R&D Intern - Biostatistics

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Career Programs

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Non-LDP Intern/Co-Op

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Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Job Description:

At Johnson & Johnson, we use technology and the power of teamwork to discover new ways to prevent and overcome the world's the most significant healthcare challenges. Our teams leverage data, real-world insights, and creative minds to make life-changing healthcare products and technologies. We're disrupting outdated healthcare ecosystems and infusing them with transformative ideas to help people thrive throughout every stage of their lives. With a reach of more than a billion people every day, there's no limit to the impact you can make here. Are you ready to reimagine healthcare?

Here, your career breakthroughs will change the future of health, in all the best ways. And you'll change, too. You'll be inspired, and you'll inspire people across the world to change how they care for themselves and those they love. Amplify your impact. Join us!

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is recruiting for our Research & Development summer internship located in Jacksonville, FL.

Research, innovation, and new product development is our focus.

With a powerful mission to change the trajectory of eye health, our Vision organization is committed to understand the challenges impacting patients and apply deep science and engineering to enable innovative solutions. We provide our patients with a new horizon through our ACUVUE family of contact lenses and our wide portfolio of intraocular lenses (IOL) and vision surgery technology.

Summer interns will partner with teams of scientists and engineers to expand our deep technical capabilities and develop new products aimed at meeting a variety of eye health needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute a project assignment involving an eye health product (spanning early research to pilot/commercialization stage), an enabling technology, or our internal operations that enable research and development.

• Perform deliverables involving fundamental statistical research, clinical data analysis, and/or simulation studies.

• Work closely with other technical disciplines.

• Review progress and evaluate results of project(s) across various functional groups.

Target Hire Date: 5/17/2027

Target End Date: 8/06/2027

Qualifications

Education:

• Completed at least 1 year of graduate school in a PhD program in Statistical Sciences/Biostatistics or related fields program. Candidates at the end of their program are desirable.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Some experience with SAS and/or R is required. Solid knowledge of programming in R is desirable.

• Basic proficiency in data analysis methodologies.

• Open to learn new statistical skills and ready to think out-of-the-box for problem solving solutions.

• Some knowledge of random effects models is required, and meta-analytic methodologies are preferred (e.g. Random-effects meta-analysis, Network meta-analysis).

• Interest and aptitude to build simulation code.

• Some familiarity with clinical trials concepts is required.

• Ability to work well with others and independently as needed, with guidance and support from the internal Biostatistics Team.

• Good written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Working fully on site at the Jacksonville FL office.

Key activities

• This position will provide exposure to different statistical aspects related to analysis of clinical trials data, and marketing efforts.

• Evaluate a range of meta-analytic methodologies to illustrate their assumptions, strengths, limitations, and suitability for selected clinical research questions and endpoint types.

• Develop validated and reproducible R and/or SAS code to implement selected meta-analytic methods.

• Opportunity to develop presentation skills and expand statistical technical skills.

Candidate Eligibility Requirements

Candidates must:

• 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.

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.

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