Senior Preclinical Development Engineer (Into)

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We are excited to announce a unique and exceptional opportunity to join Johnson & Johnson as a Senior Preclinical Development Engineer within Interventional Oncology (INTO). Interventional Oncology is a cross-sector program within Johnson & Johnson to transform the treatment of oncology patients.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the INTO engineering sciences preclinical lead as well as the broader cross functional team to identify key scientific questions to be answered for critical projects.

• Lead the approach that will be used to answer key questions with benchtop and preclinical models.

• Employ strict scientific rigor to develop new test methods, draft protocols, execute ex vivo tissue testing, analyze results with statistical methods, and draw conclusions that will drive the overall program development.

• Aid in the validation of current preclinical models and the development of new preclinical models.

• Develop preclinical test protocols (ex vivo and in vivo) and provide oversight to testing facilities on execution of the studies and analyses of the results.

• Work with external partners (academic centers, contract research facilities, key opinion leaders, engineering consulting firms) to ensure experiments conducted for the project are completed on time and with sufficient detail to draw meaningful conclusions from the studies.

• Attend team meetings for relevant programs.

• Establish and maintain working relationships with internal & external preclinical and R&D partners to access relevant equipment, tissue, and facilities for testing.

• Propose, review, and refine experimental protocols.

• Conduct hands-on lab-based experiments (including ex vivo tissue and in vivo testing as necessary) to address key scientific questions for multiple programs.

• Collaborate with external partners to develop contracts, protocols & conduct experiments (20-25% travel may be required).

• Document study protocols, data, and reports

• Draw conclusions from test data and provide recommended next steps to cross-functional teams.