Principal Hardware Engineer

Company: Johnson & Johnson
Location: Redwood City
Posted on: February 20, 2021

Job Description:

Job DescriptionRobotics & Digital Solutions, part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, is recruiting for a Principal Vision Hardware Engineer, located Redwood City, CA.Robotics & Digital Solutions is part of Ethicon, Inc., a global leader in surgery with products and solutions found in almost every operating room around the world. Ethicon has made significant contributions to surgery for more than 100 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 robotics, digital solutions, 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.The Principal Vision Hardware Engineer will own the development of the camera and illumination subsystems for a flexible robotic endoscope. This represents an excellent opportunity if you are excited by building sophisticated miniature opto-mechanical and electromechanical subsystems. You will work as a member of the Vision Systems team to develop, build, and test vision hardware modules as part of a larger surgical robotics team.Key Responsibilities Include* Plan, design, develop, and verify optical imaging and illumination systems for flexible endoscopic visualization.* Work across the boundaries of optical, electrical and mechanical systems, ensuring required image quality, manufacturability, and robustness. * Lead and influence internal multi-functional teams and external partners to execute feasibility and product development efforts, ensuring technical solutions and approaches meet project needs.* Establish and maintain strong, positive relationships and collaborations across internal, external, and partner organizations. Qualifications* A minimum of a bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Optical, or Electrical Engineering or a related degree is required; an Advanced Degree is preferred.* 10+ years of optoelectronic or optomechanical product design experience is required.* Direct experience working across company and organizational boundaries to build relationships, define goals, and collaborate to meet objectives is required. * Experience translating customer needs into design options and analyzing the tradeoffs and business impact is required.* Strong mechanical design and analysis skills, including 3D CAD tools and tolerance analysis of highly constrained designs (GD&T) is required.* Proven experience in material and adhesives selection appropriate to mechanically and thermally stable optoelectronic systems is required.* Familiarity with electronics principles and devices, including CMOS image sensor, photonic device or micro-cable design & characterization is required.* Experience with metrology tools for image quality assessment, image sensor evaluation or system calibration required.* Experience using appropriate design tools (e.g. FMEA's, GD&T, tolerance analysis, FEA, DOE's, simulated use testing) and failure analysis methods is required.* Experience with manufacturing processes and testing of high-precision optoelectronic assemblies is required.* Data analysis, statistics and test automation scripting using MATLAB or Python is required. * Strong collaboration across multiple teams, including external consultants, manufacturing engineering, and suppliers to produce prototypes and optimize designs for manufacturability is required.* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.* Experience in medical devices is preferred.* Experience with endoscope design and manufacturing, including CMOS image sensors, optical lens systems, LED illumination, fiber optic design, and overall vision system design, including layout, packaging, electronics and ISP is preferred.* Understanding of surgery, surgical procedures, and the application of surgical devices, as well as the quality system and regulatory environment is preferred.* Knowledge of optical ray-tracing software and capabilities is preferred.* Strong understanding of design controls; the ability to develop and execute design plans, design verification and validation is preferred.* Ability to travel up to 10%, international and domestic, is required.Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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