Senior Software Engineer – Navigation

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 jnj.com

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Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

R&D Software/Systems Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America

Job Description:

About Orthopaedics

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

We are recruiting for Senior Software Engineer in Navigation R&D team. The role will be in Boston, MA or Warsaw, IN

Purpose:

As a Senior Software Engineer in the Navigation R&D team, you will lead development of next generation surgical navigation and planning systems. You’ll collaborate closely with a cross-functional team of systems, hardware, firmware, quality, and regulatory partners to deliver safe, reliable, and scalable software that directly impacts patient outcomes.

Job Responsibilities:

• Build production grade on device clinical applications and services in C#/.NET for Windows and iOS targets, integrating with local and cloud services.
• Experience with relational databases and embedded databases such as SQLite, including schema design, data modeling, and data normalization. Strong proficiency in writing, optimizing, and debugging SQL queries.
• Develop concurrent, multi threaded components and services using REST APIs and databases, with an architecture that supports evolution and versioning.
• Use secure coding principles to ensure cybersecurity and patient safety with appropriate technologies and cybersecurity processes. Examples: X.509 device identity, mutual TLS, certificate rotation, secure storage (e.g., integration with Key Vault), threat modeling, and least privilege access.
• Build cloud connected backends and integrations in Azure or similar cloud environments (Functions, App Service, containers where appropriate) to support telemetry ingestion, command routing, and fleet operations.
• Drive software quality through unit/integration/system tests (including hardware in the loop), profiling, observability (structured logging, metrics, traces), and CI/CD integration.
• Contribute to regulatory documentation, traceability, and V&V aligned with IEC 62304, ISO 14971, and related guidance; support submissions (e.g., FDA 510(k)) as needed.
• Collaborate in Agile/Scrum workflows, mentor junior engineers, and lead design/code reviews to sustain long term maintainability.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field. Master’s degree is a plus.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience
• Strong proficiency in full-stack C#/.NET development, object oriented design, and core CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms) including at least one front-end technology.
• Experience in Medical Device or MedTech industry preferred.
• Demonstrated, hands-on, experience in developing and supporting a full-stack application system with customer facing front-end (GUI) that integrates with on-device and cloud backend systems.
• Experience with Windows application development using WPF.
• Excellent ability to author technical documentation for software applications.
• Proficiency across the full SDLC in a regulated environment: requirements, design, implementation, testing, traceability, release, and maintenance.
• Strong debugging and profiling skills on Windows; experience with CI/CD and automated testing.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and influence skills; ability to be a key participant in architecture and design reviews.

Preferred

• Experience with AI-driven development.
• Experience with API development and integration with cloud services.
•  Experience in developing regulated medical device software (SaMD) under standards like IEC 62304, FDA cybersecurity guidance.
• Experience with requirements, design documentation in tools like Polarion, JAMA, etc.

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone Orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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 based on disability.

For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career, and life journey, please visit www.careers.jnj.com

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Required Skills:

 

 

Preferred Skills:

Agility Jumps, Analytical Reasoning, Coaching, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), Product Design, Report Writing, Requirements Analysis, Research and Development, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Scripting Languages, Software Architectures, Software Development Management, Software Engineering Practices, Software Quality Assurance (SQA), Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Technologically Savvy

 

 

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$92,000.00 - $148,350.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are 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.



Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:

Vacation –120 hours per calendar year

Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year

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

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

Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child

Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year

Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days

Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year

Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

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