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Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

Multi-Family R&D Product Development

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson MedTech is recruiting for a Senior Manager, R&D - Robotic Instrument Design, within our Robotics & Digital Solutions organization. The location for this position is Cincinnati, Ohio.

Robotics and Digital Solutions, is part of Johnson & Johnson Med Tech. 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.

Overview:

The Senior Manager, R&D - Robotic Instrument Design will provide functional leadership for a group of talented and versatile engineers working in a matrix environment to create the best-in-class surgical devices for the OTTAVA Surgical Robot. The Robotic Instrument Design Team is responsible for the design of the entire shaft portion of the tools including the jaws, articulating wrist and shaft. This includes the primary portfolio of tools, staplers, and advanced energy devices. This team blends deep technical design skills with clinical knowledge to deliver surgical instruments that surgeons desire.

Core Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the Robotic Instrument Design Team including functional leadership, HR responsibility, budget and planning to support project teams.

• Support talent development including developing technical and leadership skills as well as clinical understanding.

• Design solutions in a fast-paced environment with a quick development cycle and support those designs with DFx, engineering analysis, risk analysis, prototyping, and data analysis.

• Lead and/or support initiatives to improve organizational effectiveness and efficiency including tool and process improvements.

• Lead and /or support innovation projects targeted a specific business need.

• Collaborate with partners to advance/accelerate R&D projects.

• Engage third party suppliers as needed to support R&D needs.

• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering to deliver cost efficient and innovative products and processes.

• Hire and grow team according to business plan. Partner with recruiters for hiring and employee onboarding.

• Coach and mentor the team.

Required Knowledge/Skills, Education, And Experience:

• Minimum B.S (Mechanical Engineering or other related Engineering field equivalent)

• A minimum of 8+ years of practical experience in the design and commercialization of medical products.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver R&D projects and strong mechanical engineering skills and leadership.

• Excellent written & verbal communication and presentation skills.

• Comfortable with all phases of product development lifecycle from concept to production.

• Hands-on with a track record of working well in a team environment.

• Demonstrated knowledge of complex custom component manufacturing processes including machining, sheet metal, rapid prototyping, coatings, injection molding, cables, MIM, PM, etc.

Preferred Requirements:

• 3+ years of engineering management experience, preferably with complex mechanical or electro-mechanical systems.

• Experience with the development of robotic and or laparoscopic surgical tools is highly desired.

• Experience with designing and developing products in an FDA or other regulated industry.

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 05/25/25. 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 and 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, please email the Employee Health Support Center (ra-employeehealthsup@its.jnj.com) or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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