Back to Jobs

Job Description

Overview

The R&D Engineer position at a Medical Device Company in Franklin Lakes, NJ involves providing engineering support for design and development activities, ensuring product quality, and contributing to innovation in medical devices. The role requires a strong understanding of engineering principles and the ability to translate customer needs into product specifications.

Responsibilities

  • Provide solutions to complex problems using technical principles and theories.
  • Support design and development activities for new and existing products.
  • Ensure product quality, manufacturing efficiency, and cost improvement.
  • Participate in technical and cross-functional project work.
  • Generate novel concepts for new products and enhancements.
  • Understand customer needs through various research methods.
  • Translate customer needs into engineering requirements and specifications.
  • Engineer robust and manufacturable products.
  • Develop and execute test methods and data analysis.
  • Author detailed technical reports based on design verification and testing.
  • Ensure compliance with quality policies and safety regulations.

Requirements

  • BS degree in engineering is required, preferably in Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering.
  • 2-4 years of engineering experience is required, preferably in medical devices.
  • Demonstrated ability to utilize statistical tools, such as MiniTab.

Benefits

  • None specified.

Additional Information

  • Location: Franklin Lakes, NJ
  • Duration: 12+ Months contract
  • Total Hours/week: 40.00
  • 1st Shift
  • Employment Type: Contract on W2 (Need US Citizens Or GC Holders Only)
  • No H1b’s
Apply for This Position

How this job compares in Franklin Lakes, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $25/hr, this posting lands within a few percent of the $25/hr median for welding jobs in Franklin Lakes, NJ, whose middle half runs $23–$28/hr across 10 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 30% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. In other words it is a market-rate offer, so benefits, overtime, and shift schedule are where the real difference between this and the next posting on the list shows up.

The local market in Franklin Lakes, NJ

We're tracking 10 other active welding openings in Franklin Lakes, NJ right now, from 1 employer. 10 of them were added in the last week. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 216 other active welding openings from 135 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Franklin Lakes, or widen the search to New Jersey.

MillenniumSoft Inc currently has 10 other openings live in New Jersey, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (13), MillenniumSoft Inc (10), and Gpac (9). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newark at $38/hr, Camden at $37/hr, and Linden at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Franklin Lakes, NJ

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. R&D Engineer figures were last recalculated when this page was built.