Associate Engineer, NPD

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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:

We are searching for the best talent to join our MedTech Surgery team as an Associate Engineer, NPD, located in Raritan, NJ.

Purpose: In this role, you will be an integral part of a dynamic team focused on pioneering the next generation of wound closure and healing products that make a tangible impact on patient care.

Working closely with experienced engineers in our labs, you will primarily support the design, development, and testing of absorbable and non-absorbable sutures and barbed sutures.

In accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws/regulations and Corporate Johnson & Johnson, procedures and guidelines, this position:


* Provide technical support to multidisciplinary project teams in the design, development, and manufacturing of various devices primarily within wound closure and healing.


* Effectively apply innovative scientific competence to conduct research toward the design of new products, as well as supporting and improving existing product offerings.


* Play a hands-on role in executing lab-based development activities, analyze and interpret results to guide product and process optimization, document research activities in accordance with design control requirements, and support 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.


* 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 intellec...