Principal AI Lead - Surgical AI

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is focused on shaping the future of digital surgery and expanding its robotics and digital solutions offerings across the entire portfolio, with multi-specialty, end-to-end solutions in endoluminal intervention, general surgery and a comprehensive digital portfolio. This includes the Polyphonic® platform, a first‑of‑its‑kind digital platform that advances patient empowerment, surgical performance, operating room collaboration and operational efficiency by synchronizing devices, data and AI‑driven insights in one place to simplify access, build confidence and unify a non‑linear care experience. What You Will Do AI Development Standardization Conceptualize structured pipelines (ingestion to production), planning flows, agentic workflows Build capability primitives such as pre‑built models, feature stores, AI‑assisted annotations, proactive insights Develop modular and reusable intelligence components Applied AI/ML Features & Model Strategy Select appropriate model families based on capability and cost constraints Lead the design and deployment of CNN‑based, transformer‑based and LLM/VLM‑based models Apply prompting, constraints, and reasoning structures to reduce hallucination Model Integration & Inference Optimization Integrate sophisticated models with product functionality and ensure output reliability, consistency, safety and user‑centric alignment Develop logic for hybrid model usage Collaborate with engineering to optimize latency, cost and scalability Product Acuity Bring strong product judgement to the development of the MLOps platform, balancing researcher/data scientist workflows with engineering, security and compliance constraints Partner with multi‑functional collaborators to define user needs, success metrics and a prioritized roadmap for platform capabilities Make pragmatic tradeoffs across build vs. buy, usability vs. flexibility and time‑to‑value vs. long‑term scalability for ML platform components Required Qualifications MS or PhD in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, or a related field 10+ years of experience in machine learning engineering or applied AI, with significant ownership of production systems (or equivalent experience) Deep expertise in computer vision‑based deep learning Demonstrated experience developing and deploying production models on cloud and edge Strong product competence for ML platforms/MLOps, with the ability to translate multi‑functional needs into a clear roadmap and excellent developer/researcher experiences Advanced proficiency in PyTorch and the modern ML ecosystem Strong software engineering skills in Python and experience designing scalable ML systems Proven track record to lead sophisticated technical initiatives and influence technical direction across teams Excellent communication and teamwork skills Preferred Qualifications Experience building or working on ML or developer platforms for data scientists and researchers, including driving adoption through documentation, templates and self‑serve workflows Familiarity with MLFlow, Kubeflow or similar MLOps platforms Experience developing AI systems in regulated environments (e.g., SaMD), such as surgical, medical imaging or healthcare‑related ML/AI applications, with attention to traceability, validation and auditability Experience with foundation models, multimodal AI or vision‑language architectures Prior experience mentoring or leading ML engineering teams Experience working with large‑scale datasets or distributed training systems 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. Job Responsibilities, qualifications, and required skills have been defined above. This position is not expired. #J-18808-Ljbffr Dormont Manufacturing Company