Senior Product Lifecycle Engineer

Change people's lives and love what you do! Cochlear develops world-leading medical devices that help people hear. As a top 100 medical device company and market‑leader in implantable hearing devices, more people choose a Cochlear-branded cochlear implant system than any other. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people's lives.

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Product Lifecycle Engineer to support the ongoing development, improvement, and compliance of our medical device products. In this role, you will plan and execute sustaining engineering activities, ensure product compliance with international regulations, and lead risk management documentation for existing products. You will also play a key role in supporting local production, coordinating design changes, and collaborating with global R&D teams. This position is ideal for an engineer who enjoys problem‑solving, cross‑functional teamwork, and maintaining high standards of product quality and safety. You'll be part of a global Product Lifecycle Engineering (PLE) department partnering closely with Mechanical Engineers, Electronics Engineers and Project Managers to sustain Cochlear's product portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Management & Regulatory Compliance

• Maintain and update product risk management files in accordance with ISO 14971 and other medical device standards.
• Plan, execute, and document product risk management activities.
• Support certification and re‑certification processes to ensure ongoing regulatory compliance.
• Report and escalate potential product risks; ensure all identified risks are reduced to acceptable levels.
• Collaborate closely with the Systems Risk Management team to align with best practices.

Engineering & Technical Support

Key Requirements (Minimum)

Ideal to Have

Cochlear Malaysia provides shared services to support Cochlear's global operations. The growing team of professionals in Malaysia provides critical support in areas such as IT infrastructure and applications, development and testing, business intelligence development and support, procurement, customer service, service and repairs and returned device analysis engineering.

If you feel that you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role and take on new challenges to build your career with Cochlear, please start your application by clicking the apply button below.

Cochlear is an organisation you can be proud to be part of. Underpinning our position as a global market leader is the quality of our people. You will get to work with talented, friendly and supportive colleagues who are dedicated towards making a difference. We are an expanding workforce that has grown from only 500 in 2004 to more than 2,700 today. We have built our business to support over 200,000 recipients globally with direct operation in 20 countries and distribution in 100 countries. Leveraging of our scale and global reach, we pursue a breadth of research and development activities that will bring the most significant technologies, products and services to market for our recipients. Currently we are involved in over 79 collaborative research programs, involving 131 centers across 19 countries.

For 30 years Cochlear has been the global leader in implantable hearing solutions. Our commitment to shaping the future of our industry means we work hard to achieve long-term sustainable financial growth. Every year we make significant investments in research and development, so we continually improve our products and stay at the leading edge of technological advancements. Testaments to our effective R&D undertakings are more than 100 registered patent families and multiple industry awards. Today, our products set new benchmarks in hearing performance with the most reliable implants on the market. As we continue to launch new products and revolutionise the industry, you will experience a new era of growth, change and opportunity right across the business. Now is truly an exciting and challenging time to join our transforming and growing business.

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