Test Engineer, HW Reliability

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 Mechanical Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is recruiting for a Test Engineer, HW Reliability​, within our Robotics & Digital Solutions organization. The location for this position is Santa Clara, CA.

At Johnson & Johnson Robotics and Digital Solutions, we’re changing the trajectory of health for humanity, using robotics to enhance healthcare providers’ abilities and improve patients’ diagnoses, treatments, and recovery times. Johnson & Johnson Robotics was established in 2020 with the integration of Auris Health, Verb Surgical, C-SATS, and Ethicon. It comprises three key med-tech platforms: Flexible Robotics (MONARCH®), Surgical Robotics (OTTAVA™), and Digital Solutions. Join our collaborative, rapidly growing teams in the San Francisco Bay Area (Redwood City and Santa Clara), Cincinnati, and Seattle. You’ll collaborate on breakthrough medical technologies that unite multiple subject areas to build a connected digital ecosystem that advances medical professionals’ skills and improves patient outcomes.

Mission:

We are seeking a Reliability Test Engineer to design, implement, and execute reliability and characterization test programs that verify product durability and performance under expected and accelerated use conditions. The role owns conversion of reliability requirements into test protocols, fixture and automation design, execution of loads/stresses, data capture and analysis, and clear issue reporting and triage to project or failure-analysis teams.

Core Job Responsibilities:

• Translate product reliability requirements and specifications into detailed test protocols and pass/fail criteria.

• Develop and implement mechanical, thermal, electrical, and environmental loads/stresses (e.g., vibration, shock, thermal cycling, humidity, electrical stress) required by the protocols.

• Plan and execute Reliability Demonstration Testing, Characterization Testing, and Ongoing Reliability Testing to validate product robustness across development and production lifecycle.

• Design, build, and validate custom test fixtures and test rigs to enable repeatable, controlled testing.

• Develop and maintain test automation and scripting for test setup, execution, data logging, and analysis (e.g., Python, LabVIEW, or equivalent).

• Execute hands-on testing, monitor test runs, and ensure data integrity and traceability.

• Analyze test data, produce summary reports, and present findings to engineering and program teams.

• Document and report issues discovered during testing; create reproducible problem descriptions, supporting data and test artifacts.

• Triage issues to the appropriate project teams or Failure Analysis (FA) groups and support root-cause investigations as required.

• Maintain and calibrate test equipment and laboratory documentation; ensure test safety and compliance with internal standards and external regulations.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with design, manufacturing, quality, and FA to close reliability issues and feed lessons learned back into the product development cycle.

Required Knowledge/Skills, Education, And Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Physics, or related technical field (or equivalent experience).

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in reliability or test engineering roles (design and execution of reliability tests, fixture design, or test automation).

• Practical experience with environmental/mechanical test equipment such as vibration tables, shock rigs, thermal chambers, and electrical stress equipment.

• Proficiency in scripting or programming for test automation and data capture (examples: Python, LabVIEW, or