SENIOR SCIENTIST

Johnson and Johnson MedTech Robotics and Digital Surgery is recruiting for a Senior Scientist within the Preclinical Engineering team. The position is located in Santa Clara, CA or Cincinnati, OH!

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is focused on shaping the future of digital surgery and expanding its robotics and digital solutions offerings across the entire portfolio, with multi-specialty, end-to-end solutions in orthopedics, endoluminal intervention and general surgery. This includes the MONARCH® platform, a first-of-its-kind robotic technology indicated for bronchoscopic visualization of and access to patient airways for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the lung.

Robotics & Digital Solutions is part of Ethicon, Inc., a global leader in surgery with products and solutions found in almost every operating room around the world. Ethicon has made significant contributions to surgery for more than 100 years from creating the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures. Our continuing dedication to Shape the Future of Surgery is built on our commitment to help address the world's most pressing health care issues and improve and save more lives. Through Ethicon's surgical technologies and solutions including robotics, digital solutions, sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats and our dedication to treat serious medical conditions like obesity and cancer worldwide, we deliver innovation to make a life-changing impact. For more information, visit www.ethicon.com

The Preclinical Engineering Senior Scientist for J&J MedTech Robotics and Digital Solutions will serve as a scientific contributor and project leader for the development and execution of strategies for preclinical evidence vital to competitively position Ethicon/RAD products for domestic and international regulatory and clinical acceptance. Working closely with Preclinical platform/franchise leaders, the Senior Scientist will provide input into study designs, recommend appropriate preclinical models, participate in data interpretation, and be responsible for the design and analysis of preclinical studies to understand the safety and efficacy of product concepts. The individual will work closely across functional groups within J&J and external to the company to meet project objectives and timelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Represent Preclinical Engineering on R&D project teams.
• Provide preclinical scientific input on the evaluation of safety and efficacy for technologies and products at all stages of the product life cycle.
• Responsible for partnering and contributing to the Target Product Profile (TPP), evidence generation strategies, and the project per New Product Development stage gate process with the Preclinical platform leader and other functional members.
• Drafts the Preclinical Strategy and test plan and coordinates study execution per project timelines with input from the Preclinical platform/franchise leader.
• Serve as a point of contact for communication between the project team and functional groups within Preclinical Engineering.
• Communicate progress and achievement status to preclinical leadership, R&D partners, and others.
• Partner with toxicology / biocompatibility team members to identify and incorporate chemical safety requirements into the preclinical strategy and plan and advise on appropriate preclinical testing models as needed.
• Responsible for planning and leading all aspects of preclinical studies in various models (e.g., in vivo, ex vivo, synthetic) for front end research, concept and prototype development, Safety, and Design Verification/Validation studies for regulatory submissions.
• Surveys the literature to identify and compare competitive product performance and safety risks.
• Provides input for study protocols and reports from internal and external preclinical studies.