Principal Extrusion Engineer - Shockwave

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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Manufacturing Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is hiring for a Principal Extrusion Engineer to join our team located in Santa Clara, CA.

 

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Ready to join a team that’s pioneering the development and commercialization of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat complex calcified cardiovascular disease. Our Shockwave Medical portfolio aims to establish a new standard of care for medical device treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease through its differentiated and proprietary local delivery of sonic pressure waves for the treatment of calcified plaque.

Position Overview

The Principal Extrusion Engineer is responsible for setting up, operating, and maintaining extrusion processes to produce high-quality parts and components. This role involves interpreting technical drawings, ensuring process robustness, and troubleshooting any issues that arise during the process. Also, the extrusion engineer will lead characterization and development of extrusion and associated technologies. This individual must have a very robust understanding of inputs and outputs for characterization and development (6S). This position requires high technical competence along with being a team player, self-starter, and possessing a can-do attitude.

Essential Job Functions

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes related to extrusion and its impact on subassemblies and finish goods.

• Hands on capability to set up extrusion process according to job specifications.

• Knowledge of materials that are commonly used for extrusion. Be able to provide recommendations for process improvement and material selection. This includes the ability to create and drive the approval of business cases.

• Knowledge of transitioning from prototyping / proof-of-concept to sustainable, repeatable manufacturing processes.

• Leads or plays a prominent role supporting product development projects capturing and documenting design inputs and outputs from feasibility through design transfer into manufacturing.

• Coordinate and maintain relationships with suppliers to ensure the delivery of superior components and services.

• Authors and executes process and system specifications, validation and test protocols and validation and test reports.

• Assesses reliability, safety, performance and risk of new designs and methodologies and insures individual and group safety when conducting all activities.

• Supports manufacturing activities as an extrusion SME, as necessary.

• Provides product and process DFM (Design for Manufacturing) input to Product Development Engineering team to enhance manufacturability and product cost.

• Must possess strong communication skills to interface with operators, technicians, product development, planning, purchasing, regulatory, inspection, clinical marketing organizations, and suppliers. This is also inclusive of business acumen and financial impact of technical decisions.

• Leads/participates in continuous improvement initiatives focused on material cost reduction, capacity enhancement, and streamlining of supply chain.

• Lead and/or actively participate in product/process engineering problem solving using DMAIC methodology. 

• Support the transfer of product lines and the qualification-validation efforts.

• Evaluates existing engineering processes and recommends improvements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering. Preferably, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or Biomedical Engineering. Advanced degree is pr