Principal Engineer, Absorbable Materials and Scaffolds, R&D - MedTech

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world 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 MedTech, 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. Learn more at jnj.com

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Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

Materials/Biomaterials Science

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Irving, Texas, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

About Surgery

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 surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

We are searching for the best talent for a Principal Engineer, Absorbable Biomaterials and Scaffolds, R&D - MedTech to support our handheld medical devices business. This role can be located in Irving, TX (strongly desired) or Raritan, NJ & work a Flex/Hybrid schedule with 3 days per week on-site. Domestic relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.

Our business offers a broad range of products and technologies, including surgical staplers, clip appliers, trocars, Aesthetics & Reconstruction (A&R) including Breast implants and sealing devices—that are used in a wide variety of minimally invasive and open surgical procedures.

Purpose:

The A&R business, i.e. MENTOR™, is a global leader in breast aesthetics and reconstruction, delivering science-based innovation and high-quality implantable technologies focused on improving patient outcomes and quality of life.

The Principal Engineer – Absorbable Biomaterials & Scaffolds will serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and a technical lead responsible for application of polycaprolactone (PCL)-based biomaterials for the development of 3D printed bioabsorbable scaffolds for soft tissue applications like breast implants. Mentor™ has entered in a collaboration with a external partner on the development such breast implant technology.

You will be responsible for:

• Collaborate with the external technology partner on everything related to the PCL materials technology for breast implant and/or soft tissue applications.
• Develop collaboration with 3rd party PCL and absorbable material suppliers in partnership with the external technology partner.
• Take ownership & lead the knowledge transfer on absorbable materials, suppliers, specifications, performance & safety data
• Collaborate with the partner on the material degradation, absorption, and mechanical performance testing, technical reports and deliverables into design history files as per ISO13485 and Mentor quality systems & protocols.
• Collaborate with internal and external cross functional teams (Pre-clinical, Biocompatibility, others) to co-lead the performance, safety and absorption pre-clinical testing.
• Translate material science into scaffold architecture requirements and product performance parameters.
• Partner cross-functionally (R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing) and with external partner on the end-to-end production development and design transfer process.
• As the material SME