Principal Engineer, Absorbable Materials and Scaffolds, R&D - MedTech

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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

We are searching for the best talent for a Principal Engineer, Absorbable Biomaterials and Scaffolds, R &D - MedTech to support our handheld medical devices business. _This role can be located inIrving, TX (strongly desired) or Raritan, NJ & work a Flex/Hybrid schedule with 3 days per week on-site_. Domestic relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.

Our business offers a broad range of products and technologies, including surgical staplers, clip appliers, trocars, Aesthetics & Reconstruction (A&R) including Breast implants and sealing devices—that are used in a wide variety of minimally invasive and open surgical procedures.

Purpose:

The A&R business, i.e. MENTOR™, is a global leader in breast aesthetics and reconstruction, delivering science-based innovation and high-quality implantable technologies focused on improving patient outcomes and quality of life.

The Principal Engineer – Absorbable Biomaterials & Scaffolds will serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and a technical lead responsible for application of polycaprolactone (PCL)-based biomaterials for the development of 3D printed bioabsorbable scaffolds for soft tissue applications like breast implants. Mentor™ has entered in a collaboration with a external partner on the development such breast implant technology.

You will be responsible for:

• Collaborate with the external technology partner on everything related to the PCL materials technology for breast implant and/or soft tissue applications.
• Develop collaboration with 3rd party PCL and absorbable material suppliers in partnership with the external technology partner.
• Take ownership & lead the knowledge transfer on absorbable materials, suppliers, specifications, performance & safety data
• Collaborate with the partner on the material degradation, absorption, and mechanical performance testing, technical reports and deliverables into design history files as per ISO13485 and Mentor quality systems & protocols.
• Collaborate with internal and external cross functional teams (Pre-clinical, Biocompatibility, others) to co-lead the performance, safety and absorption pre-clinical testing.
• Translate material science into scaffold architecture requirements and product performance parameters.
• Partner cross-functionally (R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing) and with external partner on the end-to-end production development and design transfer process.
• As the material SME, provide guidance on:
• Material performance for design transfer and manufacturing scalability.
• Support regulatory submissions and technical documentation.
• Material performance in preclinical study design, data and report reviews.
• Claims development in collaboration with GSM and Scientific Affairs.
• Product performance testing.
• Build internal capabilities & external partnerships to advance biomaterial innovation and future material development.