Johnson & Johnson · 4 months ago
Staff Software Engineer NPI
Santa Clara, California, United States of America
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$118K/yr - $204K/yr
8+ years expJohnson & Johnson is a leader in healthcare innovation, and they are seeking a Staff Software Engineer-NPI to join their Robotics & Digital Solutions team. This role involves designing, building, and scaling a robust data infrastructure to support manufacturing data analysis and digital manufacturing initiatives.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Collaborate with cross-functional teams in creation of a data strategy
Design and implement scalable data pipelines to ingest manufacturing data from diverse sources such as equipment, test systems, vision systems, MES, and IoT platforms
Build cloud‑based and/or hybrid data platforms enabling batch and streaming data processing
Develop APIs and services that enable consumption of manufacturing data by analytics, dashboards, AI/ML models, and downstream applications
Partner with enterprise IT and architecture teams to align with security, compliance, and scalability standards
Define and implement common data models, schemas, and metadata standards to support consistency across software platforms
Investigate and develop AI technologies and solutions for the manufacturing environment
Perform data analysis and preprocessing to support model training, including handling large datasets and cleaning raw data
Support development of automated unit and integration test for robotic hardware and/or PCAs
Develop modular test scripts to automate test data collection and analysis
Help to structure new software and refactor existing software for testability
Hold formal technical reviews with stakeholders to release software libraries, tools, documentation, and test scripts
Management of software projects
Coaching and development of junior software engineers
Communication of complex technical problems to a non-technical audience
Applies disciplined software decision‑making process
Lead software strategies in development and validation
Develop coding standards to be used by the entire NPI Engineering organization
Align teams and individuals in software best practices
Produce high quality documentation that is clearly understandable by internal and external personnel
Strong level of ownership, accountability, and drive for exceeding expectations
Qualification
Required
B.S. or higher in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (or similar degree)
8+ years work experience in software roles
Strong proficiency in Edge Computing and Cloud Computing
Familiarity with model deployment and scaling in multiple cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
Experience and collaboration with enterprise level IT organizations
Experience working on instrumentation automation and using scripting languages such as Python, Shell, Batch, Bash or Linux commands
Experience with version control systems such as Git
Experience in Product Lifecycle Management systems such as Oracle Agile
Ability to travel up to 10% to contract manufacturers is required
Preferred
Experience in the medical device industry and standards
Experience with industry 4.0 technologies and smart manufacturing
Experience in developing AI-based applications such as natural language processing (NLP) generative AI in Small language models, computer vision, or recommendation systems
Knowledge of deep learning techniques, reinforcement learning, and neural networks or other advanced machine learning paradigms
Familiarity with MLOps principles and tools for automating machine learning workflows
Knowledge of database systems (SQL, NoSQL) and data storage solutions
Knowledgeable and current with Industry automation trends and technologies
Familiarity working on Advanced automation including articulated robotics
Benefits
Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension)
Savings plan (401(k))
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
Company
Johnson & Johnson
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything.
10001+ employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Alex Gorsky
Former Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
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Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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