ISO 13485 jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-11-06, ISO 13485 appears in 275 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Quality Assurance Engineer has the most postings mentioning ISO 13485, with demand share up 16.0% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-06
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Frequently asked questions about ISO 13485
+Is ISO 13485 in demand in 2026?
Yes. ISO 13485 appears in 275 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06. Quality Assurance Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning ISO 13485 (8.7% of all postings mentioning ISO 13485).
+What jobs require ISO 13485?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning ISO 13485 are Quality Systems Engineer (21.7% of that role’s postings mention ISO 13485), Quality Assurance Director (11.1% of that role’s postings mention ISO 13485), Mechanical Engineering Manager (8.3% of that role’s postings mention ISO 13485).
+What skills are commonly paired with ISO 13485?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-06), ISO 13485 most often appears alongside ISO 14971, Risk Management, CAPA, IEC 62304, Root cause analysis.
+Where is ISO 13485 most in demand?
As of 2026-11-06, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring ISO 13485 are Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Fridley, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new ISO 13485 content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning ISO 13485 alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new ISO 13485 content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after ISO 13485?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring ISO 13485 — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around ISO 13485
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before ISO 13485
Skills after ISO 13485
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Document control | 3 |
| Before: Calibration | 2 |
| Before: root cause analysis | 2 |
| Before: ISO 9001:2008 | 2 |
| Before: internal auditing | 2 |
| Before: Gauge R&R | 1 |
| Before: ISO 17025- 2017 | 1 |
| Before: statistical sampling | 1 |
| After: ISO 9001 | 2 |
| After: Calibration | 2 |
| After: Java | 2 |
| After: cost analysis | 1 |
| After: health insurance | 1 |
| After: SOW management | 1 |
| After: system-level quality | 1 |
| After: JNJ Instantis | 1 |
Roles most likely to require ISO 13485
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Systems Engineer | 10 | 21.7% |
| Quality Assurance Director | 8 | 11.1% |
| Mechanical Engineering Manager | 3 | 8.3% |
| Embedded Software Architect | 2 | 7.1% |
| Quality Assurance Associate | 6 | 6.5% |
| Quality Engineering Manager | 2 | 5.6% |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 24 | 5.5% |
| Quality Assurance Manager | 18 | 5.2% |
| Software Systems Engineer | 4 | 5.0% |
| Software Quality Engineer | 2 | 4.2% |
Roles with the most ISO 13485 postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 24 | 8.7% |
| Systems Engineer | 21 | 7.6% |
| Quality Assurance Manager | 18 | 6.5% |
| Quality Assurance Specialist | 15 | 5.5% |
| Software Engineer | 14 | 5.1% |
| Quality Systems Engineer | 10 | 3.6% |
| Quality Assurance Director | 8 | 2.9% |
| Program Manager | 7 | 2.5% |
| Engineering Manager | 6 | 2.2% |
| Quality Assurance Associate | 6 | 2.2% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring ISO 13485
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Medtronic | 16 |
| Philips | 14 |
| Stryker | 12 |
| Abbott | 11 |
| Dexcom | 10 |
| Alcon | 8 |
| JJ | 8 |
| AbbVie | 7 |
| Baxter International Inc. | 6 |
| Onehealthineers | 6 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring for ISO 13485
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Boston | 8 | 2.9% |
| San Francisco | 7 | 2.5% |
| Chicago | 6 | 2.2% |
| Fridley | 6 | 2.2% |
| Bengaluru | 5 | 1.8% |
| Hyderabad | 5 | 1.8% |
| Plymouth | 5 | 1.8% |
| Chelmsford | 4 | 1.5% |
| Irvine | 4 | 1.5% |
Skills commonly paired with ISO 13485
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How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning ISO 13485 by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s ISO 13485 postings by all ISO 13485 postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,471 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.
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