Product Development Research Engineer
New Brunswick - NJ
Bristol Myers Squibb
Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and delivering innovative medicines to patients with serious diseases.Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.
Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.
Our Drug Product Development team is committed to CMC design, development, and commercialization of innovative drug products to improve patient lives. We leverage the best people, collaboration, and cutting-edge innovation to achieve this commitment. BMS’s internal engine of innovation includes unrivaled industry leading expertise in CMC development of small molecules, protein biotherapeutics, protein degraders, and other therapeutic modalities. We collaborate closely with our colleagues in R&D and Commercial to design our drug products. Here, you’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities that are uncommon in scale and scope.
Job Title: Product Development Research Engineer
User Insights, Preferences, and Human Factors Engineering
Location: New Brunswick, NJ, Summit, NJ
Department: Devices, Delivery, and Product Strategy
Job Summary:
We are seeking a dedicated Product Development Engineer to join our dynamic Devices, Delivery, and Product Strategy team. This role will focus on user insights, preferences, and human factors engineering to enhance product design and development. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in biosciences, pharmaceutical science, or engineering, with experience designing, conducting, and reporting on healthcare related research involving human subjects.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct research with Patients/HCPs to identify insights/opportunities/inputs (STEM, clinical, patient, user, business, analytics) and translate them into product requirements.
- Support human factors activities throughout the product design and development cycle, adhering to regulations and industry standards.
- Partner with internal teams within Commercial, Clinical, Regulatory, and Product Development to define product strategy/roadmap based on user insights and preferences.
- Work closely with product development (ex. formulation, packaging, etc.) and device teams throughout the development process conduct technology landscape assessments, evaluate and benchmark competitive products and trends, and define key attributes and product requirements relating to customers and patients.
- Build end-user-models that translate into the technical requirements, ultimately reducing or eliminating individual prototype testing.
- Support the development of a strong external and internal customer, patient, and key opinion leader network to inform product strategy and advance technology development and innovation.
Assess new technologies, identify trends, and perform research to meet end-user needs. - Support and maintain internal processes for market research and human factors engineering.
- Conduct independent scientific literature reviews and database research to support Product Development.
- Foster an environment of creativity and innovation.
- Serve as a mentor to junior associates in the group and perform other job-related duties as required.
Qualifications:
- BS, MS, or PhD degree in biosciences, pharmaceutical science, engineering (mechanical, biomedical, chemical) with 9 years (BS), 6 years (MS), or 2-4 years (PhD) of experience in the medical healthcare field.
- MS degree in a business management field is a plus.
- Understanding of design thinking in early technology and concept development with the ability to translate insights to action for a physical product (drug formulation, packaging, and/or devices).
- Experience with study design and equipment, research techniques (Discrete Choice, BASES, Conjoint, and/or Max Diff/Kano), and data analysis tools (Tableau, Shiny, R, Python, MATLAB, JMP, IBM SPSS preferred).
- Technical knowledge in drug delivery device technologies, drug product development, market analysis.
- Familiarity with industry trends, market dynamics, and state-of-the-art methodologies towards conducting product research related to medical devices and pharmaceutical development.
- Ability to strategically frame complex opportunities into manageable elements and convince cross-functional leaders of its merit and approach.
- Strong communication skills and experience presenting to senior leaders.
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- Self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills.
Why You Should Apply
Around the world, we are passionate about making an impact on the lives of patients with serious diseases. Empowered to apply our individual talents and diverse perspectives in an inclusive culture, our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.
Our company is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request an accommodation prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, or any part of the recruitment process direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.
Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
On-site Protocol
BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
BMS cares about your well-being and the well-being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.
BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.
Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.
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