German Language Specialist – Life Sciences & Medical Devices
PPD (Thermo Fisher) UK
German language native-level proficiency
Medical device/biotech translation experience
Linguistic lead or quality lead experience
Thermo Fisher Scientific Language Services is expanding its team to support biotech, medical device, and product-focused clients
Job Summary
Thermo Fisher Scientific Language Services is expanding its team to support biotech, medical device, and product-focused clients.
This role focuses on linguistic governance, external linguist alignment, terminology oversight, and final quality validation across complex technical documentation.
Essential functions include acting as linguistic lead, coordinating final linguistic quality, aligning external linguists, and performing final QA validation.
Matching Summary
Thermo Fisher Scientific Language Services is expanding its team to support biotech, medical device, and product-focused clients.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
German language native-level proficiency
Medical device/biotech translation experience
Linguistic lead or quality lead experience
CAT/TMS tool expertise
Terminology and translation memory management
Nice-to-have
Scientifically curious and motivated
Stakeholder management skills
Key Requirements
Bachelor's degree in translations, linguistics or language studies OR Bachelor's degree in another field and 2 years of translation experience OR 5 years of translation experience
Proven experience in medical device, life sciences, or medical translation
Demonstrated experience as Language Lead, Quality Lead, or senior reviewer
Strong knowledge of IFUs and medical device regulatory documentation