic glucose monitoring technologies.
- Solve complex technical challenges including signal drift, sensor stability, biofouling, ISF diffusion, and wireless connectivity performance.
- Design and execute validation studies, including in vitro testing, in vivo studies, accelerated ageing, and sensor performance evaluations.
- Support product development from proof-of-concept through verification, validation, scale-up, and commercial manufacturing.
- Collaborate with data science and algorithm teams to improve calibration models, signal processing, and glucose prediction accuracy.
- Contribute to regulatory documentation and development activities supporting FDA, CE Mark, and other global submissions.
Key Skills and Requirements:
- PhD in Electrochemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, Biomaterials, or another related discipline.
- Proven years of experience in CGM, continuous biosensing, wearable sensors, implantable devices, or electrochemical biosensor development.
- Strong expertise in electrochemistry, biosensor design, electrode modification, and biomaterials.
- Demonstrated experience translating innovative sensor technologies into commercial products.
- Hands-on experience with tools such as SEM, FTIR, EIS, XPS, Autolab, CHI, Python, and MATLAB.
- Experience with design controls, verification, validation, and medical device product development.
- Expertise in at least one of the following:
- Enzyme immobilisation
- Microfluidics
- Flexible electronics
- Electrochemical glucose sensing
- Sensor materials and coatings
Preferred Experience:
- Commercial CGM product development experience.
- FDA, CE, or NMPA regulatory submission experience.
- Publications in leading journals such as Advanced Materials, ACS Sensors, or Biosensors and Bioelectronics.
- Patent generation and technology innovation.
- Experience within closed-loop insulin delivery systems, digital health, connected devices, or artificial pancreas technologies.
If you are having difficulty in applying or if you have any questions, please contact Siya Sun at s.sun@proclinical.com.
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