Clinical Engineer

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson · Pharma · Santa Clara, CA +1

Clinical Engineer role focused on surgical robotics within Johnson & Johnson MedTech. Responsibilities include applying clinical and technical knowledge to product development, discovering unmet clinical needs, establishing requirements, researching disease states and competitive technologies, developing test models, leading physician engagement, and documenting clinical use workflows and hazards. Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering and experience in the medical device industry, with preferred qualifications including an advanced degree, experience in regulated industries, and familiarity with surgical robotics.

What you'd actually do

  1. Apply in-depth clinical, technical, and design control knowledge to discover, define, develop, and validate new product
  2. Discover unmet clinical needs, establish customer requirements and provide clinical input to engineering design requirements
  3. Research relevant disease states, treatment options, patient pathways, surgical techniques, and competitive technologies
  4. Develop test models and test methods for clinically relevant product evaluations
  5. Lead physicians and key clinical users engagement on procedure development or product evaluation and use collected insights to guide project teams on next steps
  6. Create and document new product clinical use workflows, assess clinical hazards, and propose mitigations

Skills

Required

  • bachelor's degree in engineering (e.g. Biomedical, Mechanical)
  • 0 to 3years of related experience in medical device industry
  • proven track record of effectively and clearly communicating concepts, ideas, and knowledge to other engineers and teams
  • strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree (Masters)
  • experience constructing customer and engineering design requirements
  • Familiar with fundamental concepts in surgical robotics
  • Experience working in a highly regulated industry (e.g., healthcare, finance)
  • Have experience constructing customer, usability and engineering design requirements
  • Familiarity with medical terminology and a strong understanding of anatomy
  • Proficient in statistical methods and programming languages such as MatLab, Python is a plus
  • Robotic, optical, or mechanical system experiences is desirable

What the JD emphasized

  • proven track record of effectively and clearly communicating concepts, ideas, and knowledge to other engineers and teams