Location: Somerville, New Jersey, USA
Company: Johnson & Johnson's
Job Position: R&D Engineer
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Qualification:
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Bio Medical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field with a minimum of 4 years industrial experience as a technical contributor, or Master’s Degree in similar field with a minimum of 2 years industrial experience OR Ph.D. in similar field is required.
- Ability to work in a team-oriented environment that embraces change, risk, and flexibility.
- Demonstrated track record of ability to work independently, within a team with a sense of urgency against timelines.
- Problem solving skills, excellent verbal, and written communication skills.
- Experience in medical devices product/process development.
- Knowledge of medical devices regulations.
- Adept, hands-on experimentalist with knowledge in chemistry and demonstrated understanding of material property characterization.
Job Responsibility:
Provide technical support to cross-functional / multidisciplinary project teams in the design, development, and manufacturing of surgical sutures, surgical devices, in particular devices that combine antibacterial agents with medical devices.
- The individual in this position would be expected to conduct hands-on materials development and characterization.
- Provide technical support for marketed medical device products to other business functions, including Regulatory compliance activities.
- Compile and analyze data to identify relationships/root causes in order to draw conclusions and generate reports.
- Effectively applies state-of-the-art scientific/technical knowledge to projects; demonstrates state-of-the-art proficiency in own field.
- Incorporate manufacturability into new product development and interact with manufacturing to scale up R&D prototype equipment to manufacturing capacity.
- Interact with customers (surgeons) to identify unmet needs and validate designs.