Principal Engineer, GTO Surgery

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 ;br>
Job Function:
Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:
Packaging Design Engineering

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is recruiting for a Principal Engineer, GTO Surgery supporting the Wound Closure & Healing and Biosurgery businesses located in Raritan, NJ.

Are you passionate about working with a dynamic team in a fast-paced, challenging, and highly collaborative environment passionate about delivering outstanding package innovations worldwide? Are you highly motivated and striving to make an impact? We invite you to learn more about our Surgery Business Unit and the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies. Our medical devices touch the lives of millions of patients every year and our robust and innovative pipeline continues to deliver on the promise of impacting even more patient lives. You can be part of a growing organization that is passionate about providing exciting opportunities for employees to expand their knowledge, skills, and experiences to help ensure continued career growth and development. Our dedication to developing technical leaders is unwavering. Our investment in people, technology, and innovation make us one of the best places to work within one of the most admired corporations in the world.

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

We could use your passion and dedication to transform patient care through innovation. Your role will be vital in contributing to the pipeline and will help to improve the existing product portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise for design, development, testing and production scale-up of new packaging components, systems and processes.

• Leads and executes projects having a significant impact on company programs

• Provide departmental technical expertise and collaborates with research and development, product management, stability, regulatory, and quality process among other functions to ensure all package design requirements are met.

• Provides departmental strategic leadership by leading and/or crafting broad departmental, Surgery, and company initiatives.

• Leads all aspects of the product / package portfolio develop business strategies for continuous improvement related to design, process, and validation

• Manages the package testing lab and ensures equipment is in working order and in calibration. Determines and coordinates physical testing to ensure product and package integrity for manufacturing through end users.

• Leads resolution of packaging related issues in manufacturing, compliance, and the field. Develops recommendations on general packaging guidelines and standards for processes and functional requirements and ensures regulatory requirements are satisfied.

Qualifications:

Education: Minimum of a Bachelors degree and/or equivalent University degree required; focused degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Biomedical Engineering, Packaging engineering preferred. Advanced degree preferred

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Minimum six (6) years of relevant professional work experience.

• Experience with new product development and commercialization of products in a regulated industry in a technical role

• An understanding of the package development process and responsibilities

• Proficiency in computers and technology including Microsoft Office applications

• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills

• Project/Program leadership

Preferred:

• Experience within the Medical Device and/or Pharmaceutical industries

• Experience working with medical device package development as a packaging engineer

• Wound closure product and process experience

• Knowledge of Package Assembly and Manufacturing processes

• Knowledge of sterile barrier packaging systems and design verification including ASTM or ISTA test methods

• Knowledge and experience with ISO11607

• Understanding of sterilization modes used in medical devices

• Project management experience or certification

Other:

• May require up to 20% domestic and/or international travel to other sites/locations

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 and 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, please email the Employee Health Support Center () or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation reQuality.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$100,000 - $172,500/yr.

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
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; for employees who reside in the State of Washington - up to 56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Additional information can be found through the link below. The compensation and benefits information set forth in this posting applies to candidates hired in the United States. Candidates hired outside the United States will be eligible for compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.