Sr Product Development Engineer

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and Med Tech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions to deliver breakthroughs of tomorrow and profoundly impact health for humanity.

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Job Function: R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function: Biomedical Engineering

Job Category: Scientific/Technology

Locations: Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America;
Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America

We are searching for the best talent for the Sr. Product Development Engineer position. 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 Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke.

You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

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• Build and innovate current medical, technical, and biomedical developments related to company products and heart recovery technologies.
• Lead product development improvement efforts per plan and with little to no direct supervision. Prepare, present and lead design reviews to attain agreement on project with peers and cross-functional review team.
• Develop and update design documentation including test protocols, reports, and engineering rationales to support both quality and regulatory documentation.
• Develop Test Methods and understand requirements for Validation.
• Support and/or drive sustaining activities of existing product lines, including involvement with Corrective and Preventive Actions.
• Fabricate prototypes with assistance from junior staff, technical support team (Machine Shop, Technicians and Designers) and suppliers. Maintain accurate documentation of concepts, designs, and processes.
• Resolve producibility issues with internal and external manufacturing partners. Work with internal and external manufacturing partners to ensure producible designs (DFM). Document designs by constructing solid models and drawings using GD&T and stack-up analyses.
• Perform evaluations, design and prototyping using CAD (Solidworks), FEA, 3-D printing to accelerate development and engineering of plastics, ceramic, composite and metallic parts, electromechanical systems, etc.

• Education: BS in Mechanical Engineering or directly related scientific field. MS Preferred.

• 6 years of experience with Bachelor's degree, or at least 5 years of experience with a Master’s degree.
• Thorough understanding of Medical Device Design Controls and Product Life cycle.
• Knowledge of FDA and EU MDR regulations.
• Ability to communicate ideas and information clearly, effectively, and frequently (oral and written) with stakeholders, project team, local and international.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
• Ability to act independently to resolve methods and procedures.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

• Product development experience in Class 3 Medical Device engineering.
• MSc/MEng Preferred.
• Applied understanding of DFM concepts and manufacturing best practices.
• Working knowledge of SAP and Minitab desired.

• On-Site (Danvers, MA)
• English required.
• May require up to 10% travel – US & EU.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek…