medtech recruitment agency and medical device headhunters
your next medtech hire, in good hands.
We combine our data, our sector experts and our AI algorithms to identify the headhunter most relevant to your role, from R&D engineer to regulatory affairs manager.
- no setup fees, pay on hire
- guaranteed replacement
they hire with muzzo in medtech
how do you hire in medtech through a recruitment agency?
Muzzo hires for medical device makers : R&D engineers, ISO 13485 quality, regulatory affairs, application engineers and operating room salespeople. Each role goes to headhunters who know EU medical device regulation. Fee of 5 to 30%, paid on hire. Leaves within 3 months: search restarted free.
how it works
you only pay if you hire
01
you describe the role
Using the form above: the role, your company, your project. The rest is scoped in your first conversation with the Muzzo team.
02
the right headhunters get started
Those who have already recruited for this role, from design to sales.
03
you meet the profiles
Already approached and qualified. You choose who you meet.
04
you hire, then you pay
Not before. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, we restart the search at no cost.
they hired with muzzo
Muzzo's strength is the diversity of its recruiters: there is always someone listening to our needs.
With Muzzo, I get the reactivity of a marketplace and the quality of a search firm.
let's talk about your role
Antoine and the Muzzo team help you scope your role and choose the right headhunters. Describe your role in the form: we'll call you back to discuss it.
Antoine GigomasCEO and co-founder of Muzzo
one last question?
You set the fee for each role, between 5 and 30%, and you only pay it on hire. No deposit, no fixed fees. An application engineer and a regulatory affairs manager don't take the same effort : the fee follows how rare the profile is, and the Muzzo team helps you set it.
You have a double guarantee. If your new hire leaves within 3 months, we restart the search at no cost. If we find no replacement within 4 months, we refund 50% of the fees. On average, 94% of Muzzo hires are still in post after 3 months.
our medtech headhunters are ready to start
A hire signed in under 26 days, paid only on hire.
the reality
in medtech, the device must hold up to the regulator
a regulatory dossier before each sale
A medical device cannot be sold without CE marking and technical dossier complying with EU regulation 2017/745. A medtech headhunter verifies the dossiers actually led by the profile.
quality and R&D work together from design
ISO 13485 governs design, not just manufacturing. An R&D engineer and a quality manager in medtech must know how to work hand in hand.
sales go through the operating room
An application engineer or operating room salesperson must convince a surgeon or radiologist, not a classic buyer. A headhunter who knows this network knows who to approach.
the roles
the medtech profiles our headhunters go after for you
From design to sales, each role goes to a headhunter who knows medical devices.
regulatory affairs and quality manager (QARA)
They prepare CE marking and technical dossier compliant with EU regulation 2017/745, and maintain ISO 13485 quality system.
R&D engineer and manager
They design and evolve the medical device, from implant to embedded software, in connection with quality from design.
software quality engineer and medical device quality
They validate software or device per ISO 13485, before and after each product update.
application engineer and customer support
They train medical teams on device use and support its deployment on site.
operating room salesperson and medtech technical sales
They sell the device to surgeons, radiologists and hospital buyers, often a long sales cycle.
country manager and medtech sales director
They open or grow a market for a medical device maker, between local regulatory and hospital network.
the method
a medtech headhunter, not an agency that does everything
Design, quality, regulatory or sales: these roles don't recruit from the same networks. The method starts from your function.
we place the role in the device cycle
Design, quality, regulatory, customer support or sales : the brief sets out the function, device type and regulatory class level concerned.
one headhunter per function
From more than 2,500 selected headhunters, your role goes to those who place the most people in that exact medtech role.
dossiers checked before the interview
The headhunter asks which CE dossiers, which quality validations or which markets the profile actually led, then cross-checks via reference.
the figures
medtech hiring in figures
90,200employees
employees of the medical device industrial sector in France, for €35.7bn revenue in 20251
60.4%
of 2,750 hiring plans for medical appliance specialists rated hard to fill in 20262
2,860plans
hiring plans for skilled workers in quality control and lab work in 2026, of which 44.8% are hard to fill3
hiring in medtech: what you need to know
A medtech recruitment agency finds profiles for medical device makers : implants, imaging, diagnostic, medical device software. It covers R&D, ISO 13485 quality, regulatory affairs and operating room sales. Drug manufacturing has its own pharma page, and biotech upstream research has their biotech page.
With Muzzo, your role is not posted as just another job ad. It goes to headhunters who place the most people in that exact role. The one who places regulatory affairs managers is not the one who places operating room salespeople.
An R&D engineer designs the device, but ISO 13485 governs that design from the first prototypes: a quality engineer or regulatory manager is in early, not just at project end.
CE marking and technical dossier compliant with EU regulation 2017/745 condition market launch. A regulatory profile who knows only theory may not have led a dossier to the end : the headhunter verifies this before introducing you.
A QARA profile is judged on the CE dossiers actually filed and device classes covered (Class I, IIa, IIb or III, which don't have the same requirements). The headhunter asks these elements precisely, not just a job title.
They also tell you what the profile will need to learn with you, for example a new device class or a new export market, so onboarding is planned from the offer.
An application engineer trains medical teams on device use, often in the operating room or imaging suite. An operating room salesperson sells that same device to surgeons and hospital buyers, often on a long sales cycle.
Both roles need technical credibility with doctors, which a salesperson from another sector may not have. The headhunter verifies this credibility before the interview.
is it hard to hire in medtech in 2026?
France Travail's 2026 BMO survey says 60.4% of 2,750 hiring plans for medical appliance specialists are hard to fill, versus 43.8% across all jobs. Skilled workers in quality control and lab work count 2,860 hiring plans, of which 44.8% are hard to fill.
These figures count all levels, not just managers. They say one thing simply: for these roles, a job ad is not enough. Headhunters approach profiles already in post, at makers and in hospital partner teams.
A good medtech profile is in post, often in the middle of a CE dossier or product deployment. Headhunters approach them directly at makers and in hospital partner teams. They verify the dossiers and markets actually led and introduce few profiles, all qualified.
Your searches stay confidential: a new CE dossier, a product recall or a quality manager leaving are never announced. On an urgent role, several headhunters can search together, each in their own network.
your questions about hiring in medtech
Yes. Our headhunters have hired QARA profiles, software quality engineers and medical devices, and R&D managers. Each role goes to the headhunter who knows that referential : you don't look for a regulatory profile in the same networks as an operating room salesperson.
According to Snitem and Bpifrance panorama (September 2026), the medical device industrial sector in France has 90,200 employees, for €35.7bn revenue in 2025 and 410 production sites.
Yes. France Travail's 2026 BMO survey says 60.4% of 2,750 hiring plans for medical appliance specialists are hard to fill, versus 43.8% across all jobs. For this role, headhunters approach profiles already in post rather than wait for job ad replies.
Yes, on our pharma and biotech pages, dedicated to large pharma labs and CDMO manufacturing, and biotech start-ups. This page covers medical device makers. Either way, the role goes to the headhunter who knows the sector.
by Antoine Gigomas, CEO and co-founder of Muzzo ·
