Principal Electrical Engineer
Johnson & Johnson
- Santa Clara, CA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead, plan, develop, and validate electrical systems, hardware architecture, communication interfaces, and image signal processing solutions for laparoscopic visualization and advanced imaging products and concepts.
- Lead system technical strategies and influence internal cross-functional teams to execute feasibility and product development efforts.
- 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.
- Manage project and technical deliverables to meet the goals of assigned projects.
- Establish and maintain strong, productive relationships and collaborations across internal, external, and partner organizations.
- Work closely with manufacturing partners to support the production process and resolve any technical issues that may arise.
- Conduct and/or participate in technical design reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, etc.
- Conduct feasibility studies, prototype development, and testing to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
- Contribute to all aspects of design control activities throughout the product lifecycle.
- Minimum B.S. degree (Electrical Engineering) and 10+ years of product design/development experience (or M.S. degree and 8+ years of experience), including demonstrated success developing medical devices.
- Significant experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting hardware that supports high-speed signal interfaces (e.g., Ethernet, MIPI, PCIe, etc.).
- Demonstrated expertise in designing for (and troubleshooting) EMI/EMC considerations.
- Strong understanding of regulatory standards (e.g., FDA, ISO) and experience with product development lifecycle.
- Significant experience turning user and system-level requirements into hardware architecture, detailed designs, communication interfaces, hardware deliverables, etc.
- Direct experience working across company and organizational boundaries, in many cases without direct authority, to build relationships, define mutual goals, and collaborate to meet objectives.
- Direct experience building prototypes, products, and systems for testing, along with setting up and running laboratory simulations.
- Experience in electrical engineering with medical device visualization, specifically with endoscopic systems.
- Experience developing surgical visualization camera control systems, including interfacing with CMOS image sensors and LED/laser light sources, FPGA interfaces, and image signal processing for machine learning/artificial intelligence.
- Understanding of surgical visualization, image sensors, frame-based image processing, and electronic interfacing of image data streams.
- Competency in at least one programming language, such as Python or C.
- Experience with machine learning/artificial intelligence and graphics processing using GPU.
- Experience supporting verification and validation of medical devices.
- Domestic and international travel of up to 10%