Manager, HW Reliability Testing

Job Function

R&D Product Development

R&D Mechanical Engineering

People Leader

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Johnson & Johnson Med Tech is recruiting for a Manager, HW Reliability Testing
, within our Robotics & Digital Solutions organization. The location for this position is 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.

We’re looking for a highly motivated and experienced manager who can lead the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of reliability testing programs to ensure products meet or exceed lifetime, safety and quality expectations. This role manages test strategy, lab operations, cross‑functional coordination, and supplier testing activities, driving data driven decisions to reduce field failures and improve product robustness. The successful candidate will inherit a small existing team and projects, requiring the manager to both grow the team and provide technical guidance.

• Define and implement reliability test strategies (accelerated life testing, HALT/HASS, thermal/thermal cycling, vibration, shock, electrical stress).
• Develop test protocols, acceptance criteria, and test schedules aligned with product requirements and regulatory standards.
• Lead, mentor, and resource‑manage a team of test engineers, technicians, and lab staff.
• Oversee lab operations: equipment selection, calibration, capacity planning, maintenance, and safety/compliance.
• Coordinate cross‑functional test campaigns with design, manufacturing, quality, and field service teams.
• Manage external test labs and suppliers — vendor selection, test specifications, contract oversight, and result validation.
• Work with Design for Reliability and core design teams to analyze test data, interpret failure modes, and drive corrective/preventive actions using root cause methods (FMEA, 8D, DMAIC).
• Maintain test documentation and ensure traceability: test plans, reports, data logs, and change records.
• Monitor and review metrics and reporting for reliability performance, present insights into engineering leadership and stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement of test methods, automation, and data analytics to increase throughput and reduce test cycle times.
• Lead and participate in refining the reliability and testing related processes.

• Minimum B.S. (Mechanical Engineering or other related Engineering field equivalent) with 8+ years of industry experience or M.S. (Mechanical Engineering or other related Engineering field equivalent) with 6+ years of industry experience or Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering or other related Engineering field equivalent) with 4+ years of experience in a leadership or supervisory role.
• Hands‑on experience with environmental and life test methods (thermal, vibration, shock, humidity, life‑cycle tests).
• Strong knowledge of reliability engineering tools and failure analysis (FMEA, Weibull analysis, root cause techniques).
• Proven experience managing test labs, equipment procurement/calibration, and external testing vendors.
• Excellent data analysis skills; familiarity with statistical software and test data systems.
• Strong communication skills and experience coordinating cross‑functional teams.

• Product development experience with…