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Robotics & Digital Solutions, part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, is recruiting for Surgical Robotics & Controls Interns, located in Santa Clara and Redwood City California.

Robotics & Digital Solutions is part of Ethicon, Inc., a global leader in surgery with products and solutions found in almost every operating room around the world. Ethicon has made significant contributions to surgery for more than 100 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 robotics, digital solutions, 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 www.ethicon.com.

The Surgical Robotics & Controls Intern helps the development of a sophisticated robotic surgical system called the Monarch Platform. They will be mentored and working closely with other cross-functional engineers to characterize, test, and develop various robotics & control functions, including but not limited to robotic software, for required functionalities, performance, and safety. We are looking for candidates with strong hardware and software skills that are deeply motivated to impact lives of patients through advanced robotic technologies!

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work under mentorship with cross-functional engineers to characterize, test, and develop robotics and control functions
• Participate in design discussions and reviews
• Develop robotic software to implement required functionalities, safety measures, and modeling or analysis needs
• Characterize function performances with test setup, data collection, and analysis

• Actively enrolled Undergraduate Senior, Master’s or PhD student seeking a degree in controls, mechatronics, robotics or equivalent
• Summer Interns must have a graduation date after August of 2021
• Minimum GPA of 2.8
• Understanding of C+ + Programming, and Matlab or Python
• Hands on experience with robotic hardware
• Knowledge in one or more of these areas: serial manipulator kinematics, motion planning, real-time physics simulation software, robot dynamics, haptics feedback, admittance control, impedance control, motor control is a plus

Please note that most, but not all, Johnson & Johnson roles are currently virtual due to COVID-19. While locations/facilities have been aligned to our Internships and Co-Ops positions, assignments could be virtual due to the uncertainties of COVID-19.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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