Function
R&D Product Development
Sub function
Biomedical Engineering
Category
Senior Engineer, Biomedical Engineering (ST6)
Location
Galway / Ireland
Date posted
Jun 13 2025
Requisition number
R-015852
Work pattern
Fully Onsite
Description
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 SUMMARY:

J&J MedTech Neurovascular a Johnson & Johnson company is recruiting for a Senior Research and Development Engineer located in Galway Ireland.
The role of Senior R&D Engineer I supports managing and delivering complex acute ischemic stroke projects with significant technical challenges. Overall responsibility for various aspects of new development projects, including process development, design development, implementation of new equipment/automation and new product introduction.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, IF YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Honours degree in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering or equivalent.
• A minimum of 4 years’ experience in all stages of medical device design and development (including design with SolidWorks, product lifecycle data management systems, prototyping, and testing) is required.
• Strong design and technical ability based on a broad and deep knowledge of fundamental engineering principles.
• Data review and statistical methods skills (Minitab).
• Strong work ethic, creative problem solving, capable of working on own initiative.
• Excellent writing, presentation, and verbal communication skills essential

• Develop an understanding of the disease state, gather user needs, and translate into technical specifications.
• Support the management of the direct team to deliver on performance, time and cost targets.
• Generate creative product solutions to address unmet needs.
• Develop test models for prototype performance evaluations.
• Build and test prototypes; analyse test data and interpret to identify optimal solution(s).
• Create detailed component and finished device assembly drawings/specifications.
• Identify and select product materials, assembly methods and define process settings.
• Develop and deliver project plans to performance, time and cost targets.
• Leverage and liaise with external resources to achieve project goals.
• Identify and manage of key risks throughout the product lifecycle.
• Write procedures, protocols, specifications, and reports.
• Evaluate and assess physician (user) techniques and develop product training materials.
• Support developing marketing materials (presentations/videos/demos).
• Other duties as assigned or required.