Senior Preclinical Development Engineer

Johnson & Johnson’s Interventional Oncology., a member of Johnson & Johnson’s family of companies, is recruiting for a Senior Preclinical Development Engineer. This position can be based in Cincinnati, OH, Raynham, Cambridge, or Boston, Massachusetts; Raritan, NJ; Cincinnati, Ohio; Spring House, PA.

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 athttps://www.jnj.com/.

Overview

The Senior Development Engineer will be responsible for supporting technical efforts for the INTO Engineering Sciences team. They will support technical aspects of the solution strategy for projects within one or more programs, each of which will focus on medical device technology but could also include a molecular entity, a drug/device combination, digital and electromechanical solutions, or other combinations of products necessary to deliver against the agreed-upon Target Product Profile (TPP) for cancer treatment. They will work with multi-functional teams to develop solutions in a timely and efficient manner. They will provide technical feedback, ensuring delivery of new products by serving as a technical enabler for cross-sector initiatives.

The Senior Development Engineer will collaborate with internal business partners to help shape, develop, and execute projects (including development of TPP) as well as leverage external partnerships to drive growth of the business.

• Collaborate with the INTO engineering sciences preclinical lead as well as the broader cross functional team to identify key scientific questions to be answered for critical projects.
• Lead the approach that will be used to answer key questions with benchtop and preclinical models.
• Employ strict scientific rigor to develop new test methods, draft protocols, execute ex vivo tissue testing, analyze results with statistical methods, and draw conclusions that will drive the overall program development.
• Aid in the validation of current preclinical models and the development of new preclinical models.
• Develop preclinical test protocols (ex vivo and in vivo) and provide oversight to testing facilities on execution of the studies and analyses of the results.
• Work with external partners (academic centers, contract research facilities, key opinion leaders, engineering consulting firms) to ensure experiments conducted for the project are completed on time and with sufficient detail to draw meaningful conclusions from the studies.

Responsibilities

• Attend team meetings for relevant programs.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with internal & external preclinical and R&D partners to access relevant equipment, tissue, and facilities for testing.
• Propose, review, and refine experimental protocols.
• Conduct hands-on lab-based experiments (including ex vivo tissue and in vivo testing as necessary) to address key scientific questions for multiple programs.
• Collaborate with external partners to develop contracts, protocols & conduct experiments (20-25% travel may be required)
• Document study protocols, data, and reports
• Draw conclusions from test data and provide recommended next steps to cross-functional teams.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education & Required Skills/Experiences:

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or a scientific related field with 3+ years of hands-on tissue testing lab experience is required
• Demonstrated understanding of biology and/or oncology
• Experience with operating mechanical test equipment & designing test fixtures
• Experience developing & validating complex test methods
• Experience using statistical methods to analyze complex data sets

Preferred Skills & Experiences:

• Experience with large animal models and murine tumor models
• advanced engineering/scientific degree (MS, PhD)
• Experience partnering with external contract research organizations (CRO) or other in vivo and ex vivo testing partners
• Experience with pharmaceutical development (including experimentation in preclinical models)
• Experience conducting ablations in tissue models

Other:

• This position can be based in Cincinnati, OH, Raynham, Cambridge, or Boston, Massachusetts; Raritan, NJ; Cincinnati, Ohio; Spring House, PA.
• Requires up to 20-25 % (Domestic/International) travel

The anticipated base pay range for this position is [$106,500] to [$143,000]

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 may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs such as health insurance, savings plan, pension plan, disability plan, vacation pay, sick time, holiday pay, and work, personal and family time off in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans. Additional information can be found through the link below.

Eligible for benefits to include medical, dental, vision and time off as well as any others as provided for in the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.

For additional general information on company benefits, please go to: -https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com.

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Summary

• Job titleSenior Preclinical Development Engineer
• FunctionR&D Product Development
• Sub functionBiomedical Engineering
• CategoryExperienced Engineer, Biomedical Engineering (ST5)
• LocationCincinnati, Ohio, United States; Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States; Raynham, Massachusetts, United States
• Date postedDec 09 2024
• Requisition number2406226483W