SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGN ENGINEER-1837140715
Description
Ethicon Endo- Surgery, Inc., a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is currently recruiting for a R&D Senior Product Design Engineer, located in Cincinnati, OH.
The Ethicon Surgical Care business offers a broad range of products, platforms and technologies—including sutures, surgical staplers, clip appliers, trocars and synthetic mesh devices—that are used in a wide variety of minimally invasive and open surgical procedures. Specialties include support for treatment of colorectal and thoracic conditions, women’s health conditions, hernias, cancer and obesity. The Ethicon Surgical Care business combines products and services of two market-leading legacy companies, both with long histories of medical innovation. Ethicon, Inc. based in Somerville, New Jersey, was founded more than 80 years ago as a pioneer in suture development and manufacturing, helping to transform the safety and effectiveness of open surgery. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. was created 20 years ago in Cincinnati, Ohio, developing innovative devices that have driven the revolutionary shift from open to minimally invasive surgery that continues to lead the industry today.
Our R&D team of engineers, designers and technical experts are in the forefront of technology in the medical device industry. You will be making a vital contribution to the New Product Development pipeline and transforming patient care through innovation. Our Design Engineer executes specific & general assignments/projects that provide innovative, functional, cost effective & validated product designs in a team based environment.
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Apply knowledge of general engineering principles, materials, DFMA & reliability to achieve product design requirements. Work one-on-one with customer stakeholders to identify procedure and/or product opportunities and evaluate potential technical solutions. Interpret customer & marketing input to define technical design requirements. Maintain idea notebooks. Utilize QFD (quality function & deployment) JOC (jobs, outcomes & constraints), VOC (voice of customer) methodologies & surgical procedure knowledge to define product & design options. Provide innovative product, system & component design solutions. Perform detailed design analysis & provide input or approval for detailed design specifications. Establish appropriate testing strategy to insure adequate safety factors or margins. Perform product testing to insure adequate safety factors or margins. Formalize concepts, breadboards & prototyping. Provide support to patent attorneys for patent filing. Consult with materials technology group for biomaterial approvals. Assist in developing & monitoring project plan, budget, contingency plans & work estimation. Coordinate integration of complex sub-system product designs. Provide technical leadership to product development team. Learn medical terminology, procedures & instrumentation. Provide peer feedback & may mentor junior associates as required. TECHNICAL (MECHANICAL) Develop free-body diagrams, calculate stress & strain values, and formulate tolerance stack-ups. (ELECTRICAL) Model electromagnetic & electromechanical devices & systems. Calculate product parameters to provide adequate insulation to prevent voltage breakdown. Design electromagnetic devices for tissue models with guidance from upper level engineers. Develop error budget analyses of electromagnetic & electromechanical systems
Other responsibilities may be assigned & not all responsibilities listed may be assigned.
Qualifications
This position will require a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (preferably in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering) with a minimum of 5 years of design-related experience or a Master’s degree with a minimum of 3 years of design related experience. Medical Device industry experience or regulated industry experience are a plus for this role. Knowledge of general design engineering, DFMA principles, and component manufacturing processes are assets. Design reviews experience is desirable. Design of experiments (DOE) is preferred. Patent interpretation and intellectual properties experience is preferred. INSTRON testing is desirable. Free-body & stress-strain analysis is required & FEA (finite element analysis) is an asset. Geometric tolerance & tolerance stack-up analysis (GD&T) is required .Gage repeatability & re-calibration system & methodology is desirable. It is preferred to have experience in tooling methodologies, material properties (Plastic resins, ferrous & nonferrous metals, adhesives & sealants) and Statistical Analysis techniques. Experience with CAD/CAM and design analysis software is an asset. In this role it is preferred to have outstanding leadership capabilities with the innate talent to work in a cross-functional team environment. Networking and the ability to communicate with outside sources (vendors and suppliers) well is a desired trait in our design engineers. Basic knowledge & understanding of medical regulatory requirements is preferred. Technical writing skills such as protocols, testing results, procedures, status & special reports are required. Project management and Leadership skills are preferred. ISO (International Organization for Standardization) & GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) are desirable. Information & risk analysis skills are preferred. Statistical process controls is desirable. Conflict analysis & resolution is desirable. , Experience working with internal & external customers is an asset. In this role it is important to have good networking skills, the ability to handle rapid pace environment, resolve problems/conflicts and the ability to take initiative & be self-managing.
This position will require up to 10% travel both domestic and international.
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Primary Location:North America-United States-Ohio-Cincinnati
Organization: Ethicon Endo Surgery Inc (6041)
Job Function: R&D Engineering (R&D)
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