We are offering an exciting opportunity to join MeiraGTx Ltd as a Technical Services Engineer Apprentice within our Technical Services team. This is a structured "earn while you learn" programme combining hands-on experience supporting validation and process engineering activities with a fully funded degree-level apprenticeship.
Working within the Validation team, you will support GMP manufacturing operations by assisting with equipment, system, and process validation activities that ensure products are manufactured safely, consistently, and in compliance with regulatory requirements.
This role provides broad exposure to engineering, manufacturing, quality, and validation functions while developing the technical and professional skills required for a long-term career in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
This is a Science Industry Process Plant Engineer (SIPPE) Level 6 Apprenticeship, combining workplace learning with academic study.
Technical Services Engineer Apprentice (September 2026 Intake)
London
Full-time
Trainee
Your mission
Job Description
What You'll Be Doing
What You'll Learn
What We Offer
Development
Benefits
About You
We are looking for motivated individuals with a passion for engineering, science, and problem-solving who are eager to develop a career within a highly regulated biotechnology manufacturing environment.
Essential Requirements
- Supporting qualification and validation activities for equipment, systems, and manufacturing processes.
- Assisting in the preparation, review, and execution of validation documentation.
- Supporting deviation investigations, CAPAs, and change control activities.
- Assisting with requalification and periodic review activities to maintain the validated state.
- Supporting Computer System Validation (CSV) and GAMP-related activities where required.
- Ensuring compliance with GMP, Data Integrity, and Good Documentation Practice (GDP) requirements.
What You'll Learn
- Equipment, system, and process validation within a regulated GMP environment.
- Pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing processes.
- Regulatory requirements including GMP, Data Integrity, and ICH guidelines.
- Quality systems including deviations, CAPAs, change controls, and risk assessments.
What We Offer
Development
- Fully funded apprenticeship (no tuition fees).
- Dedicated study time during working hours.
- Mentoring and structured career development.
- Exposure to industry-leading validation and manufacturing practices.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
- Pension scheme.
- Healthcare and wellbeing support.
- Travel support (e.g. season ticket loan).
- Employee benefits and discount platform.
About You
We are looking for motivated individuals with a passion for engineering, science, and problem-solving who are eager to develop a career within a highly regulated biotechnology manufacturing environment.
Essential Requirements
- Minimum of 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths, English, and a Science subject.
- 96 UCAS points including A-levels (or equivalent) in a STEM-related subject. (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, or Physics), or completion of a relevant Level 3 qualification (e.g., BTEC in Engineering or Applied Science).
- Eligible to undertake the Science Industry Process Plant Engineer (SIPPE) Level 6 Apprenticeship.
- Interest in engineering, manufacturing, and process improvement.
- Strong communication, organisation, and time management skills.
- High attention to detail and ability to follow technical procedures accurately.
- Basic IT proficiency, including Microsoft Office.
- Team-oriented with the ability to collaborate across functions.
- Proactive, motivated, and committed to continuous learning and development.
Why us?
This programme provides a direct pathway into a technical engineering career within the biotechnology sector. You'll gain practical experience supporting critical manufacturing and validation activities while studying towards a recognised degree-level qualification.
From day one, you'll work alongside experienced professionals, develop valuable technical skills, and contribute to the delivery of life-changing therapies in a highly innovative and collaborative environment.
From day one, you'll work alongside experienced professionals, develop valuable technical skills, and contribute to the delivery of life-changing therapies in a highly innovative and collaborative environment.
About us
MeiraGTx is a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing potentially curative treatments for patients living with serious diseases. We currently have six programs in clinical development including three ocular indications, a salivary gland condition, and a Parkinson’s disease program. Our initial focus on diseases of the eye, salivary gland and central nervous system is based on the significant unmet medical need coupled with the high potential gene therapy has to provide meaningful clinical benefit in these areas. With headquarters in New York and London, our global footprint provides us the opportunity to partner with leading institutions around the world, allowing us to deepen our understanding of diseases and their progression.
Our team was built with deep expertise in gene therapy development, allowing us to efficiently advance our programs from preclinical to clinical development. Our core capabilities in viral vector design and optimization and gene therapy manufacturing give us a differentiated approach to developing gene therapies. Additionally, we are developing proprietary technology to potentially enable innovative gene therapy treatments whose expression can be turned on and off with an easily administered small molecule. We believe temporal control of gene therapy products has the potential to transform the gene therapy landscape.
Our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, completed in early 2018, was designed to meet global regulatory requirements, including the current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) required by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the UK and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The 29,000-square foot facility has the flexibility and capacity to produce sufficient product for all our clinical trials and will scale to commercial capacity.