Senior Polymers Scientist

Senior Polymers Scientist – Johnson & Johnson Med Tech

Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America

We are searching for a Senior Polymers Scientist to join our DePuy Synthes located in Warsaw, IN.

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, 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, 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. 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 address material selection challenges, investigate material failures, and become the historian and expert for our full range of polymer materials used in our diverse products. Apply your understanding of polymer structure-property relationships to improve materials and/or process performance and participate hands‑on in the lab to characterize polymers. Provide technical support materials to Orthopaedics business partners to improve device function, quality, and cost.

Apply problem‑solving and failure analysis skills to collaboratively solve technical challenges, lead technical investigations, develop testing methodologies, perform materials characterization studies, interpret test results, and communicate to internal and external partners of different levels and backgrounds the significance and impact to material and property performance.

• Conduct failure analysis investigations for Orthopaedics polymeric implants and instruments.
• Use good laboratory practices to perform hands‑on polymer materials evaluations using mechanical testing, thermal analysis, microscopy, spectroscopy, and chromatography.
• Write and maintain technical reports, materials and processes specifications, work instructions, test methods, and procedures.
• Lead lab instrument/equipment installation qualifications and test method validations. Guide statistical process validation programs.
• Ensure adherence to all company safety policies and procedures and other safety precautions within the work area.
• Be responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal, State, local and Company regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Perform other duties assigned as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Polymers Science, or Polymers Chemistry with 4+ years experience, MS or Ph.D. with 2+ years polymers experience.
• Knowledgeable of polymer chemistry, processes, and polymer characterization applicable to medical devices.
• Outstanding communication and technical writing skills to communicate highly technical concepts and data to diverse technical and non‑technical partners.
• Attention to detail is vital.
• Ability to independently perform hands‑on lab work, as well as to direct technicians and co‑ops, performing chemical, physical, and mechanical testing in a polymer science lab.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to use computer and laboratory…