PRINCIPAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Ethicon is recruiting for a  Principal Electrical Engineer - Visualization, in Santa Clara, California.
Ethicon, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, has made meaningful contributions to surgery for more than 60 years from building the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures.
Our continuing Through Ethicon's surgical technologies and solutions including sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats and our dedication to treat serious medical conditions like obesity and cancer worldwide, we deliver innovation to make a life-changing impact.
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This Principal Electrical Engineer is a key team member in the Visualization Platform team, working closely within a multi-disciplinary organization to develop complex hardware designs for medical devices.
Candidates must be self-motivated, highly independent, and eager to mentor others and work as a team.
Individuals must have the desire to thrive in a very fast-paced environment and are expected to demonstrate advanced electrical engineering knowledge, exceptional data collection and analysis skills, be able to independently resolve approaches to difficult technical problems, and effectively communicate across engineering teams.
This position has a focus on design and detailed root cause analysis with a focus on signal integrity and EMI/EMC.
Candidates should demonstrate an exceptional understanding of electrical engineering fundamentals.
Key Responsibilities.
Lead, plan, develop, and validate hardware architecture, communication interfaces, and image signal processing solutions for laparoscopic visualization and advanced imaging products and concepts.  Lead system technical strategies and influence internal cross-functional teams to execute feasibility and product development efforts.
Develop technical requirements and architecture, collaborating with internal and external team members, that will support not just a product but a platform for long-term growth.
Manage project and technical deliverables to meet the goals of assigned projects.
Collaborate with external technology companies to integrate sophisticated imaging technologies into proprietary visualization platforms.
Establish and maintain strong, productive relationships and collaborations across internal, external, and partner organizations.
Conduct and/or participate in technical design reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, etc.
Contribute to all aspects of design control activities throughout the product lifecycle.
Qualifications Required.
Minimum B.
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degree (Electrical Engineering) and 8+ years of product design/development experience (or M.
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degree and 6+ years of experience), including proven success developing device hardware with embedded software and FPGA solutions.
Significant experience designing, implementing and troubleshooting hardware that supports high-speed signal interfaces (e.
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Ethernet, MIPI, PCIe, etc.).
Proven expertise in designing for (and troubleshooting) EMI/EMC considerations.
Significant experience turning user and system-level requirements into hardware architecture, detailed designs, communication interfaces, hardware deliverables, etc.
Direct experience working across company and organizational boundaries, in many cases without direct authority, to build relationships, define mutual goals, and collaborate to meet objectives.
Direct experience building prototypes, products, and systems for testing, along with setting up and running laboratory simulations.
Detailed understanding of industry-standard full-lifecycle product development is required, with a strong preference for direct experience in development for medical devices.
Preferred.
Experience developing surgical visualization camera control systems, including interfacing with CMOS image sensors and LED/laser light sources, FPGA programming, and image signal processing for machine learning/artificial intelligence.
Understanding of surgical visualization, image sensors, frame-based image processing, and electronic interfacing of image data streams.
Experience in the development of multiple FPGA designs for commercialized medical devices.
Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python or C.
Experience with machine learning/artificial intelligence and graphics processing using GPU.
Experience with medical devices or other regulated, high-reliability industry development.
Experience supporting verification and validation of medical devices or other high-reliability products.
Domestic and international travel of up to 10%.
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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