Director, Systems Engineering

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

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Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

Multi-Family R&D Product Development

Job Category:

People Leader

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 Director, Systems Engineering .  This role will be based in Cincinnati, OH and will work a Flex/Hybrid schedule.  Relocation assistance may be available on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the business.

This leader is responsible for all Lead Systems Engineers owning New Product Development (NPD) and Lifecycle Engineering programs, ensuring robust technical solutions, multi-functional alignment, and delivery of safe, effective, and innovative medical devices. The role serves as the primary steward of systems engineering best practices, driving technical excellence, requirements rigor, risk management, verification and validation, and design integration across the full product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Strategy

• Provide strategic direction for systems engineering across product lines, ensuring alignment with business goals, product roadmaps, and platform strategies.
• Lead mentor and develop team of high-performing Lead Systems Engineers. The Lead Systems engineers are responsible for delivering overall technical strategy, high-level architecture, and integration of complex electromechanical and energy-based medical products. They will collaborate with Functional Engineers, from the Hardware Engineering group, and Managers, from the Product and Portfolio Management group, to ensure the product value proposition is delivered per business expectations.
• Shape and execute strategy across the Endomechanical and Energy portfolio
• Establish and champion systems engineering methodologies, including model-based systems engineering (MBSE), requirements management, design integration, and verification strategies.
• Serve as a key technical leader within the R&D organization collaborating with Product and Portfolio Management, Hardware and Development Engineering, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Quality and Pre-Clinical leaders to ensure on-time/on-budget delivery of products.
• Drive alignment between R&D and Supply Chain to ensure product scalability and robust design transfer.

Systems Architecture & Technical Ownership

• Accountable for system-level architecture of complex electromechanical and energy-based medical devices, ensuring cohesive and scalable design solutions.
• Partner with upstream marketing, clinical engineering, and Front-End R&D to translate user needs and clinical insights into system requirements.
• Oversee the development and flow-down of system requirements, interface specifications, risk analyses, and verification/validation plans.
• Provide expert