DePuy Synthes, a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Research and Development Engineering Co-op, Spring, located in West Chester, PA. This is a full time six-month position which provides a student valuable work experience in lieu of a typical college semester.
You will gain the skills to advance one or more projects in the Craniomaxillofacial and/or Thoracic anatomy regions.
Key Responsibilities:
- You will use Creo to design surgical implants, instruments, and test fixtures.
- You will draft protocols for development tests and interpret the results, proposing design changes where appropriate.
- You will support a variety of verification activities including, but not limited to, drawing reviews, tolerance stack analyses, mechanical tests, and finite element analyses.
- You will have the opportunity to support end user assessments including participation in cadaver labs.
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Qualifications
Education:
- Qualified candidates must be a current undergraduate college student in an accredited engineering program. We are looking for candidates pursuing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, and/or Biomedical Engineering (Mechanical Design Emphasis).
Experience and Skills:
Required:
- Highly motivated and can work independently on one or multiple projects under general direction
- Interest in medical device/orthopedic fields.
- "Hands-on" engineering student w/ability to think creatively. Establish and foster collaboration and partnership internally and externally.
- Has a good sense of priorities and manages time accordingly.
- Has strong communication skills (written and verbal), including experience presenting in front of multidisciplinary audiences, and attending team meeting face to face and remotely.
- A minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 is required
Preferred:
- Entering Junior/3rd-Year level or Senior/4th-Year of college
- Previous design experience on mechanical/medical devices
- Technical competencies such as experience with Creo, mechanical testing, and medical device documentation.
- Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office
Other:
- None stated
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