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 https://www.jnj.com
Job Function:
R&D Product Development
Job Sub Function:
R&D Mechanical Engineering
Job Category:
Scientific/Technology
All Job Posting Locations:
Santa Clara, California, United States of America
Job Description:
Johnson & Johnson, Robotics and Digital Solutions (RAD) group is recruiting for a Senior Design for ReliabilityEngineer - Robotics , 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 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 (Redwood City and Santa Clara), Cincinnati, and Seattle. 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.
Johnson & Johnson MedTech is developing a robotic surgical platform that will set a new standard for the modern OR and transform the surgical experience. OTTAVA is designed as a multi-specialty soft-tissue surgery robot, activating the benefits of AI/ML, connecting health data inside the operating room and out.
Overview:
We are seeking a proactive Design for Reliability (DfR) Engineer to embed reliability thinking into product design and specifications for our surgical robotic system. This role will drive reliability analysis, fatigue and durability assessment, and test?specification?development to ensure products meet lifetime?requirements. The?DfR?Engineer will partner closely with Field Reliability Engineering,?Failure Analysis, Reliability Testing, Design and Clinical engineering teams to close the loop between lab testing, field performance, and product requirements.?
Core Job Responsibilities:
Translate product requirements into reliability targets, risk assessments, and verification plans for robotic hardware subsystems including actuators, motors, encoders, sensors and cabling/connectors.
Lead DFMEA reviews and recommend failure detections and mitigations for electro-mechanical assemblies
Drive reliability-focused design reviews (component?selection, materials, architectures).
Participate in issue/change reviews to evaluate impacts on reliability and testing.
Develop and?maintain?reliability-driven specifications and lifecycle requirements for robotic subsystems.
Identify?operational loads/stresses and convert them into test inputs and load spectra
Perform fatigue/durability analysis, build damage models, and correlate with test and field data.
Partner with test engineering to define and?validate?ALT and custom fatigue/durability tests.
Capture lessons learned; update FMEAs, design standards, and test methods.
Collaborate with Field Reliability and Clinical Engineering to integrate field/clinical feedback.
Define?reliability?metrics and dashboards (life curves, damage accumulation, margin).
Qualifications
Required Knowledge/Skills, Education, And Experience:
Minimum?Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Materials, Biomedical, equivalent work experience, or similar engineering discipline.?
Minimum 4+ years of hands-on experience in reliability engineering,?DfR, structural fatigue, durability, or a closely related role.?
Demonstrated experience developing and reviewing?dFMEAs?and translating failure modes into design/test requirements.?
Strong mechanical fatigue/durability fundamentals and experience with damage accumulation concepts.?
Practical experience with test-spec development and?correlating?test results with analytical models and field data.?
Proficiency?in engineering analysis tools (e.g., FEA tools for stress analysis, or equivalent), and data-analysis tools (Excel, MATLAB, Python, or similar).?
Familiarity with reliability/statistical methods (basic Weibull, life data analysis, confidence intervals, regression).?
Good understanding of materials behavior,?component?selection?trade-offs, and environmental stressors.?
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to convey technical findings to designers, test labs, and stakeholders.?
Experience working in cross-functional teams and influencing product decisions.?
Preferred Knowledge/Skills, Education, And Experience:
Master's degree or?higher?in Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, or similar.?
Prior experience in a?DfR?role or within organizations with separate?DfR, FA, and FRE functions.?
Hands-on experience with fatigue/durability software (nCode,?fe-safe, MSC Fatigue) and FEA packages (ANSYS, Abaqus, etc.).?
Experience developing and?validating?damage accumulation models and advanced reliability models.?
Experience with accelerated life-test program design and interpretation.?
Background in regulated industries (medical devices, aerospace, automotive, telecom) and familiarity with relevant standards and verification expectations.?
Experience correlating telemetry/field-measured loads to lab tests and integrating field-derived load spectra into test programs.?
Knowledge of test instrumentation and data acquisition systems for durability tests.?
Certifications or formal training in reliability methods or problem solving (e.g.?Weibull analysis).?
Experience with product specification development and change control processes.?
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $125,000.00 to $201,250.00
The Company maintains highly competitive, performance-based compensation programs. Under current guidelines, this position is eligible for an annual performance bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan. The annual performance bonus is a cash bonus intended to provide an incentive to achieve annual targeted results by rewarding for individual and the corporation's performance over a calendar/performance year. Bonuses are awarded at the Company's discretion on an individual basis.
Employees and/or eligible dependents may be eligible to participate in the following Company sponsored employee benefit programs: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, business accident insurance, and group legal insurance.
Employees may be eligible to participate in the Company's consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company's long-term incentive program.
Employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
Vacation - up to 120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays - up to 13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
This job posting is anticipated to close on 02/17/26. The Company may however extend this time-period, in which case the posting will remain available on https://www.careers.jnj.com to accept additional applications.
Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers . internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
Required Skills:
Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA), Design for Reliability (DFR), Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Preferred Skills:
Business Case Modeling, Coaching, Critical Thinking, Design Thinking, Feasibility Studies, Mechanical Engineering, Problem Solving, Process Oriented, Product Design, Product Development, Project Management Methodology (PMM), Project Support, Research and Development, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Technical Credibility, Technical Writing, Technologically Savvy
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
The anticipated base pay range for this position is $125,000.00 to $201,250.00
Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
