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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 https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub** **Function:

R&D Electrical/Mechatronic Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Job Description:

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 https://www.jnj.com/ .

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

We are searching for the best talent for** a **Staff Electrical Design Engineer, R&D** **to be in Cincinnati, OH.

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Ethicon, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, has made significant 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. For more information, visit www.ethicon.com.

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. was created 30 years ago in Cincinnati, Ohio, developing innovative devices that have driven the shift from open to minimally invasive surgery that continues to lead the industry today. Our diverse team of engineers, designers, and technical specialists are on the forefront of technology in the medical device industry.

The Staff Electrical Design Engineer will make vital contributions to the Front End Innovation organization and transform patient care through innovation. They are responsible for working with Front End R&D teams to brainstorm, conceptualize, design, and develop electrical systems for next generation handheld surgical instruments.

Are you interested in an excellent opportunity to be a key contributor to bringing exciting new products to market while also providing the opportunity for professional growth? Apply today!

Key Responsibilities:

+ Lead the brainstorming, concept development, design, and prototyping of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) to demonstrate technical feasibility for next generation handheld surgical instruments.

+ Work closely with multi-disciplinary teammates to develop robust and reliable architectures with electrical functionality driven by simulation, analysis, and test.

+ Lead debugging and root cause investigations on electrical and software related issues that arise during the prototype processes.

+ Translate high-level customer needs into technical options while analyzing trade-offs and business impact.

+ Build prototypes, products, and systems for testing including designing and executing test procedures, analyzing test results, and developing written reports.

+ Deliver documentation to support theory of operation, technical reviews, and engineering studies. Present technical material to partners at all levels of the organization.

+ Mentor junior members of the engineering staff to expand design team capabilities and establish good working practices.

Qualifications

Education:

+ Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar field required; dual degrees or advanced degree preferred

Experience and Skills:

Required:

+ Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience in a direct electrical engineering role

+ PCBA ideation, concept generation, design, prototyping, manufacturing, and troubleshooting experience

+ Experience with analog and digital circuitry design and development

+ Demonstrated proficiency in Cadence and/or Altium to design, simulate, and analyze circuit designs

+ Experience with embedded electrical design

+ Demonstrated ability to debug and test electrical systems using oscilloscopes and other test tools

+ Detailed understanding of board-level printed circuit design and signal integrity issues

+ Demonstrated ability working across subject areas with internal and external partners

+ Strong collaboration, proven technical leadership capabilities, and conflict resolution skills

Preferred:

+ Experience formulating and coordinating different engineering approaches to test hypotheses, such as hand calculations, computational modeling and simulation, empirical testing (benchtop and in vivo) and method development as appropriate

+ Experience with rigid-flex PCBAs and flex PCBAs

+ Experience with integration of motors in electrical systems

+ Knowledge and how to control DC motors (e.g. brushed, brushless, servo, etc.)

+ Experience with various communication protocols (e.g. Bluetooth, SPI, I2C, USB, UART, USART, etc.)

+ Demonstrated proficiency in Cadence and/or Altium for PCB layout

+ Design for electromagnetic compatibility and immunity, electrically fast transients, electrostatic discharge, etc.

+ Experience with IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-2-2 etc.

+ Design for test, manufacture, and assembly

+ Experience with various programming languages (e.g. C, C++, Python, Labview, etc.)

+ Design control experience

Other:

+ Requires up to 10% travel, domestic and international travel