Mechanical Design Engineer - MedTech

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 today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.

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R&D Product Development

R&D Mechanical Engineering

Scientific/Technology

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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 surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.

Patients are waiting.

Our business offers a broad range of products and technologies, including surgical staplers, clip appliers, trocars and sealing devices—that are used in a wide variety of minimally invasive and open surgical procedures.

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Mechanical Design Engineer, R&D – Med Tech
. The position is located in Cincinnati, OH and will work a full onsite schedule with 5 days per week in the office.

The Mechanical Design Engineer will work with a multi-functional team to develop innovative mechanisms and structural assemblies for Robotic Surgical Instruments and Accessories. This role is responsible for concept design and engineering analysis along with creating drawings, design specifications, and related documentation.

• Participate in a multi-functional team to design and develop robotic instrumentation including all components and subassemblies
• Translate high-level customer needs into technical options and analyze the tradeoffs and business impact
• Design analysis and testing procedures, coordinate tests, analyze results, and develop written reports
• Participate in technical design reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, etc.

• A Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related field is required.
• A minimum of 2+ years of Mechanical design experience in a professional work environment is required.
• Strong collaboration and teaming skills are required.
• Experience with mechanism design and utilization of machine elements (gears, pulleys, cables, etc.) is required.
• Experience using engineering calculations and analytical techniques such as finite element analysis to assist product development and testing is required.
• Proven leadership and initiative, with ability to advance technology or projects in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment.
• Experience in developing innovative product concepts that tackle unmet customer needs, including preliminary sketches, CAD models, and detail drawings.
• Development of design models, prototypes, or breadboards to assess technical feasibility of concepts.
• Design For Manufacturing and Assembly knowledge including component manufacturing methods (injection molding, machining, stamping etc.).
• Experience using design controls including product requirements, product risk assessment, and verification & validation testing.
• Experience creating engineering documentation in a regulated environment (Med Tech preferred) related to assigned…