Senior R&D Scientist Surgical Vision
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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 at jnj.com .
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Job Function:
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development
Job Sub Function:
Biological Research
Job Category:
Scientific/Technology
All Job Posting Locations:
Groningen, Netherlands
Job Description:
Sr. R&D Scientist
2-Year contract with intention of extending.
About MedTech
Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.
Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech
About Vision
Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime.
Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech
AMO Groningen BV is specialized in the development, improvement and manufacturing of state-of-the-art surgical ophthalmic products, mainly intraocular lenses. The facility consists of small and integrated Research, Development and Manufacturing teams that have strong track records.
We are searching for the best talent for Sr. R&D Scientist for our JnJ Surgical Vision located in Groningen, Netherlands.
Purpose: The Sr. R&D Scientist may be responsible for entire projects or processes within a job area, and is involved in the design, execution, and/or reporting of clinical trials and or studies.
You will be responsible for:
Participate in the development of new concepts for unique medical devices from ideation to market phase.
Support and participate in design and development of new intraocular lenses and new optical metrology for testing intraocular lenses.
Develop test methods and validation systems to characterize new and existing intraocular lenses.
Support requirements development, documentation of design, writing and execution of protocols and reports.
Stay current with the status of competitive products, with cutting-edge medical device industry and with technological trends to ensure innovative product design. Investigate and evaluate existing technologies.
You will contribute to multi-disciplinary research teams and will be responsible for conducting independent research tasks with European research institutes.
Work closely within a cross-functional team, with senior research staff, and also with research institutes and R&D groups in USA.
Qualifications / Requirements:
BS/MS/PhD in Optics, Physics or Vision Science
Preferably 3 or more years of relevant experience
Proficient in optical design principles, using Zemax, OSLO or other design tools to design and simulate optical systems
Demonstrated research experience and interest in technology development
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Analytical Reasoning, Clinical Data Management, Communication, Data Analysis, Data Compilation, Data Savvy, Design of Experiments (DOE), Drug Discovery Development, Innovation, Molecular Diagnostics, Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Product Knowledge, Project Management, Scientific Research, Technologically Savvy
The anticipated base pay range for this position is:
€53,500.00 - €85,445.00
Benefits:
In addition to base pay, we offer the following benefits*: an annual bonus with set target (% of pay) depending on pay grade / location, where the actual amount is based on the employees’ and companies’ performance of the previous calendar year, or sales commissions. Moreover, we offer vacation days, parental leave for a minimum of 12 weeks, bereavement leave, caregiver leave, volunteer leave, well-being reimbursement, programs for financial, physical and mental health. We also offer service anniversary and recognition awards, and subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees - and in some location’s eligible dependents - can participate in several insurance plans. For more information, visit Employee benefits | Supporting well-being & career growth | Johnson & Johnson Careers.
*This is for informative purposes only. Amounts and actual benefits may vary by location and are subject to change.
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