Sr Principal Clinical Engineer
Johnson & Johnson
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Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Sr Principal Clinical Engineer based in the United States (Warsaw, IN) with global responsibilities across Raynham, MA and Leeds, UK. You will architect end-to-end surgical workflows, translating clinical and operational needs into integrated requirements for implant, instrument, digital, and service development.
The role requires a strong background in medical device design controls, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration with R&D and regulatory teams
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field; advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum 8 years in medical device/orthopaedics product development or clinical workflow design.
- Proficiency with design tools and CAD software; strong visualization and prototyping skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management in a matrixed environment.
Responsibilities
- Define end-to-end orthopedic procedural workflows across preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care.
- Translate needs into technical requirements and development guidance.
- Collaborate with R&D, clinical, regulatory, quality and marketing teams.
- Evaluate concepts for usability, clinical relevance and adoption risk.
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Job description
At Johnson & Johnson,we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build aworld where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured,where treatments are smarter and less invasive, andsolutions are personal.Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity.Learn more at jnj.com
As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.
R&D Product Development
Industrial Design & Human Factors
Scientific/Technology
Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America
Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.
Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Orthopaedics? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Orthopaedics teams help keep more than 6 million people moving each year while delivering clinical and economic value to surgeons and healthcare systems. Our teams build solutions for joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports, extremities, and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery.
Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech
We are searching for Sr Principal Clinical Engineer to be based out of Warsaw, IN and Raynham MA and Leeds, United Kingdom.
The Clinical Engineer will act as a Procedural Workflow Architect to define and shape end-to-end surgical procedure workflows across preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care. This role translates clinical, operational, economic, usability, and adoption needs into integrated procedural requirements that guide implant, instrument, enabling technology, digital, biologic, and service development. By connecting real-world surgical practice with cross-functional product development, the role helps ensure future solutions are intuitive, adoptable, clinically meaningful, economically relevant, and differentiated in the marketplace.
- Define and design end-to-end integrated procedural workflows for prioritized surgical procedures across - preoperative planning, intraoperative execution, and postoperative follow-up including implants, instruments, technologies, digital applications, biologics, and services.
- Translate surgeon, care team, patient, health system, commercial, clinical, operational, economic, usability, and adoption needs into procedural requirements, user needs, use scenarios, design inputs, and development guidance.
- Map current- and future-state workflows to identify unmet needs, adoption barriers, usability challenges, economic pain points, and opportunities for meaningful differentiation.
- Partner with R&D, clinical, medical education, regulatory, quality, marketing, commercial, and external clinical stakeholders to align workflow priorities, solution intent, and integrated procedural requirements.
- Evaluate concepts for usability, workflow fit, clinical relevance, adoption risk, and end-user value to prioritize procedural problems and guide clinical, technical, operational, and business tradeoffs to improve efficiency, consistency, usability, and adoption.
- Translate procedural needs and complex inputs into requirements, recommendations, and development guidance.
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, biomedical engineering, life sciences, clinical discipline, health care administration, or related field required; advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in medical device, orthopaedics, surgical innovation, product development, clinical workflow design, human factors, systems engineering, or related health care technology environment.
- Proficiency with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Figma, Miro, FigJam, Polarion native; experience with 3D visualization, CAD, KeyShot, Rhino, SolidWorks, NX or rapid prototyping methods is a plus.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder alignment skills; able to influence without authority in a matrixed environment.
- Lead ambiguous, early-stage problem framing and convert insights into structured development priorities.
- Familiarity with medical device development, design controls, risk management, and regulated product development.
- Visual storytelling and storyboard development
- Industrial design and human-centered design methodology
- Workflow mapping, journey mapping, and process visualization
- Concept sketching, ideation, and rapid visual prototyping
- Design communication for complex hardware, software, and procedural systems
- Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder facilitation
- Ability to connect and translate user needs, clinical context, and design direction
- Presentation development and executive-ready communication
- Will require travel to R&D sites, labs, surgeon engagement sessions, customer research activities, or project workshops.
- Must comply with all applicable company policies, procedures, quality expectations, confidentiality requirements, and regulatory standards.
- Role may be aligned to front-end innovation, systems engineering, human factors, or product development depending on organizational structure and project needs.
Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone Orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals.
Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers , internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
Analytical Reasoning, Concept Testing, Consulting, Customer Intelligence, Design Mindset, Human Factor Engineering, Industry Analysis, Performance Measurement, Product Design, Product Improvements, Product Portfolio Management, Product Strategies, Research and Development, Research Documents, Risk Management, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Tactical Planning, Technical Credibility, User Research
$137,000.00 - $235,750.00
Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
- 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 period10 days
- Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
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