Senior R&D Design Engineer, LCE

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 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

Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

R&D Mechanical Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Job Description:

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 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

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We are searching for the best talent to join our Lifecycle (Sustaining) Engineering team as a Senior R&D Design Engineer, LCE located in Cincinnati, OH.

Purpose: As a member of the Lifecycle (Sustaining) Engineering team, you will join us to lead projects and drive design activities for products in the market. You’ll collaborate with internal and external teams to develop and maintain advanced surgical products within our stapling portfolio and/or energy-based surgical device portfolio within R&D.

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

• Ensure design intent maintained throughout design and manufacturing change projects.
• Work both solo and within teams, and with internal & external partners to identify and evaluate potential technical solutions.
• Provide innovative product, system, & component design solutions to address opportunities related to quality, supply chain, and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and utilize FMEA’s, GD&T, tolerance analysis, FEA, DOE’s, simulated use testing, and statistical analysis to support medical device/system design changes
• Perform detailed design analysis and provide guidance or approval for design or specification changes
• Establish and execute appropriate testing strategy to ensure adequate safety factors or margins
• Learn medical terminology, procedures & instrumentation and assist in responding to surgeon customer feedback.
• Provide peer feedback & mentor junior associates as required.

Education and Required Experience:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (preferably mechanical or biomedical engineering) or a related science/engineering degree
• A minimum of 6 years of experience in product design and/or sustaining engineering, maintaining product design intent after launch.
• Strong product design and analysis experience, including an understanding of subsystem and component contributions to overall system design and performance
• Experience with statistical analysis techniques
• Experience working in a multi-functional team environment
• Strong problem-solving and execution skills for developing creative solutions and meeting project objectives
• Ability to independently create project plans and manage multiple projects/priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent collaboration, strong communication, and interpersonal skills; an ability to work effectively with teams
• Technical writing skills such as protocols, testing results, procedures, status & special reports
• Experience in Root Cause Investigation, proposing and implementing immediate corrections based on findings, and leading design or manufacturing improvement projects for long term stability.

Preferred Skills & Experiences:

• Advanced Degree
• Experience with 3D CAD, design analysis software, and statistical analysis techniques
• Experience with FEA (Finite Element Analysis) and Geometric dimension & tolerance stack-up analysis (GD&T)
• Experience in tooling methodologies, material properties (Plastic resins, ferrous & nonferrous metals, adhesives & sealants).
• Electromechanical experience such as designing or testing mechanisms that interact with electrical systems like sensors and switches. And have experience testing these types of systems.
• Experience building prototypes, products, and systems for testing; along with setting up and running laboratory tests
• Strong understanding of design control and the ability to develop and execute design change plans and design verification testing.
• Medical Device industry experience or regulated industry experience
• Experience designing, developing, and launching products.

Other:

• This position is based in Cincinnati, OH and requires up to 10% travel

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 qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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