Senior Principal Research Engineer

Johnson & Johnson is currently seeking a Senior Principal Research Engineer to join J&J Vision located in Milpitas, CA.

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything.

Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions 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 https://www.jnj.com/

As a Senior Principal Research Engineer at J&J Vision, you will serve as the Platform Technical Lead for one or more platforms of Ophthalmic Surgical Lasers and specialize in innovation, new product development, deep application & customer understanding, and technical subject matter expertise.

You will be responsible for the product line roadmaps and helping lead NPI teams through all phases of the product development process, collaborating with extensive cross-functional partners to launch exciting innovation and deliver important eye health and vision restoration benefits to patients around the world.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as the Platform Technical Lead for one or more platforms of Ophthalmic Surgical Lasers and/or associated Diagnostics and/or associated Accessories

• Responsibilities include:

§ Innovation Roadmap, merging technology and science advancements for the platform with patient, customer, and business needs

§ New Product Introduction, driving the NPI process to ensure commercial products meet its performance goals alongside R&D, PMO, and cross-functional partners

§ Research Roadmap, managing the pre-clinical and clinical roadmap for the platform in partnership with R&D colleagues

§ Intellectual Property, including expert understanding of existing platform portfolio, relevant competitive portfolios, and helping build strong new IP to provide exciting innovation with sustained competitive advantage

§ Competitive Understanding, including detailed understanding of J&J and competitive products with pros/cons of competitive products to inform strategic roadmap and positioning

§ Customer & Application Expertise, deep understanding of the surgical applications for the platform and customer needs

§ Product Expertise, serves as the principal Subject Matter Expert for the platform, aiding R&D and cross-functional partners in all stage-gates from early-stage to development to transfer-to-manufacturing to market launch and stability

• Works in highly collaborative fashion with wide-ranging cross-functional partners (e.g., Global Strategic Marketing, Supply Chain, Quality, Legal), business partners (e.g., regional business owners), external partners (strategic sources of critical technology components), surgeon advisory boards, strategic customers, and patients as applicable

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