DePuy Synthes, a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for an R&D Co-op located in West Chester, PA.
DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson is the largest, most innovative and comprehensive orthopedic and neurological business in the world! We offer an unparalleled breadth and depth of products, services and programs in the areas of joint reconstruction, trauma, spine, sports medicine, neurological, craniomaxillofacial, power tools and biomaterials. Building on the legacy and strengths of two great companies, we are creating one organization that will be agile and better equipped in today's evolving health care environment. With a focus on activating insights to develop innovative, comprehensive solutions, we are inspired to advance patient care in greater ways than either company could accomplish on its own.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Use engineering knowledge to support the process of developing deformity correction and trauma orthopedics products.
- Draft drawings and run development testing.
- Support of a variety of design and verification activities.
- Gain experience with tolerance stack analysis, mechanical testing and finite element analysis. This position will also provide you with the opportunity to attend cadaver labs.
- Connect with internal and external project team members regularly and maintain the highest levels of professionalism, ethics and compliance at all times.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Education:
- Current university student in an accredited Mechanical or Biomedical engineering program in good academic standing.
- A minimum G.P.A. of 3.0.
Experience and Skills:
Required:
- Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office software as well as intermediate to advanced software skills with Microsoft Excel is required.
- Interest in medical device/orthopedic fields.
- A "Hands-on" engineering student with the ability to think creatively
- Highly motivated and can work independently on one or multiple projects under general direction and can exhibit an attention to detail
- Have excellent technical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Be enthusiastic, thoughtful, thorough, decisive, and flexible, conducting yourself professionally and with integrity
- Has a good sense of priorities and manages time accordingly.
Preferred:
- Establish and cultivate collaboration and partnership internally and externally.
- Has strong communication skills (written and verbal), including experience presenting in front of multidisciplinary audiences, and attending team meeting face to face and by teleconference.
- Technical proficiencies are highly desirable such as is experience with PTC Creo (or equivalent), design, mechanical testing, and medical device documentation.
- Participation in campus/community service activities is desired.
Other:
- This position requires a full-time (40 hours/week) work week. on site, between January and June of 2025.
- Ability to relocate to the West Chester, PA area for the full duration of the co-op.
- You will also need to provide your own transportation to the office in West Chester, PA
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.
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