Engineer. WCH&B R&D LCM

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:
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 ;br>
Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we are working to ensure our patients and customers have the life saving, next generation, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Are you passionate about improving and growing the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions including hemostats, sutures, staplers, energy devices, to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world's most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at ;br>
We are searching for the best talent to join our MedTech Surgery team as an Engineer, Biosurgery R&D LCM located in Raritan, NJ

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Purpose:

This Engineer will support the Wound Closure & Healing and Biosurgery (WCH&B) and R&D Life Cycle Management (LCM) group. They will apply their scientific expertise as the R&D representative on cross-functional project teams to ensure robust designs, scientific rigor, and data driven decision making to meet projects goals, objectives and milestones. The candidate will manage design controls and product design elements including new materials, design changes, cost improvement programs and business continuity projects.

You will be responsible for:

• Managing complex design change projects related to wound closure and healing medical devices. Ensuring compliance to internal and external customer requirements, material/finished goods specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Be a creative, hands-on scientist/engineer who will participate in the design, development and commercialization of medical devices including those of formulated, biologic, synthetic and mechanical design in nature.
• Be involved in product line extensions, existing product improvements, design control, design changes and commercial product support projects.
• Confirm product and process change impact on user needs, customer requirements and translate them into design requirements and detailed specifications
• Perform detailed design, material selection and engineering analysis of design changes.
• Support testing and examination of product performance attributes.
• Support Design Control activities, such as strategies, technical and design reviews, documentation and Design History Files including regulatory filings.
• Support Design Verification and Design Validation activities such as developing protocols, performing testing, analyzing results, and authoring completion reports.
• Familiar with manufacturing processes and requirements with focus on absorbable and non-absorbable polymers.
• Work effectively face-to-face and remotely on multi-functional and global project teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science or equivalent in a engineering and/or science field is required
• Advanced degree, is preferred
• Polymer and/or Textile experience, is helpful
• Knowledge of Design Controls, is helpful
• Work experience in R&D Life Cycle Management and/or Development, is helpful
• Experience with regulated medical device products and devices, is helpful
• Understanding of basic statistics, is required
• Understanding of medical device regulations, is required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are vital
• Proven problem-solving skills
• Ability to work cross functionally in global settings is vital
• Good interpersonal relationship and communication skills are vital
• This position is based in Raritan, NJ and requires up to 10% domestic and international travel

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 resource

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$74,000- $119,000

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.