Senior Director, Intraoperative Navigation & AI

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 196,000 - 343,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation –120 hours/yr

Sick time –40 hours/yr

Parental Leave

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics in Boston and Raynham is seeking a Sr. Director of Navigation to lead software and systems engineering for intra‑operative navigation.

You will guide localization, registration, and sensor fusion across embedded, edge, and cloud platforms to deliver clinician‑grade navigation capabilities. The role requires 10+ years in software/systems with 5+ years in navigation/perception, strong C/C++ and Python skills, and experience with IEC 62304 and ISO 13485.

Qualifications

• 10+ years SW/systems experience with ~5+ years in navigation/perception or related systems.
• Strong C/C++ and Python, real‑time middleware (ROS/ROS2, DDS or equivalent), sensor fusion, SLAM/VO, 3D registration, and simulation tooling.
• Practical experience with software design controls for regulated products (IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971).
• Preferred Surgical/orthopedics navigation experience, GPU/accelerator optimization, and ML model lifecycle in regulated contexts.
• Experience with SBOM, cybersecurity for medical devices, and cloud/edge orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Lead software and systems engineering for intra‑operative navigation: localization, registration, sensor fusion, and orchestration across embedded, edge and cloud components.
• Architect real‑time navigation stacks and partition deterministic control loops from non‑real‑time services.
• Lead SW, algorithm and AI teams to productionize perception pipelines.
• Build and operate simulation/digital‑twin and synthetic data pipelines for validation and regression testing.
• Establish IEC 62304‑aligned software lifecycle, CI/CD for embedded + cloud, automated test harnesses, and traceability.
• Define non‑functional requirements (accuracy budgets, latency, availability, robustness) and verification strategies.
• Integrate MLOps for model training, validation, deployment controls, and in‑field monitoring.
• Partner with QA/RA to deliver software evidence, risk controls and regulatory inputs; qualify navigation software suppliers/SDKs.

Skills

C/C++

Python

ROS/ROS2

Sensor fusion

SLAM/VO

3D registration

Real-time

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Systems or equivalent

Tools

DDS

Simulation tooling

Job description

Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics in Boston and Raynham is seeking a Sr. Director of Navigation to lead software and systems engineering for intra‑operative navigation.

You will guide localization, registration, and sensor fusion across embedded, edge, and cloud platforms to deliver clinician‑grade navigation capabilities. The role requires 10+ years in software/systems with 5+ years in navigation/perception, strong C/C++ and Python skills, and experience with IEC 62304 and ISO 13485.