Engineer, Spine R&D

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Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

Biomedical Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent to join our DePuy Synthes Orthopaedics team as an Engineer, Spine R&D based in Raynham, MA.

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 Orthopedics? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopedics 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

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 plans. In 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.

You will:

* Design and develop new products with high level direction from senior engineers/technical leads

* Assist the project leader or DRI (Directly Responsible Individual) with planning and executing projects or portions of a project working closely with the PCT

* Develop parametric CAD models and detailed drawings to support concept development and final designs per drawing/drafting standards

* Develop layouts and tolerance studies utilizing GD&T and CAD assisted methods

* Development and execution of engineering documentation related to assigned projects, such as technical reports, design verification and validation activities and assist in process validation.

* Modify engineering drawings from new manufacturing methods or vendor specifications for design improvements in an effort to optimize designs for manufacturability and reduce COGS

* Participate in preproduction meetings for new products.

* Solve design related problems of existing products.

* Develop clinical acumen for various spinal pathologies and procedures

* Hands-on testing of product in development in a cadaveric model

* Uses analytical techniques and finite element analysis to assist product testing.

* Conducts various hands-on testing for design verification and test method developments.

* Provide technical product support for surgeons and salesforce.

* Demonstrate an ability to prioritize tasks and manage a varied workload, exhibit strong written and verbal…