Electrical Engineer - R&D

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.

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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

Johnson & Johnson Med Tech innovates at the intersection of biology and technology. With a focus on treating with pinpoint precision in the hardest-to-reach parts of the body, restoring anatomy and reimagining healing, our portfolio of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments is addressing the most complex diseases. Focus areas include:
Interventional Solutions, Orthopedics, Surgery and Vision.

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

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.

As a Staff Electrical Engineer on the Team, you will join a team of engineers working to develop next generation power electronics, control systems, and network architecture used within the robotic surgery space. You will architect, develop and implement electrical designs and integrate 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 fast paced environment.

• 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.

• Bachelor’s with 8+ years experience or advance degree with 6+ years experience in electrical engineering or a related fields.

• 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.

• 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, IEC
  60601-1, etc.

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

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…