French Language Specialist – Life Sciences & Medical Devices

Job description

Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions: Office Job Description: Thermo Fisher Scientific Language Services is expanding its Language Specialist team to support biotech, medical device, and product-focused clients. We are seeking an experienced French Language Specialist with a strong technical/medical background and proven language lead or quality lead experience. This role goes beyond translation and focuses on linguistic governance, external linguist alignment, terminology oversight, and final quality validation across complex technical documentation. Essential Functions: Acting as linguistic lead for French life sciences and medical device content. Coordinating and managing the final linguistic quality of assigned projects to ensure compliance with client, regulatory, and formatting standards. Aligning and guiding external linguists on client-specific instructions, terminology, tone, and formatting requirements. Performing final QA and LSO validation of high-impact deliverables. Reviewing and quality checking content such as: Instructions for Use (IFUs) for life sciences and diagnostic products Technical documentation for laboratory instruments and reagents Sa...