Clinical Engineer

Clinical Engineer - Surgical Robotics

Robotics and Digital Solutions, part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech family of companies, is recruiting for a Clinical Engineer for the multi-specialty soft-tissue surgery robot team. This position is located in Santa Clara, CA.

What We Do:

The multi-specialty soft-tissue surgery robot supports a minimally invasive surgical approach to a broad range of procedures across patient anatomy and surgical specialties. Building upon a deep understanding of patient and physician needs, we are developing a platform for the next evolution of soft-tissue robotic care!

Who We Are:

We are a team of clinical, electrical, mechanical, mechatronics, robotic controls, and software engineers who are passionate about improving patient care. The team includes a wide range of experience levels from junior engineers to industry experts. We value autonomy and empower each other to take action while remaining a supportive and closely knit team. We take pride in our culture and are committed to building an environment that is inclusive and promotes diversity of thought through varied experiences and backgrounds.

You:

As a member of the Clinical Engineering team you will join us on our journey to design and build one of the world's most advanced medical robotic platforms. You will have the opportunity to understand user needs, establish clinical and engineering requirements, consider clinical risks, and identify solutions to guide product development. This role offers high autonomy and growth opportunities within the team as we progress towards realizing our vision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Apply in-depth clinical, technical, and design control knowledge to discover, define, develop, and validate new product
• Discover unmet clinical needs, establish customer requirements and provide clinical input to engineering design requirements
• Research relevant disease states, treatment options, patient pathways, surgical techniques, and competitive technologies
• Develop test models and test methods for clinically relevant product evaluations
• Lead physicians and key clinical users engagement on procedure development or product evaluation and use collected insights to guide project teams on next steps
• Create and document new product clinical use workflows, assess clinical hazards, and propose mitigations

Required Qualifications:

• Hold a bachelor's degree in engineering (e.g. Biomedical, Mechanical) with 0 to 3years of related experience in medical device industry
• Showcase a proven track record of effectively and clearly communicating concepts, ideas, and knowledge to other engineers and teams
• Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (Masters)
• Have experience constructing customer and engineering design requirements
• Familiar with fundamental concepts in surgical robotics
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry (e.g., healthcare, finance).
• Have experience constructing customer, usability and engineering design requirements
• Familiarity with medical terminology and a strong understanding of anatomy
• Proficient in statistical methods and programming languages such as MatLab, Python is a plus
• Robotic, optical, or mechanical system experiences is desirable

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 other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.