R&D Engineering Co-op, Trauma

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine • West Chester, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

DePuy Synthes, a global leader in orthopaedic technologies and solutions, is recruiting for a Research and Development Engineering Co-op, January 2027, 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 Extremity, Thoracic, and/or Craniomaxillofacial anatomy regions.

Requirements

• Qualified candidates must be a current undergraduate college student in an accredited engineering program.
• Pursuing a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and/or Biomedical Engineering (Mechanical Design Emphasis).
• 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 meetings face-to-face and remotely.
• Be authorized to work in the US without current or future sponsorship requirements.
• Remain actively enrolled in their academic program throughout the entire internship period.
• Be available to work 40 hours per week during the internship.
• Should have a minimum GPA of 3
• Permanently authorized to work in the U.S., must not require sponsorship of an employment visa (e.g., H-1B or green card) at the time of application or in the future. Students currently on CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT usually requires future sponsorship for long term employment and do not meet the requirements for this program unless eligible for an alternative long-term status that does not require company sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• Use Creo to design surgical implants and instruments.
• Draft protocols and design fixtures for development tests and interpret the results, proposing design changes where appropriate.
• Support a variety of verification activities including, but not limited to, drawing reviews, tolerance stack analyses, mechanical testing, and finite element analyses.
• Complete design risk assessments, actively proposing solutions to eliminate and/or minimize their occurrence potentials.
• Support end user assessments including participation in cadaver labs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern