NPI Test Engineer/Surgical Robotics-OTTAVA

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

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world.  We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.  At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Automation Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson RAD (Robotics and Digital) is seeking a NPI Software Engineer/Surgical Robotics/OTTAVA, for our Santa Clara, Location.

“A pre-identified candidate has been identified for this position; however, additional candidates will also be considered.”

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 

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. 

About MedTech Surgery 

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 surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting. 

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

Purpose: 

NPI Software Engineer/Surgical Robotics/OTTAVA focuses on developing and deploying test software solutions to support the manufacturing of complex electro-mechanical components within a medical robotics system. It involves designing automated test algorithms, building scalable software infrastructure, and ensuring high standards of repeatability and validation. The position also supports troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and data-driven insights to improve manufacturing processes, while collaborating cross-functionally with design, manufacturing, and data teams in a regulated MedTech environment.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Manufacturing and Design teams to design, develop, document, and qualify test software used during the manufacturing of electro-mechanical components and subassemblies of a medical robotics system.
• Develop test algorithms, test scripts, data acquisition and measurement systems with focus on repeatability and reproducibility.
• Write well designed, testable code to automate test processes utilizing in-house developed software frameworks.
• Develop infrastructure such as common libraries and APIs to support multiple teams test software across manufacturing.
• Provide debugging and troubleshooting support on in-house developed software scripts and processes.
• Perform root cause and failure analysis on electromechanical devices.
• Work with data platform solutions to automate analysis and processing of supply chain and manufacturing data.
• Release test software documentation and deploy software to a manufacturing environment.
• Develop qualification and validation protocols for complex software driven processes.
• Author and release validation documentation for software scripts and tools.
• Provide detailed status and tracking of activities

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science or related engineering field is required.

• Experience working on instrumentation automation and using scripting languages such as Python, Shell, SQL, Batch, Bash, or Linux commands is required.
• Proficiency in software engineering and development tools is required.
• Ability to produce high quality documentation that is clearly understandable by internal and external personnel is required.
• Experience with test software, scripting and test software design is required.
• Experience with automated testing of mechatronics or robotics systems is highly preferred.
• Experience in Product Lifecycle Management systems such as Oracle Agile is highly preferred.
• Experience in Medical Device industry is preferred.
• Understanding of electrical systems and power electronics is preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 10% to contract manufacturers is required.

Other:

• May require up to 10% of domestic and/or international travel
• The attendance policy required for this role is Fully Onsite

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.

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The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$75,000.00 to $ 106,207.50

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees and/or eligible dependents are 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. 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 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 Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member Caregiver Leave – 10 days Volunteer Leave – 4 days Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours  Additional information can be found through the link below.  https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits