NPI Test Engineer​/Surgical Robotics-OTTAVA

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NPI Software Engineer/Surgical Robotics/OTTAVA – Santa Clara, CA

Johnson & Johnson RAD (Robotics and Digital) is seeking an NPI Software Engineer to develop and deploy test software solutions that support the manufacturing of electro‑mechanical components within a medical robotics system. This role involves designing automated test algorithms, building scalable software infrastructure, and ensuring high standards of repeatability, validation, and documentation in a regulated Med Tech environment.

• Work closely with Manufacturing and Design teams to design, develop, document, and qualify test software for electro‑mechanical components and subassemblies of a medical robotics system.
• Develop test algorithms, scripts, data acquisition, and measurement systems focused on repeatability and reproducibility.
• Write well‑designed, testable code to automate test processes utilizing in‑house software frameworks.
• Develop infrastructure such as common libraries and APIs to support multiple teams' test software across manufacturing.
• Provide debugging and troubleshooting support for in‑house developed software scripts and processes.
• Perform root cause and failure analysis on electromechanical devices.
• Work with data platform solutions to automate analysis and processing of supply‑chain and manufacturing data.
• Release test software documentation and deploy software to a manufacturing environment.
• Develop qualification and validation protocols for complex software‑driven processes.
• Author and release validation documentation for software scripts and tools.
• Provide detailed status and tracking of activities.

• 5+ years experience with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related engineering field.
• Experience working on instrumentation automation and using scripting languages such as Python, Shell, SQL, Batch, Bash, or Linux commands.
• Proficiency in software engineering and development tools.
• Ability to produce high‑quality documentation that is clear to internal and external personnel.
• Experience with test software, scripting, and test software design.
• Experience with automated testing of mechatronics or robotics systems is highly preferred.
• Experience in Product Lifecycle Management systems such as Oracle Agile is highly preferred.
• Experience in the medical device industry is preferred.
• Understanding of electrical systems and power electronics is preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 10% to contract manufacturers (domestic and/or international).

May require up to 10% domestic and/or international travel.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Salary Range: $75,000.00 to $.

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
• Consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
• Long‑term incentive program.
• Time‑off benefits:
  Vacation – 120 hours per calendar year, sick time – 40 hours per calendar year, holiday pay – 13 days per calendar year, personal/family time – up to 40 hours per calendar year, parental leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child, condolence leave – 30 days for an immediate family member, 5 days for an extended family member, caregiver leave – 10 days, volunteer leave – 4 days, military spouse time‑off – 80 hours.
• Additional benefits and policy details available at the company career portal.