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Johnson & Johnson Medtech is currently recruiting for a Staff Engineer in the New Product Development group within Wound Closure and Healing-Biosurgery R&D, located in Raritan, NJ.
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The Ethicon 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 orthopedics, support for treatment of colorectal and thoracic conditions, women's health conditions, hernias, cancer, and obesity.
The Ethicon business combines products and services of two market leading legacy companies, both with long histories of medical innovation.
Ethicon, 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.
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., based in Cincinnati, Ohio, was founded 20 years ago to develop innovative devices that have driven the revolutionary shift from open to minimally invasive surgery that continues to lead the industry today Key Responsibilities.
Provide technical support to multidisciplinary project teams in the design, development, and manufacturing of various devices primarily within wound closure and healing.
Potentially serve as a Project Leader, Technical Leader, and or Subject Matter Expert on 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, 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, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field with 6+ years of industry experience required.
An advanced degree is strongly preferred.
Required.
Strong background in process engineering and demonstrated understanding of correlating material properties to performance.
Track record of 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 Design of Experiments (DOE) and regression analysis.
Demonstrated ability to drive tasks to completion and advance 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.
Working knowledge of wound closure and healing devices, such as sutures and surgical needles.
Working knowledge of MIS (Minimally-Invasive Surgery) procedures.
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.
Well-developed business acumen.
in particular, the ability to understand financial models and marketing strategies is highly preferred.
Knowledge of medical device regulations.
Other.
This position is based in Raritan (NJ) and may require up to 10% (primarily domestic) travel as business needs arise.
The ability to travel domestically and internationally is required.
This job posting is anticipated to close on .
The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.
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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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The anticipated base pay range for this position is to .
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.
https://www.
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