Make an impact with Laerdal!

Make a difference with Laerdal where immersive technology transforms healthcare quality and education across the globe. With over 2,200 colleagues, join a team where collaboration and engagement are prioritized in helping save one million more lives, every year, by 2030.

Who we are

Laerdal Medical is a global leader in healthcare simulation and education, driven by a mission to help save lives. Our products are used by healthcare professionals worldwide to build critical skills, confidence, and preparedness. As part of our Mechanical Engineering Community in Stavanger, you will have the opportunity to work with trusted, established simulation products that make a real difference every day. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving practical technical challenges, improving product performance, and helping existing solutions become even more reliable, durable, serviceable, and sustainable.

What you'll do

In this role, you’ll be part of a collaborative engineering environment where your work directly supports products already making an impact in healthcare training. You’ll contribute to:

• Existing product platforms for patient simulators and training products

• Mechanical systems and assemblies to improve durability, reliability, and serviceability

• Plastics engineering for durable, lifelike components

• Rapid prototyping to evaluate improvements, resolve issues, and support efficient product updates

• Injection moulding, additive manufacturing and other plastics manufacturing technologies for scalable production

• LEAN engineering principles to reduce waste and optimise efficiency

• Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) to streamline production

• Lifecycle Analyses to enhance sustainability and reusability across product lines
  

This is a hands-on engineering role where collaboration, technical curiosity, and practical problem-solving are key. You’ll work closely with colleagues across disciplines to strengthen product quality and support improvements that matter to users, patients, and healthcare systems worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of maintaining and further developing existing product solutions in line with international safety and regulatory standards (EU, US, global)

• Conduct simulations and calculations to validate structural and fluid mechanics performance

• Prototype and test using advanced plastics technologies

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to improve existing products, resolve technical challenges, and support product lifecycle activities

• Perform lifecycle analyses and contribute to sustainability goals

• Document solutions in PLM and PDM systems

• Facilitate design reviews, evaluate change requests, and write clear technical requirements

• Standardise designs to increase reusability across product lines

• Apply LEAN principles to streamline maintenance, product updates, and cost-effective improvements

• Reduce environmental impact through sustainable design choices
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Bio-Mechanical Engineering

• 3+ years of experience in product design and development

• Experience with CAD, simulation tools, prototyping, and product improvement work

• Hands-on experience with plastics, injection moulding, rapid prototyping, and additive manufacturing

• Familiarity with LEAN engineering principles

• Strong collaboration and communication skills

• Experience with product lifecycle management systems

Why Join Us?
At Laerdal, you’ll join a purpose-driven company where engineering quality has a direct connection to life-saving training. You’ll contribute to products that healthcare professionals rely on worldwide, while being part of an inclusive engineering community that values collaboration, continuous improvement, and practical innovation.

You can expect:

• Meaningful engineering work on products that support life-saving training around the world.

• A collaborative mechanical engineering community where knowledge sharing and fresh ideas are encouraged.

• Opportunities to grow through product ownership, technical problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration.

• A workplace that combines professional development, strong purpose, and a culture of continuous improvement.

What we offer:

•  Interesting and meaningful work contributing to our mission

•  Opportunities for personal and professional growth

•  A great, diverse, inclusive, and international work environment

•  Innovative and forward-thinking technology

•  Competitive compensation and benefits package

•  Flexible work arrangements, an extensive wellbeing program with social, cultural and sports activities and benefits such as discounted public transport, wardrobe with towel service, company cabins, and more.
  

For questions about the position, please contact Trond Erling Larsen, Mechanical Engineering Manager at trond.larsen@laerdal.com
Ready to apply?
Please register your application by 14.08.26.
We look forward to hearing from you!

Please note that we use Semac background checks in our recruitment process.