Senior Clinical Engineer
Johnson & Johnson
August 21, 2026
On-site
Santa Clara, CA
Operations
Senior Clinical Engineer (OTTAVA Robotic Surgical System) — Santa Clara, CA.
Responsibilities
- Apply clinical, technical, and design control knowledge to discover, define, develop, and validate a new product with a cross-functional team.
- Partner with physicians and key clinical users to characterize system performance, gather feedback, and iterate.
- Identify unmet clinical needs and translate them into customer requirements and clinical design inputs.
- Benchmark system performance vs. current practice using clinical knowledge and data analysis in tissue models.
- Develop bench models and metrics to ensure clinical performance needs are met and maintained.
- Develop clinical workflows, conduct clinical risk assessments, and propose mitigations for hazards.
- Collaborate with pre-clinical and regulatory teams to support pre-clinical studies.
- Create and execute design validation plans/protocols, conduct formal testing, and report results as required by FDA regulations.
- Support training materials, user manuals, labeling, and assessments.
- Support initial product launch and customer site bring-up.
Required Qualifications/Skills
- BS in engineering (Biomedical/Mechanical) + 5 years medical device experience; or MS + 4 years; or PhD + 2 years.
- Experience collaborating with physicians for clinical performance feedback.
- Strong communication/interpersonal skills across cross-functional teams.
- Experience designing and conducting pre-clinical engineering studies.
- Ability to identify clinical risks and conduct clinical harm analyses.
- Experience with Design Validation strategy, protocols, and testing.
- Ability to develop customer and engineering requirements.
Preferred
- MS/PhD/MD.
- Knowledge of endoscopic/laparoscopic procedures and OR workflow; surgical robotics; FDA/IEC/ISO standards.
- Travel up to 15%.
Benefits (as stated)
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability; 401(k)/pension and long-term incentive eligibility.
- Time-off includes vacation (120 hrs/yr), sick time (40 hrs/yr; 56 hrs/yr in WA), holidays/floating holidays (13 days/yr), parental leave (480 hrs/yr).
Responsibilities
- Apply clinical, technical, and design control knowledge to discover, define, develop, and validate a new product with a cross-functional team.
- Partner with physicians and key clinical users to characterize system performance, gather feedback, and iterate.
- Identify unmet clinical needs and translate them into customer requirements and clinical design inputs.
- Benchmark system performance vs. current practice using clinical knowledge and data analysis in tissue models.
- Develop bench models and metrics to ensure clinical performance needs are met and maintained.
- Develop clinical workflows, conduct clinical risk assessments, and propose mitigations for hazards.
- Collaborate with pre-clinical and regulatory teams to support pre-clinical studies.
- Create and execute design validation plans/protocols, conduct formal testing, and report results as required by FDA regulations.
- Support training materials, user manuals, labeling, and assessments.
- Support initial product launch and customer site bring-up.
Required Qualifications/Skills
- BS in engineering (Biomedical/Mechanical) + 5 years medical device experience; or MS + 4 years; or PhD + 2 years.
- Experience collaborating with physicians for clinical performance feedback.
- Strong communication/interpersonal skills across cross-functional teams.
- Experience designing and conducting pre-clinical engineering studies.
- Ability to identify clinical risks and conduct clinical harm analyses.
- Experience with Design Validation strategy, protocols, and testing.
- Ability to develop customer and engineering requirements.
Preferred
- MS/PhD/MD.
- Knowledge of endoscopic/laparoscopic procedures and OR workflow; surgical robotics; FDA/IEC/ISO standards.
- Travel up to 15%.
Benefits (as stated)
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability; 401(k)/pension and long-term incentive eligibility.
- Time-off includes vacation (120 hrs/yr), sick time (40 hrs/yr; 56 hrs/yr in WA), holidays/floating holidays (13 days/yr), parental leave (480 hrs/yr).