Associate Development Engineer

At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld 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

Biomedical Engineering

Scientific/Technology

Warsaw, Indiana, 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 Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle;

spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at

DePuy Synthes is looking for a driven Associate Development Engineer to join our Hip New Product Development Team to be based out of Warsaw, IN or Leeds, United Kingdom.

You will work closely with a hardworking and multi-functional group of engineers to design and develop new implants and surgical instruments to advance the state of the art in hip surgery. Associate Development Engineers play a vital role as a core member of the new product development team. Under direct supervision, they are responsible for the design and development of new products which have limited scope and complexity, which support departmental/DePuy Synthes goals and objectives.

From feasibility through commercialization the Associate Development Engineer will focus on manufacturability, supporting the engineering team in defining design attributes and transferring the product design to production.

• Generate design concepts and prototypes, perform design evaluations (such as tolerance analysis, FEA, simulated use testing, etc.), create risk analysis documentation and support the development of product verification/validation plans and testing.
• Work with the design team, manufacturing engineering, and suppliers to optimize designs for manufacturability and then collaborate with Supply Chain partners to transfer those designs into the production environment.
• Work with Project Management to define timelines for development activities and provide regular updates on the status of those activities.
• Develop an in-depth knowledge of our product lines and detailed knowledge of various musculoskeletal pathologies.
• A high level of teamwork across multiple functions and geographies will be required. Proven analytical problem solving and decision‑making skills are needed, alongside effective collaboration at all levels within the business.

• A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant Engineering subject is required.
• 0-2 years of work experience required.
• Engineering design, development and analysis skills.
• Ability to interface effectively with project teams, management, and surgeons.
• Strong project management and communication skills with a proven track record of leading a variety of development projects through to completion is desirable for the role.
• Ability to effectively communicate concepts, ideas and knowledge to other individuals, surgeons, customers and/or…