Staff Modeling & Simulation Engineer

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:

R&D Digital

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for a Staff Modeling & Simulation Engineer to join our DePuy Synthes located in Warsaw, IN; Raynham, MA; West Chester, PA.

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 https://www.jnj.com/medtech

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.

Purpose: You will provide subject matter expertise, knowledge and execution support in the areas of physics-based modeling and simulation, computational biomechanics, musculoskeletal modeling, and other areas of pre-clinical evidence generation. The individual will develop, verify, validate, assess and report on innovative computational methods to support product pipelines. The role involves collaboration with cross-functional project teams through all phases of the product development process, and assisting the technical team with planning, executing, documenting and communicating testing activities. Additionally, the role will leverage techniques and fundamentals of data science, machine learning and advanced analytics to support research & development. 

You will:

• Execute simulation and physical testing protocols to support evidence generation, product performance, reliability, safety and regulatory submissions
• Develop and refine workflows and experimental methods to improve designs and generate evidence
• Author technical reports for internal documentation, regulatory submissions and peer-reviewed publications to support evidence and marketing claims 
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members including product development, quality, and regulatory to identify modeling opportunities and communicate technical findings  
• Interpret industry (e.g. ASTM), regulatory guidance (e.g. FDA) & company standards and author test methods that are consistent and compliant
• Effectiv