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Senior Software Engineer

Johnson & Johnson
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 Dec 2025
💰 $148,350/yr($92,000/yr$148,350/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 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:

Irvine, California, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent to join our Vision team as a Senior Software Engineer located in Irvine, California.

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 vision treatments? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient’s lifetime.

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

Purpose: The Senior Software Engineer will make vital contributions to the Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision New Product Development (NPD) pipeline and transform patient care through innovation. This position is responsible for working with our NPD and on market support teams to design and develop product software for use in cutting edge medical devices and associated capital equipment.   Candidates must be self-motivated, independent and have an eagerness to learn and work as a team and a desire to thrive. You are expected to demonstrate sophisticated engineering knowledge, be able to independently resolve approaches to difficult technical problems and communicate broadly across engineering teams.

You will:

  • Develop and deliver robust and safe embedded software for medical devices, from the concept phase and research through design, coding, simulation, testing, integration and debugging, to manufacturing and post-launch support
  • Develop a deep understanding of customer needs and translate those insights into efficient, intuitive user interfaces
  • Collaborate with engineers in mechanical, electrical, firmware, test, and other fields to build innovative solutions and ensure requirements and specifications are met
  • Help plan projects - scope, budgets, and timelines - and write requirements and test protocols
  • Demonstrate leadership and expertise in embedded software development especially for failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) and patents
  • Document the design of your software, coordinate code reviews, and participate in the formal release process for medical devices satisfying quality and regulatory requirements
  • Provide ongoing support for market‑deployed software products; implement cybersecurity controls to ensure compliance with applicable standards; and design and deploy privacy controls to meet regulatory requirements.
  • Live J&J's Credo by demonstrating a dedication to environmental and safety goals, policies, and procedures.

Qualifications

Required:

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science or related engineering field is required.
  • 5+ years of dynamic production-grade software development experience.
  • At least one full software development cycle from concept to commercial release.
  • Medical device experience (IEC 62304) or experience in heavily regulated industry/environment
  • DevOps experience 
  • Strong C/C++ coding skill; Secure by design coding experience.
  • Experienced with automated unit testing
  • Experience with using Qt framework and QML
  • Experience with software development tools, version control, communication protocols, and development process.
  • Strong verbal and written communications skills
  • Must be able to w

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