Do you want to play a key role in ensuring that future medical devices meet the highest standards of quality, performance, and patient safety? Are you motivated by leading complex verification activities and influencing how testing is conducted across development projects? If so, this could be your opportunity to join Novo Nordisk as a Test Engineer and contribute to bringing innovative healthcare solutions to patients around the world.
Your New Role
As a Test Engineer, you will own the full lifecycle of design verification and shelf-life testing activities for device and primary packaging development projects. Acting as a subject matter expert within testing and verification, you will work closely with project teams to ensure products meet defined requirements under defined and controlled test conditions through robust, data-driven test strategies.
Your responsibilities will include:
In this role, you will have significant influence on how testing activities are designed and executed. You will combine technical expertise with strong stakeholder management skills to ensure high-quality results while balancing project timelines, risks, and business needs.
Your New Department
You will join the Device Verification Development department within Device Development Innovation in Hillerød. The department is responsible for delivering exploratory testing, design verification testing, and quality control framework specifications across Novo Nordisk's device, primary packaging, and oral product portfolio.
Our team consists of highly skilled engineers and laboratory technicians who share a strong commitment to quality, innovation, and improving patients' lives. We work in close partnership with development, maintenance, quality assurance, manufacturing, and regulatory colleagues to ensure products are thoroughly verified before reaching the market.
The department offers a collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment where continuous improvement, scientific curiosity, and professional development are highly valued. You will have the opportunity to contribute to both project delivery and the future development of verification capabilities across the organization.
Your Skills and Qualifications
To succeed in this role, we imagine that you bring a strong technical foundation combined with experience leading testing and verification activities in complex development environments.
We are looking for candidates who have:
It will be considered an advantage if you have experience within medical device development, design control processes, method validation, testing standards, or regulated environments such as GMP. Experience driving improvements, leading initiatives, and influencing stakeholders without formal authority will also be highly valued.
As a person, you are proactive, solutions-oriented, and motivated by delivering high-quality results. You maintain a strong overview of your work while paying attention to important details. You enjoy working collaboratively, thrive in dynamic project environments, and bring a positive approach even when priorities shift or deadlines are demanding.
Position Level and Seniority
We welcome applications from candidates with different levels of relevant experience. During the recruitment process, we will assess the seniority of shortlisted candidates based on their technical expertise, relevant experience, level of independence, ability to manage complexity, and experience leading or influencing test and verification activities.
Based on this assessment, the successful candidate may be offered a position as Test Engineer, Advanced Test Engineer, Senior Test Engineer. The final title, job level, responsibilities, compensation, and placement within the applicable salary range will reflect the candidate's qualifications, competencies, and relevant experience.
Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job - you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.
What We Offer
Salary: Based on the seniority assessment described above, the successful candidate may be offered a position at one of the following levels, with the corresponding annual base salary range:
• Test Engineer: 499,600-734,400 DKK
The final title, job level, responsibilities, compensation, and placement within the applicable salary range will reflect the candidate's qualifications, competencies, and relevant experience.
Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.
Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here.
There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.
Contact:
For further information about the position, please contact:
Deadline:
End of September 2026. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and interviews may be conducted continuously.
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
Your New Role
As a Test Engineer, you will own the full lifecycle of design verification and shelf-life testing activities for device and primary packaging development projects. Acting as a subject matter expert within testing and verification, you will work closely with project teams to ensure products meet defined requirements under defined and controlled test conditions through robust, data-driven test strategies.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading the planning and execution of design verification testing and shelf-life studies across product development projects.
- Authoring, developing and reviewing test protocols, analyzing test data, and communicating conclusions to support Design Verification Test (DVT) and shelf-life studies, project decisions, and regulatory requirements.
- Contributing to defining, managing and verifying requirements, while providing expertise on verification strategies and risk mitigation throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Driving continuous improvements within testing methodologies, procedures, training, and ways of working across the department.
- Collaborating with multidisciplinary stakeholders to challenge existing approaches, identify smarter solutions, and ensure efficient project execution.
In this role, you will have significant influence on how testing activities are designed and executed. You will combine technical expertise with strong stakeholder management skills to ensure high-quality results while balancing project timelines, risks, and business needs.
Your New Department
You will join the Device Verification Development department within Device Development Innovation in Hillerød. The department is responsible for delivering exploratory testing, design verification testing, and quality control framework specifications across Novo Nordisk's device, primary packaging, and oral product portfolio.
Our team consists of highly skilled engineers and laboratory technicians who share a strong commitment to quality, innovation, and improving patients' lives. We work in close partnership with development, maintenance, quality assurance, manufacturing, and regulatory colleagues to ensure products are thoroughly verified before reaching the market.
The department offers a collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment where continuous improvement, scientific curiosity, and professional development are highly valued. You will have the opportunity to contribute to both project delivery and the future development of verification capabilities across the organization.
Your Skills and Qualifications
To succeed in this role, we imagine that you bring a strong technical foundation combined with experience leading testing and verification activities in complex development environments.
We are looking for candidates who have:
- A degree in Engineering, such as Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or another relevant scientific or technical discipline.
- Experience planning, coordinating, and reporting verification or testing activities within product development projects.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, draw conclusions, and communicate recommendations to stakeholders.
- Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.
- The ability to collaborate across functions and navigate effectively between technical, quality, and business stakeholders.
It will be considered an advantage if you have experience within medical device development, design control processes, method validation, testing standards, or regulated environments such as GMP. Experience driving improvements, leading initiatives, and influencing stakeholders without formal authority will also be highly valued.
As a person, you are proactive, solutions-oriented, and motivated by delivering high-quality results. You maintain a strong overview of your work while paying attention to important details. You enjoy working collaboratively, thrive in dynamic project environments, and bring a positive approach even when priorities shift or deadlines are demanding.
Position Level and Seniority
We welcome applications from candidates with different levels of relevant experience. During the recruitment process, we will assess the seniority of shortlisted candidates based on their technical expertise, relevant experience, level of independence, ability to manage complexity, and experience leading or influencing test and verification activities.
Based on this assessment, the successful candidate may be offered a position as Test Engineer, Advanced Test Engineer, Senior Test Engineer. The final title, job level, responsibilities, compensation, and placement within the applicable salary range will reflect the candidate's qualifications, competencies, and relevant experience.
Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job - you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.
What We Offer
Salary: Based on the seniority assessment described above, the successful candidate may be offered a position at one of the following levels, with the corresponding annual base salary range:
• Test Engineer: 499,600-734,400 DKK
The final title, job level, responsibilities, compensation, and placement within the applicable salary range will reflect the candidate's qualifications, competencies, and relevant experience.
Incentives and Benefits: The salary package may include short-term and/or long-term incentives as well as other employee benefits based on position level, location, functional area and relevant market benchmarks.
Learn more about our Reward Philosophy here.
There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.
Contact:
For further information about the position, please contact:
- Filippo Cavalca, < email deleted for security reasons >
- Helen Webb-Thomasen, < email deleted for security reasons >
- Jens Gustafsson, < email deleted for security reasons >
Deadline:
End of September 2026. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and interviews may be conducted continuously.
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
