Principal Embedded Software Engineer

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 Software/Systems Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Danvers, Massachusetts, United States of America

Job Description:

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 Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

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

Responsibilities:

• Design, development, and test software per medical device software development life cycle (IEC-62304)

• Management of small to mid-size projects of varying complexities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including hardware, firmware, and systems engineering to deliver integrated solutions.

• Provide technical mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers.

• Work with internal and external partner resources to develop and release software in a timely manner per SOPs

• Drive continuous improvement in embedded software processes, tools, SOPs and define best practices

• Troubleshoot issues, perform root cause analysis, collaborate to resolve issues and implement corrective action

• Contribute to project planning, timeline and resource estimation, and risk management activities.

• Integrates Johnson & Johnson’s Credo and Leadership Imperatives into team goals and decision making.

Qualifications:

• M.S. in computer science, math, or an engineering field or equivalent work experience; Ph.D. preferred.

• 6+ years of experience writing memory and run-time efficient code in C/C++ on an embedded platform (micro-controller, microprocessor).

• 2+ years of experience in developing multi-threaded applications on real-time operating systems.

• Good understanding of FDA 524B cybersecurity guidelines.

• Comfortable with system-level troubleshooting using EE and software tools.

• Knowledge of QNX would be a big plus.

• Experience in the medical device industry is strongly preferred.

• Working knowledge of cardiovascular physiology would be a big PLUS.

• Willing to travel 5% of the time to meet with customers to assess product performance in the field and gather user needs

• Highly collaborative with excellent communication and analytical skills.

• Self-motivated and willing to learn and explore new technologies.

• Independent, efficient, and able to manage competing priorities.

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

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