I currently work at Ethicon as a R&D Engineer co-op. There are three industries that J&J spans which are consumer products, pharmaceutical products, and medical devices. Within these industries, there are many subsidiary companies. Ethicon falls under the medical device industry Each subsidiary company is broken down further into departments such as quality, marketing, sales, package development, supply chain, R&D, and manufacturing. Each department has different roles too that further break down the functionality of the company as a whole. The R&D team I work with has a director (my manager), principle engineers, staff engineers, and co-ops. They are currently expanding the team to hire people for Engineer I positions. Each position has their own roles and responsibilities as well but work as a team to get the job done. We collaborate with other departments too in order for our products to manufactured and marketed. I like this set-up because it allows each department to really focus on one aspect of the medical device development and ensure that it’s top quality to be added to the whole picture.