Senior Principal Clinical R&D Engineer - Joints Robotics
About The Position
Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Principal Clinical R&D Engineer to join its Orthopaedics team, supporting joint robotics. This hybrid role can be based in Boston, Massachusetts, or Warsaw, Indiana. The role serves as a senior technical and clinical leader bridging medical device design, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and real-world clinical applications for joint robotics. The engineer provides hands-on engineering and clinical input throughout the product lifecycle to support safe, effective, and compliant device development. Johnson & Johnson has announced plans to separate its Orthopaedics business as DePuy Synthes. The planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, regulatory approvals, and other customary conditions. If the separation is completed, the position is anticipated to become employment with DePuy Synthes, under its employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (mechanical, biomedical, electrical, or related) or an equivalent technical degree.
- 12 or more years of experience in medical device R&D, clinical engineering, or related roles supporting product development.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across engineering, clinical, quality, and regulatory teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Practical problem-solving ability.
Nice To Haves
- Direct experience in orthopedics, joint replacement, or surgical robotics.
- Knowledge of regulatory pathways, including FDA and EU MDR.
- Experience with field actions, complaint investigations, HHAs, and recall processes.
- Operating-room exposure and strong clinician relationships.
- Technical leadership with a clinical focus.
- Pragmatic, data-driven decision-making.
- Collaborative communication and cross-functional influence.
- Focus on patient outcomes and risk management.
Responsibilities
- Gather and translate Voice of Customer (VoC) insights into clinical and engineering scope proposals.
- Support train-the-trainer activities and R&D rollouts.
- Support interactions and demonstrations with surgeons and clinical staff.
- Support clinical investigations when needed.
- Advise on usability.
- Partner with Regulatory to draft and support technical and clinical documentation for regulatory submissions and post-market reporting.
- Review field actions, product complaints, health hazard assessments (HHAs), and recall decisions; provide technical and clinical risk assessments and remediation recommendations.
- Interface with physicians, clinical staff, quality assurance, regulatory affairs, and external testing laboratories to resolve technical and clinical questions.
- Support preparation of technical sections for scientific manuscripts, clinical summaries, and internal technical reports as needed.
Benefits
- Eligibility to participate in the company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)), subject to plan terms.
- 120 hours of vacation per calendar year, subject to policy terms and date of hire.
- 40 hours of sick time per calendar year, with different allowances for employees residing in Colorado or Washington.
- 13 days of holiday pay, including floating holidays, per calendar year.
- Up to 40 hours of Work, Personal and Family Time per calendar year.
- 480 hours of parental leave within one year of a child’s birth, adoption, or foster care placement.
- Bereavement leave of 240 hours for an immediate family member or 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year.
- 80 hours of caregiver leave in a 52-week rolling period.
- 32 hours of volunteer leave per calendar year.
- 80 hours of military spouse time off per calendar year.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
