Senior Materials Engineer

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We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Materials Engineer to be located in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.

Purpose:

The Senior Materials Engineer, a member of the Lifecycle Management Needle team within Ethicon Wound Closure and Healing R&D, will participate in resolution of challenging problems impacting the Division and the Corporation.

The Engineer will seek out and incorporate new ideas into concepts that lead to solutions for new and improvements to existing products and processes.


* Lead multidisciplinary project teams in the design, development, testing, and manufacturing of surgical sutures (focus on needle), surgical devices, related products, and other novel medical devices.


* Play a hands-on role in conducting lab-based development activities, analyze and interpret performance and analytical data to guide product and process optimization, document research activities in accordance with design control requirements, and conduct all required research activities associated with development of new materials, components, raw materials, and processes for wound closure devices.


* Effectively apply their scientific skill and technical leadership to conduct research toward design of new products and improving existing product offerings.


* Provide technical expertise and contribute inventions, new designs, new processes and techniques to solve technical problems based on customer needs.


* Improve design and process to achieve business goals.


* Ensure project timelines and all required project needs are met.

Key responsabilities :


* Leads efforts to create innovative solutions and processes.


* Performs complex hands-on experimental) testing for surgical needle making, processing, prototyping, design development and verification, and/or test method development.


* Creates, reviews and edits all engineering documentation related to assigned projects, such as technical reports, work instructions, methods and p...