Job Description Ethicon, part of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, is recruiting for a Staff R&D Electromechanical Design Engineer, Surgical Robotics, located in either the Cincinnati, OH or Santa Clara, CA area Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices is focused on shaping the future of digital surgery and expanding its robotics and digital solutions offerings across the entire portfolio, with multi-specialty, end-to-end solutions in orthopedics, endoluminal intervention and general surgery.
This includes the MONARCH® platform, a first-of-its-kind robotic technology indicated for bronchoscopic visualization of and access to patient airways for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the lung.
Ethicon, part of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, has made significant contributions to surgery for more than 100 years from creating the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures.
Our continuing dedication to Shape the Future of Surgery is built on our commitment to help address the worlds most pressing health care issues and improve and save more lives.
Through Ethicons surgical technologies and solutions including sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats and our commitment to treat serious medical conditions like obesity worldwide, we deliver innovation to make a life-changing impact.
For more information, visit www.ethicon.com.
Key Responsibilities: You will be a technical leader responsible for projects from conception through final execution, partnering with other core development teams including mechanical, biomedical, equipment/testing development, and clinical subject areas to integrate enabling technologies across a broad array of surgical solutions.
Lead technical design and development across advanced sensing, communications, and system controls within applications of electrical / electro-mechanical technologies.
You will design and implement project strategies and have the opportunity to lead with any outside co-developers and lead electro-mechanical execution on R&D projects.
Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Qualifications Required: A minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Electro-Mechanical Engineering or a related science/engineering degree A minimum of 7 years mechanical product design experience Strong electrical design and analysis skills, including an understanding of electrical systems and subsystem to overall system design.
This will include digital, analog, and communications technologies.
Experience translating high-level customer needs into technical options and analyzing the tradeoffs and business impact.
Knowledge in mixed-signal (analog-digital) design Ability to work at either the Cincinnati, OH or Santa Clara, CA site Ability to travel up to 25% to other sites Preferred: Advanced Degree Experience designing, developing, and launching medical products.
Experience with electronic manufacturing Ability to explain (both written and verbal) sophisticated technical issues to quality engineers, marketers, and technical writers Experience with defining test acceptance criteria, developing test methods, and creating test protocols/reports Building prototypes, products, and systems for testing; along with setting up and running laboratory simulations Experience in wireless near field applications Designing test procedures, coordinating tests, analyzing results, and developing written reports.
Conducting and/or participating in technical design reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, etc.