Head Navigation Digital R&D

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Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

R&D Software/Systems Engineering

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Boston Massachusetts United States of America Palm Beach Gardens Florida United States of America Raynham Massachusetts United States of America Warsaw Indiana United States of America

Job Description:

Head of Navigation Digital R&D

Location:Boston MA Raynham MA Palm Beach Gardens FL or Warsaw IN. Other DPS locationsto be considered.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of science technology and surgical workflow Johnson & Johnson Orthopaedics is advancing the next generation of solutions to keep patients moving. We are focused on delivering smarter less invasive and more personalized orthopedic care grounded in clinical evidence and enabled by biologics implants instruments enabling technologies and datadriven insights.

Our Orthopaedics teams help more than 6 million patients move each year partnering with surgeons and healthcare systems worldwide to deliver meaningful clinical outcomes operational efficiency & reproducibility combined with sustainable economic value. Across joint reconstruction; trauma and craniomaxillofacial; sports extremities and elective foot and ankle; spine; and robotics and digital surgery we bring together deep domain expertise and scalable platforms to redefine standards of care.

If you are passionate about expanding whats possible in orthopedics your talents can help shape the future of musculoskeletal health and support patients throughout their journey to recovery and renewed mobility. Learn more at & 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.

Should you accept this position it is anticipated that following conclusion of the transaction you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes programs policies and benefit that case details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.

We are searching for the best talent to join our Orthopedic team as Director of Navigation Robotics

located in Boston MA Palm Beach Gardens FL Warsaw IN or Raynham MA. Other DPS locations will be considered. The Director of Navigation Robotics will report to the VP Digital R&D Orthopedics.

Position Summary:

The Head of Navigation Digital R&D will lead software and systems engineering for intra operative navigation: localization registration sensor fusion and orchestration across embedded edge and cloud components. Act as the primary navigation partner to robotics clinical and regulatory teams to deliver deterministic clinician grade navigation capabilities.

You willbe responsible for:

• Own multiyear navigation SW & systems roadmap and drive delivery to product milestones.
• Architect realtime navigation stacks and partition deterministic control loops from nonrealtime services.
• Lead SW algorithm and AI teams to productionize perception pipelines.
• Build and operate simulation/digitaltwin and synthetic data pipelines for validation and regression testing.
• Establish IEC 62304aligned software lifecycle CI/CD for embedded cloud automated test harnesses and traceability.
• Define nonfunctional requirements (accuracy budgets latency availability robustness) and verification strategies.
• Integrate MLOps for model training validation deployment controls and infield monitoring.
• Partner with QA/RA to deliver software evidence risk controls and regulatory inputs; qualify navigation software suppliers/SDKs.
• Partner with technology partners for co-development

Qualifications / Requirements:

Required

• BS/MS in Computer Science Robotics Systems or equivalent.
• 10 years SW/systems experience with 5 years in navigation/perception or related systems; experience shipping production navigation or perception software.
• Strong C/C and Python realtime 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).
• Systems thinker with handson credibility; mentors senior engineers builds crossdisciplinary trust and navigates clinical/regulatory constraints.
• Collaborates globally with external partners and sales regions

Preferred

• Surgical/orthopedics navigation experience GPU/accelerator optimization and ML model lifecycle in regulated contexts.
• Experience with SBOM cybersecurity for medical devices and cloud/edge orchestration.

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 and 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 and internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Creating Purpose Developing Others Inclusive Leadership Innovation Leadership Operations Management Process Improvements Requirements Analysis Research and Development Researching SAP Product Lifecycle Management Scripting Languages Software Acquisitions Software Development Management Software Engineering Practices Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Stakeholder Engagement Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Tactical Planning Technologically Savvy

The anticipated base pay range for this position is :

$164000.00 - $282900.00

Additional Description for Pay Transparency:

Subject to the terms of their respective plans employees are eligible to participate in the Companys consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).

This position is eligible to participate in the Companys 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

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