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Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub** **Function:

R&D Mechanical Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Job Description:

Ethicon’s Robotics & Digital Solutions business, part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech, is recruiting for a Primary Modeling and Simulation Engineer, located in Cincinnati, OH.

Robotics and Digital Solutions is part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech. At Johnson & Johnson Robotics and Digital Solutions, we’re changing the trajectory of health for humanity, using robotics to enhance healthcare providers’ abilities and improve patients’ diagnoses, treatments, and recovery times. Johnson & Johnson Robotics was established in 2020 with the integration of Auris Health, Verb Surgical, C-SATS, and Ethicon. It comprises three key MedTech platforms: Flexible Robotics (MONARCH®), Surgical Robotics (OTTAVA™), and Digital Solutions. Join our collaborative, rapidly growing teams in the San Francisco Bay Area (Redwood City and Santa Clara), Cincinnati, and Seattle. You’ll collaborate on breakthrough medical technologies that unite multiple subject areas to build a connected digital ecosystem that advances medical professionals’ skills and improves patient outcomes.

R&D’s Modeling and Simulation (M&S) group based in Cincinnati is a group of specialists responsible for driving design optimization through high-end computational simulation and predictive analysis. The group will partner across the organizations and utilize a variety of tools, particularly finite element analysis (FEA), to gain insight into early product design performance. This role will be dedicated to Robotic instrument and accessories product development projects and impacting the organization broadly via executing basic and advanced predictive simulation.

**Key Responsibilities** :

+ Execution of technically predictive simulations in support of critical-to-function device and system interactions.

+ Drive application of computational methods to solve problems, document and teach these methods.

+ Advise business partners on a variety of challenging problems across the organization.

+ Provide outstanding and consistent customer service and build strong working relationships and modeling trust.

+ Understand the technical limitations and schedule constraints that project teams face and work to provide technical solutions that help reduce risk and cost while meeting their schedule needs.

+ Strive to find innovative ways to grow the impact of simulation to our product development efforts. Help lead and grow this important capability!

+ Develop and deploy customized/bundled functionality and tools (automation of workflow).

+ Engineers within the M&S group become key technical specialists on various aspects of solving problems and are also encouraged to advance their knowledge base and to remain current in their fields of expertise.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

+ Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electromechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Mechanics or a relevant field of study is required.

+ 3+ years of industry modeling and simulation experience required (2 years minimum w/ Advanced Degree.)

Required:

+ Mechanical design and analysis skills, including experience with mechanism design, machine elements, and mechanical interfaces.

+ Outstanding multi-functional communication, collaboration, and teaming skills with ability to lead cross functional meetings and influence cross functional decisions.

+ History of technical capability and achievement, preferably supporting virtual development programs.

+ Competent in using Finite Element Analysis software (Abaqus/FEA is preferred). Experience in Ansys COMSOL Multiphysics, NX Nastran, MSC Marc or other packages is an advantage).

+ Expertise with developing and using 3D CAD models (SolidWorks preferred), free-body diagrams, tolerance analysis, strength of materials, and DOE’s.

+ Up to 10% domestic and international travel.

+ Ability to work onsite.

Preferred:

+ Experience with multibody dynamics is an advantage, MSC Adams.

+ Experience with CFD analysis is an advantage, Cradle CFD.

+ Experience with 3D tolerance analysis.

+ Experience with programming in Python and/or Matlab.

+ Able to provide positive and constructive feedback to teammates on product concepts and designs; encourage and mentor less experienced engineers

+ Experience working on a multi-functional product development team with demonstration of leadership through encouraging and inclusive behaviors that inspire and develop others

+ Understanding of general engineering design principles and a working knowledge of design of experiments (DOE) and other engineering workflows.

+ Experience with non-linear material behaviors, which may include metals, plastics, rubbers, adhesives, and sealants.

+ Familiarity with the mechanics of soft tissues.

+ Engineering workflow orchestration software / experience.

+ User subroutine development (C++ or FORTRAN) is an asset.

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 and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.

Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.

Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

+ Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year

+ Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

+ Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year

+ Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

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

This job posting is anticipated to close on 08/01/25. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

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 and 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, please email the Employee Health Support Center ([email protected]) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.