Staff Clinical Engineer - Orthopedic Robotics & MedTech

Johnson Johnson; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Staff Clinical Engineer in Orthopaedics based in Boston, MA or Raynham, MA, with in-office expectations of a minimum of 3 days per week. You will partner with product development teams and clinicians to drive early-stage ideas into clinically relevant devices that enhance surgical robotics and navigation for orthopedics.

The role emphasizes clinical and technical expertise to inform user needs, regulatory pathways, and post-commercial performance across the product

Responsibilities

• Contribute clinical and technical expertise to the ideation, conceptualization, and early-stage evaluation of novel design concepts.
• Support projects through feasibility assessment and prototype development, ensuring alignment with clinical needs and applicable regulatory pathways.
• Support the preparation and delivery of prototype and product demonstrations for internal stakeholders, customers, and external partners.
• Collaborate with HEMA, marketing, R&D and medical affairs to define the patient journey and product maps
• Drive clinical and operational quantitative needs to increase innovation value
• Lead the creation of clinical hazard analyses and procedure-specific risk maps to inform project scope and streamline timelines.
• Stay at the forefront of Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery by evaluating emerging trends in surgical robotics, other navigated devices and emerging surgical techniques.
• Translate insights into actionable project goals and provide input to prototype development activities that maintain competitive advantage.
• Identify critical tasks, potential use errors, and hazardous situations in clinical contexts.
• Collaborate with systems engineering to design test methods, models, and metrics to ensure test protocols and validation activities reflect realistic clinical scenarios and user profiles.
• Analyze clinical workflows, environments, and pain points to inform system concepts and architecture.
• Conduct observation studies to identify pain points, inefficiency and complications.
• Gather Voice of the Clinician (VoC) and clinical insights to help identify unmet clinical needs and translate them into system-level opportunities and requirements.
• Support Voice of Customer sessions with surgeons by preparing session materials and product or prototype demonstrations, facilitating structured feedback, and documenting actionable clinical insights.
• Collaborate with quality, systems and human factors engine

Job description

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Staff Clinical Engineer in Orthopaedics based in Boston, MA or Raynham, MA, with in-office expectations of a minimum of 3 days per week. You will partner with product development teams and clinicians to drive early-stage ideas into clinically relevant devices that enhance surgical robotics and navigation for orthopedics.

The role emphasizes clinical and technical expertise to inform user needs, regulatory pathways, and post-commercial performance across the product