Senior Director of Navigation & Digital R&D

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Florida; On-site; USD 196,000 - 343,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics seeks an accomplished leader to head intra‑operative navigation software and systems for embedded, edge, and cloud components. You will partner with robotics, clinical, and regulatory teams to deliver clinician‑grade navigation capabilities.

Lead multi‑year roadmaps, architect real‑time stacks, and drive AI/ perception productionization. This role requires PhD-level focus on regulated medical software and strong C/C++/Python expertise.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Robotics, Systems or equivalent.
• 10+ years SW/systems experience with ~5+ years in navigation/perception or related systems; production navigation/perception software experience.
• 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).

Responsibilities

• Own multi-year navigation SW & systems roadmap and drive delivery to product milestones.
• 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

Real-time software

Sensor fusion

SLAM/VO

3D registration

Simulation tooling

Education

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

Tools

ROS/ROS2

DDS

Job description

Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics seeks an accomplished leader to head intra‑operative navigation software and systems for embedded, edge, and cloud components. You will partner with robotics, clinical, and regulatory teams to deliver clinician‑grade navigation capabilities.

Lead multi‑year roadmaps, architect real‑time stacks, and drive AI/ perception productionization. This role requires PhD-level focus on regulated medical software and strong C/C++/Python expertise.