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[shvetsov2005]

Requirements
1. Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, skills and experience.

2. Minimum 2 years experience working in a regulated medical device or pharmaceutical environment & quality control/assurance or regulatory assurance.
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What does 'in a regulated medical device ' mean here? Why is they use 'in' preposition?

Alex.

[pugachevV]

I think a medical device is something like X-rays, or MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), you have to be approved by the regulating body of most countries to work on these things.
It's "in" because you are said to be in an environment. (It surrounds you.)