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Aside from the opportunity to work on state-of-the-art technology, the work culture at RCI has plenty of advantages. We employ people across a range of disciplines and from a variety of backgrounds. Watch the videos to check how it is like to work at BD in Limerick. 

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Read our associates' stories

See the interviews and learn more about working at BD in Limerick.

Software Product Owner by day; hiker and volunteer by night

Sharlene Murphy is a go-getter. Armed with a deep desire for continuous learning, she remains focused, sharp, and motivated. And as a Software Product Owner at the BD R&D Center in Limerick, Ireland, these attributes serve her well. Click HERE to read Sharlene's story. 

Software engineer driven by BD Purpose

Azure DevOps, SQL, DevOps, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), REST APIs, Linux, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), JSON, Git, .NET Core, Angular, C# -- these are just some of the skills that Niall Donnelly has learned during his work as a software engineer over the past decade. Click HERE to read Niall's story. 

After moving around the world, Limerick welcomed Ranjani Iyer with open arms

Ranjani Iyer is no stranger to flying to unknown places, having moved multiple times during her study and career. When she arrived at Limerick to take up a role at BD, she was thrilled to find that the city welcomed her warmly. Click HERE to read Ranjani's story. 

There is so much opportunity and innovation in Ireland now

When it comes to pharma, tech and medical devices, Ireland is going from strength to strength and attracting talent home. Ireland has come on in leaps and bounds over the years and has established itself as a major global player across multiple sci-tech industries, including the medtech space. Click HERE to read Ricky's story.  

Greater communication between scientists and the public is needed

Demystifying science is, now more than ever, of paramount importance, and this starts with strengthening the lines of communication between the general public and scientists, according to Siobhán Cashman, a senior scientist at R&D team in Limerick. Click HERE to read Siobhán's story. 

Test Engineer talks test automation

Thorgal Ligtvoet has been with BD as a Test Engineer since he graduated from the University of Limerick in 2020. Following a successful co-op placement at BD for eight months as part of his degree, he rejoined BD’s newly-formed graduate program. Click HERE to read Thorgal's story.

Thorgal Ligtvoet - Software Test Engineer at BD in Limerick

Limerick Mechanical Engr Co-Op Shares Experience

As part of Matthew's third-year study as a mechanical engineering student at the University of Limerick, he completed an eight-month co-op placement at BD RCI in Limerick. He had the great opportunity to work alongside a highly skilled team on a new product development project. Click HERE to read Matthew's story.  

Matthew Wharton, Mechanical Engineer Co-Op at BD Limerick

University Grad Grows in Coding and Confidence

At the end of Sean's third year of the Games Design and Development – BSc (Hons) course at TUS, he was encouraged to get some experience in his field through a Work Placement module at BD. He joined one of the organization’s highly-skilled software development teams, which allowed him to get true hands-on experience and an understanding of what a career in his field would be like. Click HERE to read Sean's story. 

Sean Fahey, Co-op Student at BD Limerick

Engineer with a Passion for ‘Friends’

Prior to moving to Limerick, Ireland in April 2016, Balaguru was a Test Engineer in his hometown of Bangalore, India, where he worked for an IT consulting company for nearly six years. He was one of the first associates to work in the RCI. He never intended to become a software testing engineer, but one of his mentors kept encouraging him to try it. He fell in love with the work. Click HERE to read Balaguru's story.

Love of Music and Electronics Leads to Software Testing

Domhnall Kearney has more than two decades of experience with a variety of small and large tech companies as a test technician and assembler. And as his career has grown year by year, he has found himself even more drawn to the intricacies and nuances of software testing. It’s this growth mindset and natural curiosity that has served him well in his last three years with BD at the Research Center Ireland (RCI) site. Click HERE to read Domhnall 's story.  


Meet our Leadership Team

It’s our belief that Leadership isn’t something you do to others, it’s something you do with others – a partnership. We are serious about continuously developing our people and are determined to see them become leaders themselves so that we can win as one BD. Our leadership program plays a big role here, but so does mutual trust and our day-to-day commitments. Get to know some of our leaders below. 

Sean Wall

Senior R&D Director, Site Leader

Ciara Leahy

Senior Manager, HR

Lan Tran

Senior Manager, Reagents and Assay Development

Noel Sirr

Senior Manager, Systems Engineering

Michael Galvin

Senior Manager, Quality Assurance

John Carey

Senior Manager, Design Assurance Engineering

Ian Moore

Senior Manager, Project Management

Owen O'Neill

Associate Director,  Device Engineering

David Bergstrom

Associate Director,  Infusion Acute Care

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