Staff R&D Project Engineer - JJMT Electrophysiology

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Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

R&D Mechanical Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Irvine, California, United States of America

Job Description:

The Staff R&D Project Engineer provides engineering and design services to Advanced R&D.  The Senior Research & Development project Engineer will be supporting project teams in the development of electrophysiology catheters and systems at JJMT - Electrophysiology. Project support is across all stages of product development process includes overall design, requirement development, design for manufacturing, test method development, and product verification and validation testing. 

Key Duties:

• Supports engineering by researching, designing, developing, and testing according to established policies, procedures, government and compliance regulations, and customer requirements.
• Develop customer requirements and product specifications with validated test methods
• Builds prototypes and works with the lab to develop test fixtures
• Performs failure analysis, verification testing and generation of test reports for modules or subsystems.
• Support quality improvement initiatives such as process and product characterizations that lead to continuous / cost improvements.
• Interact with vendors and work with component quality team toward full qualification of components.
• Expected to assist in the writing of reports, work instructions, test methods and procedures
• Optimizes processes for initial and long-term scaling of new designs and processes for the designs
• Works directly with other engineers and skilled technicians to build and optimize designs
• Tests design prototypes and modifies design based upon test results
• Participates in in vitro and in vivo device testing
• Documents design and performs testing for V&V activities
• Leads the transfer of designs from concept to pilot to full production
• Works with cross-functional team including, quality, medical affairs, regulatory, manufacturing, … teams toward completion of all project deliverables
• Responsible for communicating business related issues or opportunities to next management
• Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal, State, local and
• Company regulations, policies, and procedures
• 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
• Performs other duties assigned as needed

Qualifications:

Required:

· A minimum of a BS in physics, chemistry, biology, mechanical, electrical, biomedical engineering, or related field

· A minimum of 4+ years of engineering work experience, with 3+ years of experience in the medical device industry

· Ability to travel up to 10%, domestic and international

Preferred:

· Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

· Strong knowledge of CAD software including SolidWorks

· Able to interpret 2D engineering drawing

· Previous experience in cardiac electrophysiology

· Previous experience working with physicians

· 2+ years of R&D experience

· Understanding of quality standards pertaining to medical device

· Experience with statistical analysis and design of experiments (DOE)

· Knowledge of engineering materials such as nitinol, precious metals, and/or polymers and manufacturing techniques related to the materials

· A minimum of 1 year of experience working in a pre-clinical or clinical environment

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. 

Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center  ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$105K - $169,050K

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis. Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Employees may be 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. Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year Additional information can be found through the link below. http://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits