Electrical Design Engineer

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R&D Product Development

R&D Electrical/Mechatronic Engineering

Scientific/Technology

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Ethicon Endo Surgery Inc., a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for a Staff Electrical Design Engineer, R&D. The location for this position is Cincinnati, OH. Ethicon, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, has made significant contributions to surgery for more than 60 years from creating the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures.

Our continuing dedication to Shape the Future of Surgery is built on our commitment to help address the world's most pressing health care issues and improve and save more lives. Through Ethicon's surgical technologies and solutions including sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats and our commitment to treat serious medical conditions like obesity and cancer worldwide, we deliver innovation to make a life-changing impact.

For more information, visit  Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. was created 30 years ago in Cincinnati, Ohio, developing innovative devices that have driven the shift from open to minimally invasive surgery that continues to lead the industry today. Our diverse team of engineers, designers, and technical specialists are on the forefront of technology in the medical device industry.

The Staff Electrical Design Engineer will make vital contributions to the New Product Development (NPD) pipeline and transform patient care through innovation. They are responsible for working with our NPD teams to design, and develop electrical systems for use in cutting edge medical devices.

• Own the design, manufacturing, and lifecycle of a Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) that is critical to the functionality of the capital device.
• Document designs, specifications, and requirements per design control processes.
• Drive the design, development, and debugging of embedded product software to integrate with mechanical, electrical, and distributed computing systems.
• Lead root cause investigations on electrical and software related issues that arise during the prototype and production processes.
• Own the hardware verification strategy with Manufacturing and Test Engineers to implement automated testing of the capital equipment.
• Lead the External Standards testing efforts for the capital equipment.
• Mentor junior members of the engineering staff to expand design team capabilities and establish good working practices.

• A results and performance driven approach with strong sense of accountability.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related degree.
• Minimum 7+ years of relevant work experience in a direct electrical engineering role.
• PCBA design, manufacturing, and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with embedded electrical design.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Cadence and/or Altium to design, simulate, and analyze circuit designs.
• Detailed understanding of board-level printed circuit design and signal integrity issues.
• Demonstrated ability working across subject areas with internal and external partners.
• Strong collaboration, proven technical leadership capabilities, and conflict resolution skills.

• Design control experience.
• Experience debugging embedded hardware systems.
• FPGA design and test experience (System Verilog or VHDL).
• Experience with various communication protocols (e.g. Bluetooth, SPI, I2C, USB, UART, USART, etc.).
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