Senior Robotics V&V Manager — Hybrid Boston

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson in Boston, MA, is seeking a Senior Robotics Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineering Manager for our Orthopaedics team. This hybrid role leads a multidisciplinary group ensuring robotic systems meet requirements, and comply with FDA, ISO standards, and quality systems.

The role collaborates across systems, software, hardware, clinical, and manufacturing teams, guiding test strategies, regulatory submissions, and product releases in a regulated development environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years experience in V&V engineering within the medical device industry.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and product development lifecycle (V-model, waterfall, Agile).
• Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS, Jama, Polarion).
• Excellent technical writing and communication skills.
• Certification in CQE, CQA or Six Sigma is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Verification & Validation and Integration Engineers to ensure robotic systems meet all subsystem and system level requirements.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware, and software teams to ensure requirements are defined, testable, and traceable.
• Define minimum testable requirements and apply risk-based approaches for performance and basic safety.
• Develop and execute comprehensive V&V strategies and master system test plans for complex medical devices.
• Prepare and deliver system-level V&V documentation and verify results.
• Oversee external test facilities to ensure regulatory compliance and adherence to internal policies.
• Maintain robotics test lab facilities and ensure calibration and safety standards are met.
• Interface with regulatory, quality, and manufacturing teams to support audits and inspections.

Skills

Systems engineering

V&V engineering

Requirements management

Technical writing

Communication skills

Regulatory knowledge

Leadership

Education

Biomedical Engineering / Systems Engineering / Electrical Engineering (BSc/MSc)

Tools

DOORS

Jama

Polarion

Python

LabVIEW

MATLAB

Job description

Johnson & Johnson in Boston, MA, is seeking a Senior Robotics Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineering Manager for our Orthopaedics team. This hybrid role leads a multidisciplinary group ensuring robotic systems meet requirements, and comply with FDA, ISO standards, and quality systems.

The role collaborates across systems, software, hardware, clinical, and manufacturing teams, guiding test strategies, regulatory submissions, and product releases in a regulated development environment.