Staff Engineer - NPD - R&D

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:
Biomedical 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're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding 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 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>
Johnson & Johnson MedTech is currently recruiting for a Staff Engineer in the New Product Development group 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.

You will be responsible for:

• 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 Project Leader, 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.

Qualifications

Education:

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Textile Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field. An advanced degree is preferred.
• 6+ years of industrial experience is required.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Strong background in process engineering and demonstrated understanding of correlating material properties to performance.
• Track record of innovation developing new products and processes and/or improving existing products and processes
• 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.
• Must be capable of balancing 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:

• Experience/expertise with antibacterial APIs and relevant processes
• Working knowledge of wound closure and healing devices such as sutures and surgical needles
• Experience and knowledge in the area of cardiovascular surgery
• Experience with a variety of absorbable and non-absorbable polymer systems
• Knowledge of polymer processing such as, but not limited to extrusion, 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.

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 :
$105,000- $169,000

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)).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.