Sr Product Development 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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

Biomedical Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for Sr. Product Development Engineer position.

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 Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and innovate current medical, technical, and biomedical developments related to company products and heart recovery technologies.

• Lead product development improvement efforts per plan and with little to no direct supervision. Prepare, present and lead design reviews to attain agreement on project with peers and cross-functional review team.

• Develop and update design documentation including test protocols, reports, and engineering rationales to support both quality and regulatory documentation.

• Develop Test Methods and understand requirements for Validation.

• Support and/or drive sustaining activities of existing product lines, including involvement with Corrective and Preventive Actions. 

• Fabricate prototypes with assistance from junior staff, technical support team (Machine Shop, Technicians and Designers) and suppliers. Maintain accurate documentation of concepts, designs, and processes.

• Resolve producibility issues with internal and external manufacturing partners. Work with internal and external manufacturing partners to ensure producible designs (DFM). Document designs by constructing solid models and drawings using GD&T and stack-up analyses.

• Perform evaluations, design and prototyping using CAD (Solidworks), FEA, 3-D printing to accelerate development and engineering of plastics, ceramic, composite and metallic parts, electromechanical systems, etc.

Qualifications:

 

Education:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or directly related scientific field, MS Preferred.

 

Experience and Skills:

 

Required:

• 6 years of experience with Bachelor’s degree, or at least 5 years of experience with a Master’s degree.

• Thorough understanding of Medical Device Design Controls and Product Life cycle

• Knowledge of FDA and EU MDR regulations

• Ability to communicate ideas and information clearly, effectively, and frequently (oral and written) with stakeholders, project team, local and international.

• Ability to exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results. 

• Ability to act independently to resolve methods and procedures.

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

 

Preferred:

• Product development experience in Class 3 Medical Device engineering

• MSc/MEng Preferred

• Applied understanding of DFM concepts and manufacturing best practices

• Working knowledge of SAP and Minitab desired.

 

Other:

• On-Site (Danvers, MA)

• English required

• May require up to 10% travel – US & EU

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. 

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is 109,000.00 - 174,800.00

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis. Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance. Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401k).This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program. Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits: Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year. Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington – up to 56 hours per calendar year. Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year. Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year. For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: -  https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits This job posting is anticipated to close on March 31, 2026. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Bioinformatics, Biological Engineering, Biostatistics, Coaching, Critical Thinking, Design of Experiments (DOE), Healthcare Trends, Industry Analysis, Innovation, Medicines and Device Development and Regulation, Product Development, Relationship Building, Research and Development, Researching, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Standard Scientific Processes and Procedures, Technologically Savvy