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Job Function:

R&D Product Development:

Job Sub Function:

R&D Electrical/Mechatronic Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson, Robotics and Digital Solutions (RAD) group is recruiting for a Staff Electrical Engineer, located Santa Clara, CA.

At Johnson & Johnson Robotics and Digital Solutions, we’re changing the trajectory of health for humanity, using robotics to enhance healthcare providers’ abilities and improve patients’ diagnoses, treatments, and recovery times. Johnson & Johnson Robotics was established in 2020 with the integration of Auris Health, Verb Surgical, C-SATS, and Ethicon. It comprises three key med-tech platforms: Flexible Robotics (MONARCH®), Surgical Robotics (OTTAVA™), and Digital Solutions. Join our collaborative, rapidly growing teams in the San Francisco Bay Area (Redwood City and Santa Clara), Cincinnati, and Seattle. You’ll collaborate on breakthrough medical technologies that unite multiple subject areas to build a connected digital ecosystem that advances medical professionals’ skills and improves patient outcomes.

Johnson & Johnson Med Tech is developing a robotic surgical platform that will set a new standard for the modern OR and transform the surgical experience. OTTAVA is designed as a multi-specialty soft-tissue surgery robot, activating the benefits of AI/ML, connecting health data inside the operating room and out.

The Hardware Team in the RAD group is a diverse group of highly motivated engineers who are passionate about designing and developing the next generation, groundbreaking robotic platforms. We want you to join our team and be part of the success of our mission.

Overview

As a Staff Electrical Engineer on the Ottava Team, you will join a team of engineers working to develop and validate next generation power electronics, control systems, and network architecture used within the robotic surgery space. You will be responsible for developing and implementing electrical designs throughout the system and integrating these designs into the system architecture.

This position places an emphasis on working closely with a multi-disciplinary engineering team to develop complex hardware designs. Candidates must be self-motivated, independent and have an eagerness to learn and work as a team, and a desire to thrive in a very dynamic environment.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, design, and test printed circuit boards (PCBA) of varying complexity for various robotic tasks.

• Own full lifecycle designs of PCAs including design, technical reviews, prototyping, detailed test, design and release documentation.

• Work closely with multi-functional teammates to develop robust and reliable architectures with electrical functionality driven by simulation, analysis, test.

• Deliver documentation to support design of PCAs such as, technical reviews, test results, and theory of operations.

• Perform component, board, and subsystem level testing to ensure conformance to requirements. Testing may include EMI and ESD analysis, development of test fixturing, and thermal analysis, in addition to other specialties for specific projects.

• Participate in design reviews, fault safety analysis, and design FMEA analysis across the broader team.

Qualifications

Required Knowledge/Skills, Education, and Experience:

• Bachelors with 8+ years or Masters with 6+ years in electrical engineering or a related field.

• Demonstrated proficiencies in Altium Designer or related CAD tool for schematics and PCB layout.

• Experience designing and validating analog and digital electrical systems from feasibility through to production.

• Ability to debug and test using high speed oscilloscopes and other test tools.

Preferred Knowledge/Skills, Education, and Experience

• Experience with embedded systems, and in using C to write basic bring-up code for microcontrollers.

• Experience with serial communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, etc.

• Design for electromagnetic compatibility and immunity, electrically fast transients, electrostatic discharge, etc.

• Design for test, manufacture, assembly.

• Experience in Medical Devices, 21 CFR Part 820, IEC60601-1, etc.

The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation’s performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company’s discretion on an individual basis.

Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.

Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.

Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

• Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year

• Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year

• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year

For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits

This job posting is anticipated to close on 04/27/26. 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.

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.

Do you want to be part of a diverse team delivering innovative products to market? Apply today!Required Skills:

Analog Design, Digital Circuits, Hardware Debugging, Multilayer PCB Design, PCB Prototyping

Preferred Skills:

Budget Management, Business Savvy, Coaching, Critical Thinking, Electrical Engineering, Electrical Systems, Electromagnetism, Lean Supply Chain Management, Organizing, Performance Measurement, Predictive Maintenance, Program Management, Project Reporting, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Scope Management, Technical Writing, Testing

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $134,000.00 to $231,150.00

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