Johnson & Johnson is hiring a Staff Engineer to join the New Product Development group within our Wound Closure and Healing R&D organization. You will provide technical leadership to multidisciplinary teams designing and manufacturing electromechanical systems for surgical wound closure across multiple specialties.
What You'll Do
- Provide technical support to multidisciplinary project teams in the design, development, and manufacturing of electromechanical devices and systems.
- Support and provide oversight of external partners to ensure on-time and on-spec delivery of work and projects.
- 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 updates, risks, and issues to internal stakeholders.
- Apply innovative scientific competence and technical leadership to conduct research toward the design of new products and support existing products.
- 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.
- Direct required research activities associated with development of new materials, components, raw materials, products and processes.
- 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 and partners) to explore potential for new products/materials.
- Provide technical support for marketed medical device products to other business functions such as Regulatory compliance and post-launch commercial activities.
- Interact with surgeons and other health care practitioners to uncover insights and unmet needs through meetings, surgical observations, conference attendance.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5+ years of medical device R&D experience.
- Experience with electromechanical systems, specifically with microprocessor / microcontroller based electronic systems and embedded software.
- Experience managing external design, development, and manufacturing partners.
- Experience in all stages of R&D, including design for manufacture and bringing products from concept through to launch and commercialization.
- 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.
Nice to Have
- An advanced degree.
- Track record of innovation developing new products and processes and/or improving existing products and processes.
- Ability to work in a team-oriented environment embraces change, risk, and flexibility and challenges the status quo.
- Proven problem-solving skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, and ability to think strategically.
- Business acumen, in particular the ability to understand basic financial models and marketing strategies.
Technical Stack
- Electromechanical Engineering
- Embedded Software
- Medical Device Technologies
Team & Environment
You will be part of the New Product Development group within Wound Closure and Healing R&D.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $109,000.00 - $174,800.00
- Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year (CO: 48 hrs, WA: 56 hrs)
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – 13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
- Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
- Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
- Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
- Retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k))
Work Mode
This is a hybrid position based in Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America.
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.
