Senior Mechanical Engineer

Company: Johnson & Johnson
Location: Redwood City
Posted on: February 21, 2021

Job Description:

Job Description

Robotics & Digital Solutions, part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, is recruiting for a Senior Mechanical Engineer located in Santa Clara, 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 .

We're looking for a highly motivated Sr. Mechanical Engineer who is passionate about mechanical design and applying this knowledge to the field of medical robotics. You'll be part of a fast-paced environment within a multi-disciplinary engineering team which is focused on quantitative results and delivery of a system that exceeds expectations of the customer. As an experienced professional, you will lead projects, mentor engineers, communicate within and across teams, and demonstrate and share your sophisticated mechanical engineering knowledge to drive projects to completion. In addition to team collaboration, you'll also actively work on results-oriented individual projects within medical robotics.

Core Job Responsibilities

• As a member of the Mechanical Engineering R&D team, you will contribute to the development of a robotic platform for surgical applications focusing on large systems, sophisticated actuators, structural designs, instrument manipulators, instrument interfaces, robotic setup joint systems and electronic packaging.
• Understand system and subsystem-level requirements and component capabilities in order to design elegant solutions to problems which may appear to be highly constrained.
• Design and create electromechanical prototypes which can be used to inform and drive design decisions.
• Provide hands-on, troubleshooting, process and manufacturing assistance in support of a rapid development cycle.
• Create design solutions which utilize engineering methods with good documentation processes, and be able to release design documentation through an ECO process.
• Ability and willingness to work through all phases of product development from conceptualization to mass production.
• Must be capable of working independently and in a team, while being flexible, self-motivated, curious and willing to redefine the world of medical robotics.
  
  Qualifications
  
  • BS Mechanical Engineering or similar required; MS Mechanical Engineering preferred.
  • Minimum of 4 years of working experience designing and building electromechanical systems is required.
  • Demonstrated excellence in both mechanical and electromechanical mechanism design is required.
  • Proven experience with various types of motors, encoders, sensors, and geartrain, torque transfer, and linear guide hardware is preferred.
  • Experience designing for manufacturability and solid understanding of common manufacturing processes: machining, casting, stamping, forming, or injection molding is required
  • Experience with all phases of product development lifecycle including design, implementation, debug, verification & validation, qualification, and transfer to manufacturing is preferred.
  • Proven experience and proficiency using CAD to design and document both large and small parts and assemblies is required, SolidWorks is preferred.
  • Ability to perform basic FEA or other analyses focused on mechanical strength, heat generation and dynamic performance is preferred.
  • Practical or professional experience in robotics is preferred
  • Experience in medical capital equipment is preferred
  • Experience working in an ISO and FDA regulated environment is preferred
  • Ability to travel up to 10%, domestic and international, is required
    
    Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies are equal opportunity employers, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
    
    

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