R&D Mechanical Engineer – France (Marseille)

Why Join Us?

At Excelya, we combine passion for science with enthusiasm for teamwork to redefine excellence in healthcare.

Here’s what makes us unique—

We are a young, ambitious health company representing 900 Excelyates, driven to become Europe’s leading mid-size CRO with the best employee experience. Our one-stop provider service model—offering full-service, functional service provider, and consulting—enables you to evolve through diverse projects. Working alongside preeminent experts, you will help improve scientific, operational, and human knowledge to enhance the patient’s journey.

Excelling with care means benefiting from an environment that values your natural talents, pushes boundaries with audacity, and nurtures your potential, allowing you to contribute fully to our shared mission.

About the Job

Join Excelya, where Audacity, Care, and Energy define who we are and how we work. We believe in creating bold solutions and fostering an inclusive environment where collaboration and individual growth go hand in hand.

This role is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a dynamic, ambitious team in Engineering. You will play a critical part in driving innovation and making an impact in the clinical research space, while enjoying a stimulating professional environment that encourages personal and intellectual growth.

Main Activities: 

• Define product requirements and ensure alignment with project constraints (quality, cost, timeline).

• Propose technical design concepts using 2D/3D modeling and tolerance chains.

• Validate design feasibility through prototyping (3D printing, machining, injection molding, etc.).

• Organize and conduct tests: define protocols, analyze data, and ensure traceability.

• Prepare technical documentation, including critical attributes (from DFMEA), technical drawings, etc.

• Assess industrial feasibility and support the transfer to industrialization teams by sharing technical data and analyzing pre-series parts.

• Contribute to the intellectual property strategy by documenting innovative, unique, and potentially patentable concepts or data.

• Provide technical expertise across the organization: document issues, suggest solutions, and support root cause analysis.

• Monitor technological advancements to inform design strategies and innovation.

• Contribute to knowledge sharing and design rules standardization within the team.

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