Systems Integration Engineer - Hardware

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R&D Product Development

R&D Software/Systems Engineering

Scientific/Technology

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Robotics & Digital Solutions, a part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, is recruiting for a Systems Integration Engineer - Compute Hardware to focus on integrating complex compute and vision hardware systems, located in Santa Clara, CA.

At J&J Robotics, we're changing the trajectory of health for humanity, using robotics to enhance healthcare providers' abilities and improve patients' diagnoses, treatments, and recovery times. J&J Robotics was established in 2020 with the integration of Auris Health, Verb Surgical, C-SATS, and Ethicon. It comprises three key med-tech platforms:
Surgical Robotics (OTTAVA™), Flexible Robotics (MONARCH®), and Digital Solutions. Join our collaborative, rapidly growing team where you'll create breakthrough medical technologies that unite multiple subject areas to build a connected digital ecosystem that advances medical professionals' skills and improves patient outcomes.

In this role you will integrate hardware, software, and firmware to deliver the compute, power, networking, and vision system that's an integral part of the tower for the OTTAVA™ surgical robotics platform. This is an exciting opportunity to build the future of surgical robotics!

• Bring-up, debug, and integrate electrical, software, firmware, and mechanical components to build complex systems
• Conduct root cause investigations into system failures, provide critical input to design teams, and engineer innovative features to prevent future issues
• Characterize and calibrate system performance
• Define and develop production tests, in collaboration with the manufacturing team
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including hardware, software, robotics control, surgical instruments, clinical, architecture, manufacturing, operations, service, etc.

One of the following combinations of years of experience and education are required:

• BS in Computer, Electrical, or Biomedical Engineering or equivalent with 2+ years relevant experience
• MS/PhD in Computer, Electrical, or Biomedical Engineering or equivalent with 1+ years relevant experience

• Fundamental understanding across computer hardware, software, embedded systems, operating systems, networking, board-level electronics circuits, power electronics, plus depth in one or more of these areas is required.
• Hands on experience (academia or industry) integrating, bringing-up, and debugging complex systems that include electronics, embedded systems, computers, servers, instrumentation, networking equipment, and/or sensors is required.
• Strong proficiency in Python for programming, scripting, and modifying existing code is required.
• Demonstrated excellence in communication, organization, and collaboration through project experience is required.
• Demonstrated skills in decomposing complex, ambiguous engineering issues into solvable problems is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of problems with a can-do attitude, taking initiative to identify solutions is preferred.
• Experience designing and bringing up new PCBs and integrating with sensors, microcontrollers (e.g., Arduino), and mechanical components is preferred
• Exposure to biomedical engineering or robotics is preferred.
• Ability and willingness to work on-site in Santa Clara, California is required.

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $106,000 - $170,775.

• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 hours per…