Senior Electrical Engineer, R&D - MedTech

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 Med Tech, 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.

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.

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Electrical Engineer, R&D – Med Tech to support our handheld medical devices business. This role will be located in Cincinnati, OH & work a Flex/Hybrid schedule with 3 days per week on-site. Relocation assistance is available for the ideal candidate.

Our business offers a broad range of products and technologies, including surgical staplers, clip appliers, trocars and sealing devices that are used in a wide variety of minimally invasive and open surgical procedures.

The Senior Electrical Engineer will be a key member of the Capital Systems and Electrical Engineering Center-of-Excellence (COE) within the Endo-mechanical & Energy R&D organization. The Senior R&D Electrical Engineer will work cross‑functionally with hardware and system engineering, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to drive a broad range of initiatives—from new product development and product enhancements to regulatory compliance, quality improvements, process simplification, and cost optimization.

As part of the COE, s/he will serve as a technical leader/subject‑matter‑expert, influence best practices and help elevate electrical engineering capabilities across the organization. This role offers a unique blend of hands‑on engineering, technical leadership, and strategic problem‑solving in a fast‑paced R&D environment where innovation, quality, and reliability are critical.

• Deliver robust electrical system solutions, leading circuit design, component selection, and seamless integration of electrical hardware and embedded software.
• Drive and coordinate high‑impact engineering changes that improve devices’ electrical hardware and software performance and/or achieve cost‑optimization.
• Lead or support root cause investigations, gap analysis, and corrective actions to quickly resolve electrical design, field performance, and manufacturing issues.
• Drive compliance with applicable regulatory and industry, supporting verification, validation, risk management, and audit readiness.
• Provide technical mentorship, design guidance, coaching and best‑practice recommendations to engineers and project teams across the organization.
• Shape the future of the COE by driving continuous improvement in standards, tools, and engineering processes.

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar field is required. Advanced degree preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in a direct electrical engineering role in Research & Development is required.
• Experience translating high‑level customer needs into technical requirements, analyzing the tradeoffs and business impacts is required.
• Experience with analog and digital circuitry design and development is required.
• PCBA ideation, concept generation, design, prototyping, manufacturing, and troubleshooting experience are required.
• Expertise in root cause analysis, verification and…