Development Engineer| Orthopaedics| R&D

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R&D Product Development

Biomedical Engineering

Scientific/Technology

Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America

Job Description

Depuy Synthes is the largest, most innovative, and comprehensive orthopaedic business in the world.

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.

Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit  that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Development Engineer within our Joint Reconstruction R&D Knee New Product Development Team.

You will be working alongside other specialists responsible for providing technical R&D support for new product introductions in the market. Development Engineers play a vital role as a core member of the new product development team. They are responsible for working closely with design engineers, quality engineers, manufacturing associates, and suppliers throughout all phases of the product development lifecycle. The development engineer is critical in influencing the design for manufacture, defining the design attributes, and transferring the product design to manufacturing.

This role will collaborate with internal team members and outside manufacturing partners to drive the development & qualification of the new product introductions.

Are you interested in challenging yourself and shaping the future of surgery?

This is a permanent, full-time position.

This role is suited to an individual with Product Development experience as it includes all elements of the product development lifecycle for medical devices.

• Activities would include design inputs and outputs management, materials selection and biocompatibility, risk management, and verification & validation activities.
• Other typical responsibilities include supporting product testing with protocol and test method development.
• 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.
• Support the development of multiple new product codes with differing technology across external supply base.
• Collaborate with the design team to provide DFX (manufacturing, assembly, and cost) input and enable translation of product design inputs to product and process outputs.
• Development and qualification of complex tolerance analysis for product assemblies.
• Process characterizations, DOE’s, and optimizations using statistical techniques.

This role would…