Product Development Engineer

Associate Product Development Engineer

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

We are searching for the best talent for Associate Product Development Engineer to work from West Chester, PA location in a hybrid role.

Purpose:

The Associate R&D Engineer will assists in the design and development of new implants and instrumentation and/or support in-market products through their product life-cycle within a cross-functional project team. This includes communication with customers, e.g. health Care Professionals and marketing, understanding of clinical issues, defining the design parameters, and ensuring the product which is provided to the customer meets the functional requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assists with the design and development of improvements and modifications to current or new products.
• Works with design engineers, marketing, quality, supply chain, Health Care Professionals, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and other team members to develop functional and design requirements and concepts on new and/or existing products.
• Supports lead R&D Engineers to develop conceptual models and drawing layouts, prototypes, verification and validation methods and reports, and required Design Control documentation.
• Completes necessary documentation to support design/development changes; demonstrated proficiency in the application of design controls and development processes.
• Assists with clinician-interactions for purpose of design development, finalization, and clinical evaluation of improvements and modifications.
• Contributes to the development of final design inclusive of manufacturing processes, and inspection processes.
• Contributes to the required activities for documents to ensure compliance with MDR; FDA Design Control regulations, and to support 510(k) submissions or IDE clinical studies.
• Understands and follows the New Product Development process accurately and maintains high quality design validation and verifications.
• Basic knowledge of existing product lines and detailed knowledge of applicable anatomic injuries/pathologies as well as treatment options
• Understands the IP process and supports initial patent review of designs for freedom to operate.
• Participate in complaint investigations and field investigation activities in support of patient/customer safety.
• Support quality/compliance activities in support of audits, remediation projects, non-conformances, regulatory compliance projects.
• Support Operations projects associated with Cost Improvement Projects and Production Transfers.
• Performs other special projects and functions as assigned.
• Know and follow all laws and policies that apply to one's job, and maintain the highest levels of professionalism, ethics, and compliance at all times.
• Diligently participate in our compliance program-related activities as denoted by your supervisor or our Chief Compliance Officer.
• Responsible for communicating business related issues or opportunities to next management level.
• For those who supervise or manage a staff, responsible for ensuring that subordinates follow all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety and Environmental practices and that all resources needed to do so are available and in good condition, if applicable.
• Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal, State, local and Company regulations, policies, and procedures.

Qualifications

Required:

• Recent BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or equivalent required.
• Proficiency utilizing the MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Ability to work with wet tissues/cadaver and within an Operating Room.
• Good communication and interaction skills, with the ability to interface with Health Care Professionals and/or teams across the organization.
• "Hands-on" engineer.

Preferred:

• Experience with CAD software (Pro-E, Creo, Solidworks, etc).
• Experience in the design and development of mechanical products, gained through college co-op, internship or research.
• Experience with machining of metals or exposure to a machine shop environment.
• Knowledge of biomechanics, biology, anatomy is a plus.
• Knowledge of medical device regulations, including GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), QSR (Quality Systems Regulations) and ISO (International Organization for Standardization) quality requirements.
• Knowledge of various types of manufacturing (especially machining), mechanisms, materials, proper tolerancing, drafting standards, and an understanding of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
• Demonstrated creative design ability.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Bioinformatics, Biological Engineering, Biological Sciences, Biostatistics, Data Reporting, Data Savvy, Design of Experiments (DOE), Detail-Oriented, Execution Focus, Feasibility Studies, Preclinical Research, Problem Solving, Process Oriented, Prototyping, Report Writing, Research and Development, Researching, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Technologically Savvy

The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

$64,000.00 - $102,350.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are 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.Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:Vacation –120 hours per calendar yearSick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar yearHoliday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar yearWork, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar yearParental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a childBereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar yearCaregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 daysVolunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar yearMilitary Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar yearFor additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits