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Senior Product OS and DevOps Engineer

Santa Clara, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 1 Jun 2026

💰 $201,250/yr($125,000/yr – $201,250/yr)

About the role

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 jnj.com

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

R&D Software/Systems Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is currently recruiting for a Senior OS Development Engineer to be based at Santa Clara, CA.

About Surgery

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 looking for a Senior OS Development Engineer with expertise in Linux and embedded operating systems, along with experience in DevOps practices. This is an OS engineering focused role, with DevOps capabilities supporting automation, scalability, and reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain operating systems across Ubuntu x86 x64, Yocto, and QNX platforms
Work at the kernel and system level including configuration, patching, performance tuning, and debugging
Develop and support BSPs for embedded and ARM based platforms such as i.MX8
Lead OS bring up, customization, and validation for new hardware
Build and maintain OS images, bootloader, and system services
Apply OS security practices including secure boot, system hardening, access control, and vulnerability remediation
Identify and address OS level security risks including CVE management and patching
Improve OS build systems, toolchains, and automation workflows
Build and optimize CI CD pipelines using Jenkins
Support Docker based build environments and cloud infrastructure such as AWS
Automate workflows using Python and Bash
Partner with software, hardware, and QA teams to improve system performance, reliability, and scalability

Qualifications

Education & Work Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
6 plus years of experience in Linux or embedded OS development

Required Skills

Experience working with Linux kernel, drivers, and system internals
Experience delivering production grade OS platforms
Experience with Ubuntu, Yocto, or QNX
Experience building and customizing OS images, bootloaders, and system configuration
Experience in either kernel level development or BSP development for embedded or ARM based platforms
Familiarity with cryptographic signing and root of trust concepts