Senior Catheter Engineer

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Job Function:
R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:
R&D Mechanical Engineering

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
US328 CA Santa Clara - 5490 Great America Pkwy

Job Description:

Robotics & Digital Solutions, part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, is recruiting for a Senior Catheter Engineer located in 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 and Digital Solutions 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.

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.

Overview:

The Senior Catheter Engineer will work with other members of the design team to design and develop innovative robotic instruments.

This role is responsible for conceptual and detailed design of articulated instruments, steerable catheters, and robotically controlled endoscopes.

Work will be focused on deriving and formalizing innovative designs based on user needs and product requirements in collaboration with robotic controls, system integration, clinical, quality, testing, external vendors, and manufacturing.

Core Job Responsibilities:


* Lead the design of new or existing steerable catheters and/or endoscopes, including catheter construction, mechanical components, fluidic pathways, and seals, with a robust, scalable design utilizing DFM/DFA concepts to achieve high manufacturing yields and achieve cost targets.


* Create and maintain detailed CAD models and technical drawings utilizing GD&T principles.


* Develop specifications, requirements, work instructions, and test methods.


* Write protocols, reports, and engineering studies.


* Perform verification and validation activities.


* Develop concepts, designs, and details for machines, tools and fixtures.


* Interface with outside suppliers, communicate design intent, proto...