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RD Design Engineer Job

Job Information

Posted:

Monday, January 28, 2013

Modified:

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Division:

R&D Engineering (R&D)

Location: 

Suzhou CN

Job ID:

000008Q7 ( Job ID)

HireDiversity Job ID:

3573593

Job Text

Suzhou, CN

RD Design Engineer-000008Q7

Description
- Policies: Know & follow J&J policies & procedures related to work activities performed in area of responsibility.
- Safety: Follow all company safety policies & other safety precautions within work area. Promote safety to all associates that enter work area.
- Apply knowledge of general engineering principles, materials, DFMA & reliability to achieve product design requirements.
- Work one-on-one with customer stakeholders to identify procedure and/or product opportunities and evaluate potential technical solutions.
- Interpret customer & marketing input to define technical design requirements.
- Maintain idea notebooks.
- Utilize JOC (jobs, outcomes & constraints), VOC (voice of customer) methodologies & surgical procedure knowledge to define product & design options.
- Provide innovative product, system & component design solutions.
- Perform detailed design analysis & provide input or approval for detailed design specifications.
- Establish appropriate testing strategy to insure adequate safety factors or margins.
- Perform product testing to insure adequate safety factors or margins.
- Formalize concepts, breadboards & prototyping.
- Provide support to patent attorneys for patent filing.
- Consult with materials technology group for biomaterial approvals.
- Assist in developing & monitoring project plan, budget, contingency plans & work estimation.
- Coordinate integration of complex sub-system product designs.
- Provide technical leadership to product development team.
- Learn medical terminology, procedures & instrumentation.
- Provide peer feedback & may mentor junior associates as required.
- Technical (Mechanical
  • 1): Develop free-body diagrams; Calculate stress & strain values; Formulate tolerance stack-ups.
    - Technical (Biomedical
  • 1): Design and evaluate prototype with related in vivo, in vitro model and with customers; Optimize the prototype based on the feedback from customers. Perform tests against internal and external specification or standards; Understand the key process parameters to scale up from prototypes to mass production.
    - Develop error budget analyses of electromagnetic & electromechanical systems.
    - Other responsibilities may be assigned & not all responsibilities listed may be assigned.
    - Work Environment: Office, laboratory, surgical and manufacturing facilities.

    All employees are responsible for minimizing both the environmental and health and safety effects of the work that they perform.

    Qualifications

    - Education / Degree Required:
    B.S. Or M.S. Degree Or Equivalent External Experience
    - Skill Sets
  • 1:

    ² Bilingual: English/Mandarin required

    ² Basic knowledge & understanding of medical regulatory requirements

    ² Effective oral, written, & presentation communications in English/Mandarin

    ² Technical writing: protocols, testing results, procedures, status & special reports

    ² Project management skills

    ² Leadership skills

    ² Knowledge & understanding of medical regulations & their impact on business, ISO (International Organization for Standardization) & GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices)

    ² Information & risk analysis skills

    ² High ethics reflecting Credo values

    ² Quality, statistical process controls

    ² Knowledge of part manufacturing processes & tooling methodologies

    ² Effective team interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively within diverse cultural environments

    ² Conflict analysis & resolution

    ² Consulting, design review, & constructive feedback

    ² Negotiating (e.g., internal & external customers)

    ² Networking and interaction

    ² Team building

    ² Able to work efficiently & effectively in an ambiguous environment

    ² Able to adapt to shifting priorities

    ² Able to handle rapid pace environment

    ² Able to take initiative & be self-managing

    ² General design engineering principles

    ² Design of experiments (DOE)

    ² DFMA (design for manufacturing and assembly) principles

    ² Patent interpretation

    ² Test development and execution
    - Technical (Mechanical
  • 1):

    ² Free-body & stress-strain analysis & FEA (finite element analysis)

    ² Geometric tolerance & tolerance stack-up analysis (GD&T)

    ² Gage repeatability & re-calibration system & methodology

    ² Plastic resins, ferrous & nonferrous metals, adhesives & sealants
    - Technical (Biomedical
  • 1):

    ² Working knowledge about Polymers for biomedical application.

    ² Knowledge about evaluation of biomedical materials for biocompatibility, chemical characterization, and medical application.

    ² Medical background is preferred.

    ² Analytical chemistry, in vivo animal study and in vitro study experience are asset.
    - Computer Skills
  • 1:

    ² Personal computer software - Windows: word processing, project planning, presentation, e-mail & spreadsheet software

    ² Special design analysis software, (e.g., FEA, mold flow)

    ² CAD / CAM software proficiency

    ² Internet search skills

    - 1 option and depends on franchise needs.

    Required GLP Competencies:
    Integrity and Credo-based Actions ~ lives Credo values; builds trust; tells the truth; initiates transparency into problems; demonstrates genuine caring for people

    Strategic Thinking ~ driven to envision a better future; takes any role or job and makes it better; has relentless dissatisfaction with status quo; motivated to leave things better than they were; a change agent

    Big Picture Orientation with Attention to Detail ~ able to operate in two "worlds" simultaneously e.g. growth and cost control, enterprise and operating company success; sees the why as well as the what; can zoom in or out as needed

    Intellectual Curiosity ~ sees the possibilities; willing to experiment; cultivates new ideas; comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty

    Collaboration and Teaming ~ puts interests of enterprise above own; works well across functions and groups; builds teams effectively; inspires follower ship; instills a global mindset; champions best practices

    Sense of Urgency ~ proactively senses and responds to problems and opportunities; works to reduce "cycle" time; takes action when needed

    Self-awareness and Adaptability ~ resilient; has personal modesty and humility; willing to learn from others; patient, optimistic, flexible and adaptable

    Results and Performance Driven ~ assumes personal ownership and accountability for business results and solutions; consistently delivers results that meet or exceed expectations; makes the customer central to all thinking; keeps the focus on driving customer value

    Primary Location:Asia Pacific-China-Jiangsu-Suzhou
    Organization: Johnson & Johnson Medical Suzhou Ltd. (7054)
    Travel:Yes, 25% of the time
    Job Function: R&D Engineering (R&D)
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