Development Engineering Manager: Surgical Robotics – OTTAVA

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Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Auris Health a member of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies is currently recruiting for a Development Engineering Manager:
Surgical Robotics – OTTAVA

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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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.

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We are searching for the best talent for Development Engineering Manager, in support of the OTTAVA Surgical Robotic Platform.

• Lead and develop a team of Development Engineers through coaching, performance management, career growth, succession planning, onboarding, and workload prioritization.
• Build technical capability and accountability by mentoring engineers, fostering medical device development expertise, and aligning roles, priorities, and deliverables to business objectives.
• Lead Development Engineering execution for NPD/NPI programs by planning, developing, qualifying, and transferring components, tooling, equipment, and manufacturing processes while meeting quality, compliance, budget, and schedule commitments.
• Provide technical and operational leadership through project planning, design reviews, risk and manufacturability assessments, and implementation of engineering standards, metrics, and best practices to drive consistent execution and business results.
• Serve as the primary Development Engineering partner to R&D, Manufacturing, Quality, Supplier Engineering, and suppliers by aligning priorities, resources, technical risks, and execution plans.
• Drive cross-functional decisions that balance design intent, manufacturability, supplier readiness, quality, regulatory requirements, cost, and business objectives to ensure successful product commercialization.
• Lead the application of DFM, DFA, and design-to-cost principles to optimize product manufacturability, quality, performance, and cost across the development lifecycle.
• Drive manufacturing readiness through engineering analysis, risk assessment, process capability evaluation, supplier alignment, and successful design transfer into production.
• Ensure compliance with quality system…