Research & Development Leadership Development Program (RDLDP)- Summer 2026 Internship

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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Career Programs

Job Sub Function:

R&D LDP

Job Category:

Career Program

All Job Posting Locations:

Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Irvine, California, United States of America, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Santa Clara, California, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

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

We are searching for the best talent for the Research and Development Leadership Development Program- 2026 Summer Internship.

Purpose: We offer an exciting 12-week summer engineering internship with an emphasis in Product Research and Development. You will experience unrivaled departmental opportunities supporting a wide variety of highly specialized teams such as: New Product Development, Mechanical Design, Computational Modeling and Simulation, Materials Development, Robotics, Research and Testing, Manufacturing and Design Quality.

Not only will you have the ability to develop your engineering skills through on-the-job assignments. You will:

• Improve your industry knowledge through open forum conversations with senior company leaders and shadowing senior engineers.

• Create or improve your personal brand through skills building workshops and internship networking events.

• Have the power to connect with and support our local towns through community activities.

You will be responsible for:

• Working in a fast-paced cross functional, technologically advanced corporate environment in an internship program focused on developing individual engineers capable of pursuing careers across medical device businesses and high-volume manufacturers.

• Learning about anatomy, disease states, and deformities and the surgical procedures and products used to address these conditions.

• Being part of a team responsible for the support of complex automated manufacturing equipment, working on the manufacturing engineering team

• Participating in machine development; equipment changes and testing protocol

• Becoming familiar with design control documentation required by regulatory governing bodies.

• Presenting your learnings and development experience to Leadership

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Actively enrolled in a Graduate Engineering Degree Program graduating after August 2026

• The following engineering disciplines or specialties are preferred: Mechanical, Robotics, Electrical, Computer, Systems, Software, Materials Science, Bioengineering, Optical Engineering and Computer Science.

• The following concentration fields and/or skills are preferred: Machine Learning, IoT, Embedded Software, Deep Machine Learning, Prototyping, Robot Design, Systems Reliability, Firmware, and hardware integration.

• A minimum GPA of 3.3 is strongly preferred.

• Validated leadership experience through extra-curricular activities, employment and/or previous internship experiences is required. R&D Internships highly preferred.

• Team player with the ability to work closely with technical and non-technical personnel is required.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence others is required.

• Ability to demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills, intellectual curiosity, and a dedicated approach to achieving success is required.

• Proactive self-starter and have the courage to take a leadership position to help deliver robust results is required.

• Ability to relocate across the United States as required by the internship program.

Primary Locations (United States):

• Massachusetts: Raynham

• Florida: Jacksonville

• Ohio: Cincinnati

• Pennsylvania: West Chester

• New Jersey: Raritan

• California: Irvine, Redwood City, Santa Clara

Additional Position (Non-U.S.): Brussels, Belgium

As a part of the RDLDP Program we are also hiring for a Global Regulatory Affairs Policy Intern in Brussels, and various locations in the U.S. This role will provide students with practical experience and exposure to global regulatory affairs and health technology assessment agency (HTA) development.

For this role we are seeking:

• Actively enrolled in a Master's program with a graduation date after August 2026

• Preferred majors: policy, public health, public administration, medical product regulation, economics, science, engineering, law or related

• Must be legally authorized to work in the country in which this role will be located

This job posting is anticipated to close on November 7th, 2025. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.

Ineligibility for severance.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation,  external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers . internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

Post-Graduate $33/hr, Software Eng w/ 2 years exp Post-Graduate $37/hr, Data Science/Robotics Post-Graduate $39.25, Post-Graduate Bay Area $38/hr, Software Eng w/ w years exp Post-Graduate Bay Area $42.50/hr, Data Science/Robotics Post-Graduate Bay Area $

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

This position is overtime eligible. Co-Ops/Interns are eligible to participate in Company sponsored employee medical benefits in accordance with the terms of the plan. Co-Ops and Interns are eligible for the following sick time benefits: up to 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington, up to 56 hours per calendar year Co-Ops and Interns are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits