Staff Electrical Design Engineer

Johnson & Johnson's is currently seeking a Staff Electrical Design Engineer, R&D to join Ethicon Endo Surgery Inc., located in Cincinnati, OH.

The company is willing to relocate domestic U.S. citizens to Cincinnati.

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

The Staff Electrical Design Engineer will make vital contributions to the Front End Innovation organization and transform patient care through innovation.

They are responsible for working with Front End R&D teams to brainstorm, conceptualize, design, and develop electrical systems for next generation handheld surgical instruments.

Are you interested in an excellent opportunity to be a key contributor to bringing exciting new products to market while also providing the opportunity for professional growth? Apply today!

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead the brainstorming, concept development, design, and prototyping of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) to demonstrate technical feasibility for next generation handheld surgical instruments.
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary teammates to develop robust and reliable architectures with electrical functionality driven by simulation, analysis, and test.
• Lead debugging and root cause investigations on electrical and software related issues that arise during the prototype processes.
• Translate high-level customer needs into technical options while analyzing trade-offs and business impact.
• Build prototypes, products, and systems for testing including designing and executing test procedures, analyzing test results, and developing written reports.
• Deliver documentation to support theory of operation, technical reviews, and engineering studies. Present technical material to partners at all levels of the organization.
• Mentor junior members of the engineering staff to expand design team capabilities and establish good working practices.

Education :

Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar field required; dual degrees or advanced degree preferred

Experience and Skills :

Required :

• Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience in a direct electrical engineering role
• PCBA ideation, concept generation, design, prototyping, manufacturing, and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with analog and digital circuitry design and development
• Demonstrated proficiency in Cadence and / or Altium to design, simulate, and analyze circuit designs.
• Demonstrated ability to debug and test electrical systems using oscilloscopes and other test tools.
• Detailed understanding of board-level printed circuit design and signal integrity issues
• Experience with embedded electrical design.
• Demonstrated ability working across subject areas with internal and external partners.
• Strong collaboration, proven technical leadership capabilities, and conflict resolution skills

Preferred :

• Experience formulating and coordinating different engineering approaches to test hypotheses, such as hand calculations, computational modeling and simulation, empirical testing (benchtop and in vivo) and method development as appropriate.
• Experience with rigid-flex PCBAs and flex PCBAs.
• Experience with integration of motors in electrical systems.
• Knowledge and how to control DC motors (e.g. brushed, brushless, servo, etc.).
• Experience with various communication protocols (e.g. Bluetooth, SPI, I2C, USB, UART, USART, etc.).
• Demonstrated proficiency in Cadence and / or Altium for PCB layout.
• Design for electromagnetic compatibility and immunity, electrically fast transients, electrostatic discharge, etc.
• Experience with IEC 60601-1, IEC 60601-2-2 etc.
• Design for test, manufacture, and assembly.
• Experience with various programming languages (e.g. C, C++, Python, Labview, etc.).
• Design control experience.

Other :

• Requires up to 10% travel, domestic and international travel
• Relocation assistance available. The role is based in Cincinnati, OH.

For U.S. applicants, in accordance with applicable disclosure requirements, the anticipated base pay range for this position is $104,000-$145,000.

The pay range is the anticipated pay range for the position to which you have applied, and that such factors, including but not limited to, internal equity and experience will be considered for any offer.

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