At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https: //www.jnj.com

Job Function:

R& D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

R& D Software/Systems Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

About Surgery

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of MedTech surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our MedTech Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world’s most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https: //www.jnj.com/medtech.

We are searching for the best talent for an Algorithm Software Engineer’s position, to be located in Santa Clara, CA.

Purpose: The Algorithm Software Engineer will join the Software Algorithms team – a group of highly dedicated scientists and software engineers partnering with core R& D functions to translate innovative research into production-level software for our flexible robotics platform. We tightly integrate with the Algorithms / AI, front-end Applications, and Robotics & Controls groups to develop and support critical software for surgical navigation, medical image processing & analysis, computer vision, and data visualization, while fostering continuous improvement through customized tooling.

You will be responsible for:

• Working multi-functionally with clinical engineers, system engineers, and scientists to architect and develop software applications.

• Bringing prototypes into C++ product level software in a regulated environment.

• Improving and maintaining current software algorithms and architecture (refactoring, benchmarking, regression testing, etc.).

• Designing and performing testing and validation of selected solutions.

• Developing detailed software documentation following software documentation standard methodologies and industry practices.

• Participating in design discussions and code reviews.

• Understanding system and software input requirements to drive software development.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.

• 2+ year(s) of experience in developing applications using C++ (11, 14, 17).

• Experience with Linux and development in Linux environments.
• Experience and proficiency with Object-Oriented (OO) software design and modern design principles and practices (e.g., S.O.L.I.D., dependency management, source control, etc.).

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• 1+ year(s) of experience developing applications using Python.
• Experience developing and implementing numerical algorithms (e.g., computational geometry, graphics pipelines, computer vision, machine learning, etc.).
• Proficiency with multi-threaded applications.
• Experience building data access and visualization tools.
• Strong interest in medical devices and technology.

Other Requirements:

• Must be at least 18 years of age.

• Ability to travel up to 10% domestic US and Internationally, with overnight stay.

• Ability to work onsite at the J& J office in Santa Clara, CA.

For the California Bay Area, the anticipated base pay range for this position is $86, 000 to 138, 000.

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 4/25/25. 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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The anticipated base pay range for this position is:

For the California Bay Area, the anticipated base pay range for this position is $86, 000 to 138, 000.

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

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