Manager, Software Engineering Applications & Infrastructure - Johnson and Johnson

We are recruiting for a Manager Software Applications and Infrastructure (AI) located in Santa Clara, CA. This position is based in Santa Clara, CA and may require up to 10% travel.

Robotics & Digital Solutions is part of Ethicon, Inc., a global leader in surgery with products and solutions found in almost every operating room around the world. Ethicon has made significant contributions to surgery for more than 100 years from creating the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures. Our continuing dedication to Shape the Future of Surgery is built on our commitment to help address the world's most pressing health care issues and improve and save more lives. Through Ethicon's surgical technologies and solutions including robotics, digital solutions, sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats and our commitment to treat serious medical conditions like obesity and cancer worldwide, we deliver innovation to make a life-changing impact. For more information, visit www.ethicon.com

The Manager Software Applications plays a key role in leading the development of the multiple applications and infrastructure used in robotic surgery. She/he will understand the system from both a technical perspective and the user's viewpoint and guide her/his team in the design and development of the applications and infrastructure that ultimately enable surgeons on a next-generation surgical robotic system to provide better patient outcomes. We will set a new industry benchmark for robotic surgical capability. We are looking for a candidate who can lead, mentor, and motivate her/his team to successful product delivery. The candidate is flexible, self-motivated, curious and passionate about revolutionizing the world of medical robotics.

• Key Responsibilities:
  Build, lead, and mentor a team of hardworking engineers focused on providing applications that provide device control and infrastructure for a surgical robotics application
• Contribute to the software architecture design to enable future enhancements and iterative releases
• Contribute to process improvements and collaborations to improve productivity and ensure compliance
• Work with software, robotics, and other specialists (clinical, system engineering, instruments, integration, human factors, labeling) as part of a focused multi-functional team developing the applications and infrastructure for surgical robotics
• Interact with the other software teams, Clinical Engineering, System Engineering, Product Marketing, and Program Management teams to define requirements and validate features
• Collaborate with internal and external third-party companies from both business and technical perspectives
  Support C software development, design discussion, and code reviews where appropriate
• Identify, manage and mitigate technical and project risk through coordination with teams in R&D and external collaborators

• Education:
  Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 2 years of professional experience managing software teams
• 5 years of professional experience developing software products
• Strong understanding software design/architecture and hardware integration.
• Minimum 5 years of C and Object-Oriented development
• Experience with Unit testing and software Verification and Validation processes.
• Collaborative teammate with excellent written and in-person communication skills
• Experience working with Hardware and product bring up required.
• Experience developing C for multi-target applications (Realtime and non-realtime Linux)
• Proven leadership and collaboration with distributed teams
• Ability to work in a regulated environment in compliance to ISO 13485 and 21 CFR 820

Preferred:

• 3 years technical experience working on hardware control applications and infrastructure development
• Proficiency with multi-threaded applications
• Experience with networking in a distributed system is preferred
• Experience with Python, CMake, Bash preferred
• Experience working in an Agile development environment

The anticipated base salary for this position is $139,000 to $224,825.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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