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Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

Biomedical Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Galway, Ireland

Job Description:

Role: Senior Research and Development Engineer

Location: Ballybrit, Galway

Reports to: Senior R&D Manager or R&D Project Manager

Live Our Credo & Pursue Our Purpose:

As part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, Our Purpose is ‘We blend heart, science and ingenuity to profoundly change the trajectory of health for humanity.’ We are guided by the values in Our Credo. With responsibility to patients, employees, communities, and stakeholders, Our Credo puts the needs of each of those first.

About Johnson & Johnson MedTech

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

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

What is it like to work at Johnson & Johnson Medtech | Neurovascular

Culturally, we are putting the needs of Our Credo stakeholders first through pursuing the highest standards of quality, compliance, and ethics, ensuring everyday actions contribute to Our Purpose.
We are continuing to better our understanding of clot science, through our Neuro Thromboembolic Initiative (NTI). This is a commitment to advance the treatment of stroke through interdisciplinary collaboration and investment in clot and stroke research. How we understand clots and their behaviour enhances our opportunity to design devices that improve patient outcomes and, overall, advance the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.
Strong new product pipeline and one of fastest growing areas within J&J.
From a People perspective, we invest in our people, and take great pride in providing a positive work environment which respects diversity, supports wellbeing, and embraces innovation. This is empowered through our employee resource groups (ERGs) focused on further balances of gender, nationality, capability and more, including the additional attracting of qualified diverse candidates for our open roles.

Job Summary:

Johnson & Johnson Medtech | Neurovascular is recruiting for a Senior R&D Engineer in Galway, Ireland.

The role of Senior R&D Engineer supports managing and delivering R&D activities across the R&D department. This role will focus on new product development and advanced development projects but may also assume responsibility for various aspects of the product’s lifecycle including material changes, process improvement, regulatory submissions, shelf-life studies, responding to sales & marketing requests, and returned product investigations.

The responsibilities and the impact YOU will have:

Technical Leadership, Product & Process Development:

Provide technical leadership and take ownership of critical technical tasks in the execution of product development projects.
Acquire an in-depth knowledge of current products from a technical point of view: design, materials, performances, manufacturing process.
Design new products, optimise product performance and refine product design to meet technical specifications and unit cost target.
Build and test prototypes, analyse and report test data and interpret to identify optimal solution(s).
Identify and manage key risks throughout the product lifecycle.
Provide direction to other team members, including mentoring and oversight of less experienced engineers or technicians.
Communicate technical and project updates to cross functional team, leadership and external partners.
Develop test capability to evaluate product performance and safety requirements.
Identify and support development of processes for new products.
Lead critical design reviews with clear criteria, ensure proper documentation, and obtain timely sign-offs.
Write procedures, protocols, specifications, and reports.
Maintain and improve the Design History File and Device Master Record, ensuring complete traceability from user needs to verification/validation activities.
Support regulatory submissions and lead additional Design Verification/Validation studies as required by regional authorities.
Lead product Shelf-Life studies through Design Verification testing.
Lead investigations on product complaints and analysis of returned devices.
Support to CAPA and Non-Conformance process.
Evaluation and scoping of process changes, material changes, vendor changes.
Support to Labelling and packaging changes and implementation.
Support to Sales and Marketing for product characterization, competitive testing, field training.
Develop and deliver marketing materials (presentations/videos/demos).
Leverage and liaise with external resources, including suppliers, to achieve project goals.
Evaluate and assess physician (user) techniques and develop product training materials.
Other duties as assigned or required.

Culture –Improving the Way We Work & Building Capability

Foster a culture of creativity; generate creative product solutions to address unmet needs.
Mentor those around you to grow in capability by open questioning to drive self-reflection and development.
Actively identify technical and adaptive opportunities for improvements and take action to address.

Customer Connection to Drive Innovation:

Liaise with key opinion leaders to develop a deep understanding of the disease state, gather user needs; and articulate throughout the team.
Attend external meetings with key opinion leaders to present the product portfolio and gain feedback on new product development.
Support generation of Intellectual Property by filing new ideas and drafting patents as required.

We would love to hear from YOU, if you have the following essential requirements:

Honours degree in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering or equivalent.
Specific experience on Medical Devices, cardiovascular or neurovascular implants or instruments including catheters, stents, delivery systems.

· Strong design and technical ability based on a broad and deep knowledge of fundamental engineering principles.

Data review and statistical methods skills (Minitab).

Strong work ethic, creative problem solving, capable of working on own initiative.
Excellent writing, presentation, and verbal communication skills essential.
Results and deadline driven with an ability to handle multiple tasks and operate in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with people to achieve results.
Highly motivated and an enthusiastic self-starter with the ability to work under own initiative and as a team player.

Location & Travel

This role will be an onsite role based in Galway, Ireland with flexible work arrangements from time to time in agreement with management and per the J&J Flexible Work policy.
As part of a global company, travel will be required from time to time, up to 20%

An internal pre-identified candidate for consideration has been identified. However, all applications will be considered.

This is what awaits YOU at J&J:

This is an opportunity to work with a ground-breaking biomedical operation and to be a member of a Johnson & Johnson company, with an excellent record in employee continuous professional development and business improvement.

We are passionate about our work; we play vital roles across a range of professional disciplines, and care deeply about our customers and communities. At Johnson & Johnson, our culture enables dynamic and impactful careers.

Whether you’re one of the people who already work here, or you’re considering joining the team, we offer:

An opportunity to be part of a global market leader.
A dynamic and inspiring working environment.
Opportunities to work on challenging projects and assignments.
Possibilities for further personal and professional development/education.
Excellent benefits.

Equal Opportunity:

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Preferred Skills:

Business Case Modeling, Coaching, Critical Thinking, Design Thinking, Feasibility Studies, Mechanical Engineering, Problem Solving, Process Oriented, Product Design, Product Development, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Support, Research and Development, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Technical Credibility, Technical Writing, Technologically Savvy

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