Senior MedTech Mechatronics Engineer — Robotics & Automation

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson in Milpitas, CA is seeking a Senior Mechatronics Engineer to lead the design, integration, verification, and lifecycle support of complex medical-device systems in a regulated MedTech environment.

Your role will own the architecture from stakeholder needs through validation, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across mechanical, electrical, controls, software, and suppliers to deliver safe and scalable equipment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, Controls Engineering, or closely related discipline.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience developing multidisciplinary systems, automation, robotics, medical-device equipment, or production/test equipment.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate mechanical, electrical/electronic, sensing, controls, and software elements into functioning equipment.
• Hands-on experience with sensors, actuators, motors, motion systems, instrumentation, electrical hardware, and associated controls.
• Strong system integration, verification, troubleshooting, and structured root-cause-analysis capability.
• Experience applying technical risk management, verification methods, configuration/change control, and disciplined design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead complete mechatronic system and equipment development from requirements and concept selection through architecture, detailed design, integration, verification, validation, release, and lifecycle support.
• Translate user and stakeholder needs into clear, testable system, subsystem, interface, and equipment requirements with measurable acceptance criteria and appropriate traceability.
• Develop and assess engineering concepts using feasibility studies, technical trade studies, rapid prototypes, proof-of-concept testing, and risk-based decision making.
• Design and integrate mechanical structures and mechanisms, electrical/electronic hardware, sensors, actuators, motors, servo systems, pneumatics, controls, software, robotics, machine vision, instrumentation, and data-acquisition subsystems.
• Create and review mechanical models, assemblies, drawings, tolerances, schematics, PCB designs, wiring diagrams, bills of material, interface definitions, and system specifications.
• Perform engineering analysis including tolerance analysis, component sizing, motion and load analysis, reliability assessment, failure-mode evaluation, and design-for-manufacturability/serviceability reviews.
• Plan and execute system integration, design verification, and validation activities; develop test methods, protocols, fixtures, automated tests, data analysis, and objective acceptance criteria.
• Lead multidisciplinary troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across mechanical, electrical, controls, software, sensing, communications, and product/equipment interfaces.
• Apply design controls, DFMEA/FMEA, hazard analysis, machine-safety principles, fault analysis, risk controls, and documented design reviews throughout development.
• Develop robust equipment architectures with interlocks, diagnostics, error handling, fault recovery, calibration, maintainability, and serviceability.
• Provide technical direction to system integrators, equipment suppliers, and technology partners through specifications, design reviews, supplier risk management, FAT/SAT, qualification, and acceptance.
• Support equipment qualification, applicable process validation, technology transfer, manufacturing readiness, production ramp, engineering change control, obsolescence management, and lifecycle improvements.
• Mentor engineers and technicians and contribute to common design standards, reusable architectures, engineering tools, technology roadmaps, and lessons learned.

Skills

Mechatronics

Systems thinking

Technical ownership

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

SolidWorks

Altium Designer

Python

Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley

Siemens

Job description

Johnson & Johnson in Milpitas, CA is seeking a Senior Mechatronics Engineer to lead the design, integration, verification, and lifecycle support of complex medical-device systems in a regulated MedTech environment.

Your role will own the architecture from stakeholder needs through validation, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across mechanical, electrical, controls, software, and suppliers to deliver safe and scalable equipment.