Principal Development Engineer

at  Johnson Johnson

Ethicon Endo Surgery Inc., a member of Johnson & Johnson’s Companies, is recruiting for a Principal Development Engineer, Advance Visualization; the preferred location is Santa Clara, CA, and alternate locations of Cincinnati, OH, or Raritan, NJ, will be considered.
Ethicon, part of J&J Medical Devices Companies, has made substantial contributions to surgery for more than 60 years from creating the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures. Our continuing dedication to Shape the Future of Surgery is built on our commitment to help address the world’s most pressing health care issues and improve and save more lives. Through Ethicon’s surgical technologies and solutions including sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats and our dedication to treat serious medical conditions like obesity and cancer worldwide, we deliver innovation to make a life-changing impact. For more information, visit www.ethicon.com .

• Responsible for working with and supporting internal and external partners to plan, design, develop, qualify, validate, and stabilize component and equipment development process solutions for New Product Development (NPD) projects.
• Apply engineering principles, world-class manufacturing techniques, statistics, and judgment to resolve complex technical challenges and establish new methods, controls, and procedures.
• Lead discussions between the Design and Supplier to select and develop a robust manufacturing process using Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), Design to Cost (DTC), Design for Metrology tools and associated documentation, including specifications, PFMEA, and Control Plans.
• Act as the liaison between the R&D, Product Management, and Quality as well as component & equipment suppliers and provide “voice of manufacturing” to ensure product/equipment designs incorporate DFM/A principals and/or Lean Six Sigma/DMAIC/DMADV process knowledge.
• Lead and support Design Transfer to manufacturing activities.
• Implement development engineering standards to support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Promote a high level of effective communication across the working team as well as with stakeholders and leadership.
• Other duties as assigned.