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Senior Design Engineer, R&D

Johnson & Johnson.com

Office

4545 Creek Rd, United States

Full Time

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:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Mechanical Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Job 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/.

About Surgery

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 surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.

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

#Li-Hybrid

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Prism Design Engineer located in Cincinnati, OH

Purpose: The Senior Prism Design Engineer, R&D, will work with internal and external teams to develop and support advanced surgical instruments. This position will lead the definition, design, development, and support of key cost savings projects. This individual must collaborate with internal and external customers, partners, and consultants to effectively communicate and deliver cost savings projects to market.

Education:

  • A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related science/engineering degree is required, an Advanced Degree is preferred.

Required Skills & Experience:

  • A minimum of 5 years mechanical product design experience
  • Practical design and problem solving skills
  • Strong mechanical design and analysis skills, including an understanding of mechanical subsystem functionality and integration
  • Experience with polymers and bonding

Preferred Skills & Experience:

  • Experience developing and manipulating 3D CAD models, FMEA’s, GD&T, tolerance analysis, FEA, DOE’s, simulated use testing, and statistical analysis
  • Experience with multi-disciplinary engineering, including: integrating sensors into mechanical designs, specifying embedded software that complements mechanical design, modeling and specifying the dynamic properties of mechanical systems for controls development, etc
  • Excellent collaboration and teaming skills to work with manufacturing engineering and suppliers to understand the considerations associated with Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design to Cost (DTC), and working with other team members and consultants to produce prototypes and optimize designs for manufacturability
  • Understanding of surgery, surgical procedures, and the design and application of surgical devices, as well as the quality system / regulatory environment
  • Experience building prototypes, products, and systems for testing; along with setting up and running laboratory simulations
  • Experience designing test procedures, coordinating tests, analyzing results, and developing written reports
  • Experience conducting and/or participating in technical design reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, etc.
  • Experience with manufacturing processes and equipment
  • Experience in a FDA-regulated environment
  • Strong understanding of design control; the ability to develop and execute design plans, design verification and validation

Other:

  • This position will be based in Cincinnati, OH and may require up to 20% travel.

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,  external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers . internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Senior Design Engineer, R&D

Office

4545 Creek Rd, United States

Full Time

September 23, 2025

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