Staff Electrical Engineer

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 MedTech, 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. Learn more at jnj.com As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world.  We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual.  At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit. Job Function: R&D Product Development Job Sub Function: R&D Mechanical Engineering Job Category: Scientific/Technology All Job Posting Locations: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America Job Description: Johnson & Johnson MedTech is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer - R&D Surgical Robotics for its Cincinnati, OH location. Ethicon, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, has made meaningful contributions to surgery for more than 60 years from creating the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures. Our continuing dedication to Shape the Future of Surgery is built on our commitment to help address the world's most pressing health care issues and improve and save more lives. Through Ethicon's surgical technologies and solutions including sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats and our commitment to treat serious medical conditions like obesity and cancer worldwide, we deliver innovation to make a life-changing impact. This is an opportunity for a key role in bringing exciting new products to market to support the Johnson & Johnson Digital Surgery and Robotic efforts! For more information, visit www.ethicon.com.

Work with internal and external teams to develop capital surgical and support equipment.  Design, layout, fabricate, bring-up, debug, test, document and release complex PCBAs for medical grade products, capital and support equipment.  Develop, debug, integrate and release firmware and embedded micro-code as needed.  Identify, prototype and develop existing and novel sensor solutions in support of the development of complex surgical instruments.  Collaborate across internal organizations and external partners as part of a multi-functional technical team.  Develop detailed product requirements, engineering specifications, system architecture, detailed component specifications, verification and validation test protocols and reports.  Bring-up, debug and Integrate electronics subsystems and manage dependencies across the system.  Builds, review, and update electrical drawings to communicate technical requirements to internal and external partners.  Author and execute electrical verification tests.

Required Knowledge/Skills, Education, and Experience: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline with a minimum of  7+ years of industry experience  developing electrical and embedded systems for commercial products. Experience designing electrical schematics, developing PCB layouts, and partnering with external vendors for fabrication and assembly. Experience bringing up, testing, debugging, and releasing complex printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) from concept through commercialization. Strong experience integrating and troubleshooting embedded hardware and firmware subsystems, including microcontrollers, sensors, memory devices, and serial communication interfaces and protocols. Experience developing, testing, integrating, and releasing embedded firmware and low-level software for production products. Proficiency using electrical laboratory