Senior Development Engineer|Johnson & Johnson MedTech| Orthopaedics| 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:
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Job Description:

About us:

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 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.

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for a Senior 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?

Senior Development Engineer| Johnson & Johnson Med Tech| Orthopaedics| R&D 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.

• Lead and contribute to new product development projects from concept generation through design verification and launch readiness.
• Apply design control, risk management, verification testing and problem-solving methods to deliver safe, effective and compliant product solutions.
• Evaluate design issues, materials, technologies and product improvements, making clear, data-driven recommendations.
• Coordinate prototype manufacture, test method development, hands‑on/simulated testing, tolerance analyses and technical report generation.
• Partner with surgeons, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, vendors, commercial teams and project stakeholders to resolve technical challenges and meet milestones.
• Support documentation for development history files, design reviews, Risk Management and regulatory submissions.
• Coach junior engineers, interns or design resources on engineering processes, tools and good design practice.

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