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Senior Electrical Engineer, R&D

Johnson & Johnson
Cincinnati, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 15 Jul 2026
💰 $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 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 Electrical/Mechatronic Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Job Description:

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 searching for the best talent for a Senior Electrical Engineer to support our handheld medical devices business. This role will be located in Cincinnati, OH & work a Flex/Hybrid schedule with 3 days per week on-site. Relocation assistance is available to qualified candidates.

The Senior Electrical Engineer is responsible for acting as an electrical/electro-mechanical expert team member leading and supporting various assignments to ensure business continuity of Ethicon’s Capital Systems and Handheld devices. This role will work multi-functionally on electrical hardware and software engineering activities related to product enhancement, regulatory requirements, compliance/quality improvements, process simplification, and cost improvements.

You will be responsible for:

  • Implement and coordinate work required for engineering changes to address electrical hardware and software aspects of capital systems and handheld devices.

  • Lead and support field root cause investigation and resolution, including gap analysis, production troubleshooting, and process/product validation.

  • Develop strong partnerships with multi-functional leaders and suppliers to drive alignment, prioritize and complete combined projects.

  • Ensure projects are driven in compliance with regulatory requirements (GMP, ISO, MDR) & Ethicon policy & procedure requirement

  • Ensure the safety and critical performance of commercial products, per applicable electrical safety standards of medical devices.

Qualifications and Requirements:

  • A Bachelor’s degree in in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar field is required. Advanced degree preferred.

  • A minimum of 5+ years relevant work experience in an electrical engineering role in Research & Development (R&D) is required.

  • Experience translating high-level customer needs into technical requirements, analyzing the tradeoffs and business impacts is required.

  • Experience with embedded electrical design is required.

  • Strong electrical analysis skills, including an understanding of electrical systems and subsystems and how they interact with the overall system design is required.

  • Knowledge of root cause analysis, verification/validation testing and creating test protocols is required.

  • Demonstrated ability to debug and test electrical systems using test equipment, such as oscilloscopes, power su

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