Computer Hardware Architect

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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R&D Electrical/Mechatronic Engineering

Scientific/Technology

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Johnson & Johnson, Robotics and Digital Solutions (RAD) group is recruiting for a Staff Computer Hardware Architect
, located in Santa Clara, CA. At Johnson & Johnson Robotics and Digital Solutions, we’re changing the trajectory of health for humanity, using robotics to enhance healthcare providers’ abilities and improve patients’ diagnoses, treatments, and recovery times. Johnson & Johnson Robotics was established in 2020 with the integration of Auris Health, Verb Surgical, C-SATS, and Ethicon. It comprises three key med‑tech platforms:
Flexible Robotics (MONARCH®), Surgical Robotics (OTTAVA™), and Digital Solutions. Join our collaborative, rapidly growing teams in the San Francisco Bay Area (Redwood City and Santa Clara), Cincinnati, and Seattle. You’ll collaborate on breakthrough medical technologies that unite multiple subject areas to build a connected digital ecosystem that advances medical professionals’ skills and improves patient outcomes.

Johnson & Johnson Med Tech is developing a robotic surgical platform that will set a new standard for the modern OR and transform the surgical experience. OTTAVA is designed as a multi‑specialty soft‑tissue surgery robot, activating the benefits of AI/ML, connecting health data inside the operating room and out.

The Hardware Team in the RAD group is a diverse group of highly motivated engineers who are passionate about architecting, developing and prototyping the next generation, groundbreaking robotic platforms. We want you to join our team and be part of the success of our mission.

• Using requirements developed through multi‑functional team input, design and develop computer and network architecture schemes for advanced robotic systems.
• Distill internal requirements into subsystem specifications for computer designs including memory, processing power, computing speeds, peripheral busses, graphics, and thermals.
• Understand commercial product roadmaps related to processing systems to resolve short term and long‑term needs and benefits.
• Deliver documentation to support computer architecture decisions in medical devices such as technical reviews, test results, and theory of operations.
• Collaborate with multi‑functional teammates to develop robust architectures driven by test and simulation analysis.
• Perform component and subsystem level testing to ensure conformance to design. Testing may include EMI and ESD analysis, test fixturing, and thermal analysis, in addition to other specialties for specific projects.
• Participate in and drive design reviews, fault safety analysis, and design FMEA analysis.

• Bachelor’s in engineering (or related field) with 6+ years, or Advanced Degree in Engineering or related field with 4+ years of industry experience.
• Demonstrated experience architecting computer systems using both x86 and ARM architectures.
• Proven experience designing and developing custom computer solutions from feasibility through to production.
• Ability to work onsite at Santa Clara Office.

• Experience designing electronics in Medical or similar regulated industry.
• Demonstrated understanding of embedded buses and industrial network systems (PCIe, Ethernet, Ether Cat, CAN, etc.).
• Experience using Electronics CAD (Altium, Cadence) and Thermal Simulation Tools.
• Experience with Linux and Real‑time Operating systems and middleware, such…