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Job Function: R&D Product Development
Job Sub Function: R&D Mechanical Engineering
Job Category:Scientific/Technology
All Job Posting Locations:Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America
Job Description:At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at
Johnson & Johnson MedTech is currently recruiting for a
Staff New Product Development Engineer within
Wound Closure and Healing-Biosurgery R&D. The position is located in Raritan, New Jersey.
The Johnson & Johnson MedTech business offers a broad range of products, platforms and technologies including sutures, topical skin adhesives, hemostasis products, surgical staplers, trocars, energy devices and synthetic mesh devices-used in a wide variety of open and minimally invasive surgical procedures. Specialties include cardiovascular, orthopedics, support for treatment of colorectal and thoracic conditions, women's health conditions, hernias, cancer and obesity. The portion of Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Inc. based in Raritan, New Jersey, was founded more than 80 years ago as a pioneer in suture development and manufacturing, helping to transform the safety and effectiveness of surgery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide technical support to multidisciplinary project teams in the design, development, and manufacturing of various devices primarily within the area of wound closure and healing across multiple surgical specialties.
- Serve as a Technical Leader, and/or Subject Matter Expert for one or more projects and/or technical areas.
- Ensure project activities are completed on schedule, within budget, and within compliance while effectively communicating project updates, risks, and issues to internal stakeholders on a timely basis.
- Effectively apply innovative scientific competence and technical leadership capabilities to conduct research toward the design of new products, as well as supporting and improving existing product offerings.
- Play a hands-on role in designing lab-based development activities, analyze and interpret results to guide product and process optimization, document research activities in accordance with design control requirements, and direct required research activities associated with development of new materials, components, raw materials, products and processes for wound closure and healing devices.
- Provide technical support to supply chain functions to ensure proper implementation and process controls for manufacturing processes.
- Manage the design and development of research studies (in-house or with contract or academic laboratories) to explore potential for new products/materials.
- Provide technical support for marketed medical device products to other business functions such as Regulatory compliance activities and post-launch commercial activities.
- Interact with surgeons and other health care practitioners as appropriate to uncover insights and unmet needs through meetings, surgical observations, conference attendance etc.
- Provide technical expertise, in terms of problem solving for technical and executional problems using advanced knowledge and experience. Contribute inventions, new designs, new processes, and techniques to solve technical problems based on customer needs.
- Identify new areas of opportunity for innovation and secure appropriate intellectual property.
QualificationsRequired Knowledge/Skills, Education, And Experience: - Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Science & Engineering, Textile Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
- 6+ years of medical device R&D experience.
- Experience with Design Controls principles and global medical device regulations.
- Track record of innovation in developing new products and processes and/or improving existing products and processes.
- Strong background in process engineering and demonstrated understanding of correlating material properties to performance.
- Ability to work in a team-oriented environment that embraces change, risk, and flexibility and challenges the status quo.
- Strong understanding of statistics and data analysis, in particular DOE and regression analysis.
- Demonstrated ability to drive tasks to completion and advancing scientific knowledge.
- The ability to balance multiple projects/tasks at the same time.
- Proven problem-solving skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, and ability to think strategically are highly desirable.
Preferred Knowledge/Skills, Education, And Experience:- Advanced engineering degree.
- Experience with wound dressing technologies and skin adhesives.
- Experience in the areas of wound management and healing.
- Experience with a variety of absorbable and non-absorbable polymer systems.
- Knowledge of polymer processing such as annealing, textile-related processes, and injection molding.
- Business acumen, in particular the ability to understand basic financial models and marketing strategies.
- Knowledge of medical device regulations.
Other: - This position is based in Raritan (NJ) and may require up to 10% travel as business needs arise. The ability to travel domestically and internationally is required.
The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation's performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis.
Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company's long-term incentive program.
Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
- Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: ;br>
This job posting is anticipated to close on 01/21/26. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on to accept additional applications.
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via . internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
Required Skills:Design Control Process, Medical Devices, Medical Regulations, Process Engineering, Wound Closure
Preferred Skills:Bandaging, Coaching, Critical Thinking, Design Thinking, Feasibility Studies, Mechanical Engineering, Polymer Chemistry, Polymer Design, Problem Solving, Process Oriented, Product Design, Product Development, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Support, Research and Development, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Technical Credibility, Technical Writing, Technologically Savvy
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :The anticipated base pay range for this position is $109,000.00 to $174,800.00
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