Senior Software Engineer H​/F

Senior Software Engineer

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.

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.

Job Summary

The Senior Software Engineer, Advanced Technology is a highly experienced individual contributor responsible for developing, integrating, and testing software for advanced technology prototypes and proofs of concept supporting surgical robotics and digital orthopedic applications. This role focuses on hands-on design and implementation of embedded, application, and controls software for foundational technologies and early feasibility assessments.

This position partners closely with the Software Lead, systems and test engineers, controls, mechanical, electrical, and clinical teams to translate prototype requirements into robust, working software components with limited guidance. The role drives rapid learning and iteration cycles typical of early-stage advanced technology development, and provides technical input into software architecture decisions.

While this role does not directly develop commercial products, it applies sound software engineering practices, code quality standards, and risk-based thinking to prototype and proof-of-concept software. Responsibilities include designing and implementing algorithms, integrating sensing and control components, defining and executing unit/integration test strategies, and documenting software behavior and known limitations.

This role requires strong hands-on coding, debugging, and design skills, the ability to work independently across ambiguous early-stage concepts and experimental platforms, and comfort operating in a fast-paced, agile environment where priorities may evolve and rapid pivots may be required.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and debug software for advanced technology prototypes, including embedded, application, and controls software components.
• Translate prototype requirements and technical specifications, in collaboration with the Software Lead and systems engineers, into robust software architecture and code with limited guidance.
• Integrate software with sensing, tracking, actuation, and user interaction components on experimental platforms.
• Define and execute unit tests, integration tests, and automated test scripts to verify software functionality.
• Collaborate with systems, test, controls, mechanical, and electrical engineers to support prototype integration and feasibility studies.
• Lead code reviews and help establish coding standards and version control best practices within the team.
• Troubleshoot software defects and test anomalies, performing root cause analysis and proposing corrective actions.
• Document software design decisions, known limitations, and test results to support feasibility evidence packages.
• Document software design decisions, code-level implementation details, known limitations, and test results to support feasibility evidence packages and maintain clear documentation associated with developed code.
• Apply working knowledge of medical device software standards, cybersecurity, and risk management principles to prototype work.
• Contribute to technical reviews of prototypes, providing input on software architecture, implementation feasibility, and constraints.
• Operate effectively in a fast-paced, agile advanced technology environment, adapting quickly as priorities evolve.
• Support the Software Lead in planning software development activities, including task estimation, technical documentation, and mentoring of junior engineers.

Experience and Education

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software development, including embedded, application, or controls software.
• Experience developing maintainable software with accompanying technical documentation, including design notes, code-level documentation, and…