Head of Clinical Engineering, Robotics and Digital Solutions

Role Summary

Head of Clinical Engineering, Robotics and Digital Solutions (RAD) within the Robotics and Digital solutions group at Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Located in Santa Clara, CA, this role leads the clinical engineering team across RAD programs, shaping strategies, guiding development, and delivering advanced medical robotic systems that improve patient outcomes. The role offers significant leadership responsibility, growth opportunities, and impact on global healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a high-performing clinical engineering team across all RAD programs.
• Establish clear performance standards and career paths; develop onboarding and training for technical and clinical excellence.
• Manage resource allocation and departmental budgets across multiple projects, aligning with strategic priorities.
• Develop and optimize processes that enhance efficiency, strengthen collaboration with R&D, and improve program outcomes.
• Shape product strategies and roadmaps by ensuring clinical insights inform design decisions and are communicated effectively to leadership.
• Collaborate with physicians and industry experts to discover unmet clinical needs, establish customer requirements and provide clinical guidance to engineering design requirements.
• Provide clinical and technical expertise and guidance throughout the design, development, and testing phases of products’ lifecycles.
• Set the vision for risk management and design validation, ensuring alignment with global regulatory standards and patient safety objectives.

Qualifications

• Required: Degree in engineering (e.g., Biomedical/Bioengineering, Mechanical, Electrical).
• Required: Minimum of 10 years of clinical/technical experience in MedTech, with at least 5 years in a leadership role managing teams.
• Required: Expertise in requirements definition, clinical risk management and design validation strategies for sophisticated medical devices.
• Required: Extensive knowledge of surgery, surgical procedures, and the operating room environment.
• Required: Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate with multi-functional teams, clinicians, and external partners.
• Preferred: Advanced degree (MS, PhD, MD or equivalent).
• Preferred: Solid understanding of regulations and standards for medical devices and robotic surgery platforms (FDA, IEC, ISO).
• Preferred: Demonstrated success building high-performing, customer-facing technical/clinical teams and scalable processes across multi-program environments.
• Required: Ability to travel up to 15% of the time.

Skills

• Biomedical Engineering
• Clinical Engineering
• Clinical Risk Management
• Design Mindset
• Design Validations/Verifications
• Leadership
• Product Development Lifecycle
• Program Management
• Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

• Engineering degree required (Biomedical/Bioengineering, Mechanical, Electrical). Advanced degree preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Travel up to 15% of the time.
• Location: Santa Clara, California, United States.