Firmware Engineer

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•Cincinnati, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Johnson & Johnson, Robotics and Digital Solutions (RAD) group is recruiting for a Firmware Engineer - Vision Engineering R&D, located in Cincinnati, OH. At Johnson & Johnson Robotics and Digital Solutions, we’re changing the trajectory of health for humanity, using robotics to enhance healthcare providers’ abilities and improve patients’ diagnoses, treatments, and recovery times. Johnson & Johnson Robotics was established in 2020 with the integration of Auris Health, Verb Surgical, C-SATS, and Ethicon. It comprises three key med-tech platforms: Flexible Robotics (MONARCH®), Surgical Robotics (OTTAVA™), and Digital Solutions. Join our collaborative, rapidly growing teams in the San Francisco Bay Area (Redwood City and Santa Clara), Cincinnati, and Seattle. You’ll collaborate on breakthrough medical technologies that unite multiple subject areas to build a connected digital ecosystem that advances medical professionals’ skills and improves patient outcomes. Johnson & Johnson MedTech is developing a robotic surgical platform that will set a new standard for the modern OR and transform the surgical experience. OTTAVA is designed as a multi-specialty soft-tissue surgery robot, activating the benefits of AI/ML, connecting health data inside the operating room and out.

Requirements

A minimum of 2+ years of product design/development experience is required, including demonstrated success developing device embedded software.
Experience turning user and system level requirements into hardware/software architecture, detailed designs, communication interfaces, software deliverables, etc.
Understanding of embedded/system software design tools, operating systems and programming languages is required (e.g. Jira, Jama, Linux, C/C++/C#, JSON-RPC, DDS, Python, etc.).
General understanding of industry standard full-lifecycle software development is required, with a strong preference for direct experience in software development in medical devices.
Embedded Firmware

Nice To Haves

Agility Jumps
Analytical Reasoning
Coaching
Collaborating
Critical Thinking
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Product Design
Report Writing
Requirements Analysis
Research and Development
SAP Product Lifecycle Management
Scripting Languages
Software Architectures
Software Development Management
Software Engineering Practices
Software Quality Assurance (SQA)
Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Technologically Savvy

Responsibilities

Plan, develop, and validate hardware, embedded software, communication interfaces and image signal processing solutions for laparoscopic visualization and advanced imaging products and concepts.
Develop technical requirements and architecture, collaborating with internal and external team members, that will support not just a product but a platform for long-term growth.
Execute subsystem technical strategies and influence internal multi-functional teams to execute feasibility and product development efforts.
Manage project and technical work you're doing to meet the goals of assigned projects.
Collaborate with external technology companies to integrate advanced imaging technologies into proprietary visualization platforms.
Partner with external product development / manufacturing organizations in defining requirements, executing electronic and software subsystems, and launching new products.
Establish and maintain strong, productive relationships and collaborations across internal, external, and partner organizations.
Conducting and/or participating in technical design reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, etc.
Contribute to all aspects of design control activities throughout the product lifecycle.