Staff System Integration, AI/Compute HW

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:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Robotics & Digital Solutions is a part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, is recruiting for a Systems Integration Lead with a focus on AI & computer HW, located in Santa Clara, CA.

At J&J Robotics we're changing the trajectory of health for humanity, using robotics to enhance healthcare providers' abilities and improve patients' diagnoses, treatments, and recovery times. J&J 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, 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.

In this role you will partner closely with the OTTAVA™ Software, Hardware, and Systems teams to lead development and implementation of integration plans to deliver the newest compute technologies for advanced visualization feature sets. This is an outstanding opportunity for someone who has a computer HW background and familiarity with AI technologies to craft OTTAVA™'s capabilities and shape the future of surgical robotics!

Core Job Responsibilities:

• Technically lead subsystem-level integration in the areas of focus including GPU, visualization pipeline, and real time AI models
• Own decomposition of feature, requirement, and SW needs and evaluate computer HW design and capabilities to meet those needs
• Own characterization and de-risking of the design from prototype to subsystem level. Analyze results and provide meaningful insights or conclusions to drive technical decisions
• Identify, root cause, and resolve novel issues that arise by mentoring team members & collaborating with functional partners
• Support innovation & development of test methods and fixtures for system/subsystem integration, test, and calibration
• Provide technical mentorship to team members

Requirements:

• BS in Computer or Software Engineering or other applicable technical degree with 8+ years of related experience, MS with 5+ years, or PhD with 3+ years is required 
• Ability to lead, mentor and delegate to other engineers and technicians is required
• Experience in computer HW and SW development & integration required
• Experience with GPU HW for real time AI models required
• Experience with operating systems, computer component selection, and computer architecture required
• Proven understanding of programming concepts and ability to modify existing code (C++, python, etc) required.
• Understanding of ML/AI techniques is preferred.
• Fundamental understanding of basic engineering subject areas, with ability to quickly come up to speed in new technical areas required
• Experience partitioning and decomposing sophisticated engineering problems into solvable problems required
• Ability to communicate concisely and persuasively about technical topics with other leaders to make key technical decisions preferred
• Project management skills is preferred

Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies are equal opportunity employers, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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