Product Development Engineer Co-op - Orthopedics

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West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way.

Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

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.

The Drexel Product Development Engineer Co-op will work in the Surgeon Response Group (SRG), within the Research and Development (R&D) organization. We are located in West Chester, PA.

Our mission in SRG is to support the hospitals and surgeons who use our product every single day. This co-op role is focused on the development of new, customized medical devices based on a request from a surgeon. This specific Co-op will provide opportunities to engage with customers to design and develop new instrumentation for orthopedic procedures.

Are you mechanically inclined?

This position allows you to own the project’s entire engineering development lifecycle, from conceptual designs, to crafting rapid prototypes, to releasing the finished good. Problem solving and a deep understanding of patient and surgeon needs is essential for this position.

Key Responsibilities

• Co-op will be responsible for the design and development multiple medical devices, and all supporting activities
• Co-op will participate in all aspects of the design process, including the identification of regulatory needs, developing design specifications, mitigating product risks, and building the engineering design history file
• Co-ops will independently own their individual instrument design projects, with the intent of releasing engineering for 8 new instruments
• You will learn and utilize Creo parametric CAD to produce 3D models and drawings to company drafting standards
• Your projects will cover multiple disciplines and procedures necessary to support DePuySynthes Trauma/CMF procedures
• Co-ops will regularly work with members of the DePuySynthes sales force and/or surgeons, R&D Engineers from other NPD teams, Manufacturing Engineering, and Design Quality
  
  

Qualifications

Education:

• Candidates must be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering
• A minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 is required
  
  

Experience And Skills

• Demonstrated leadership is preferred
• Candidates must be highly organized and able to handle multiple tasks
• Candidates must have the ability to work individually as well as on a team
• Candidates need to be proficient with: Microsoft Office, Word, Excel is required
• Strong experience with CAD software (Pro-E, Creo, Solidworks, etc.) is highly preferred.
  
  

Permanently authorized to work in the U.S., must not require sponsorship of an employment visa (e.g., H-1B or green card) at the time of application or in the future. Students currently on CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT usually requires future sponsorship for long term employment and do not meet the requirements for this program unless eligible for an alternative long-term status that does not require company sponsorship.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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