Head of Joints Robotics, R&D Digital

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

Position Summary:

The Head of Joints Robotics R&D is accountable for leading a cross-disciplinary Robotics R&D organization responsible for system engineering software and hardware development of nextgeneration orthopedic robotic systems. Own the technical roadmap delivery team development and alignment with clinical regulatory and manufacturing stakeholders to bring safe differentiated robotic products to market.

You willbe responsible for:

• Set technical vision and roadmap for robotics platforms (mechatronics embedded systems perception control autonomy and cloud/edge software) in collaboration with product clinical regulatory and manufacturing teams.
• Manage endtoend R&D delivery for full product lifecycle: requirements architecture prototyping verification validation and transfer to production.
• Lead coach and recruit a multidisciplinary team: firmware engineers controls/mechatronics electrical/mechanical design engineers robotics perception/ML embedded & application software and systems engineers.
• Establish robust engineering processes (requirements management design control risk management software lifecycle CI/CD component obsolescence management).
• Drive systemslevel tradeoffs between performance safety cost and manufacturability for medical devices.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory standards and support technical inputs for submission considerations.
• Partner with human factors for clinical validation and iterative improvements informed by surgeon feedback.
• Own technical risk register milestones budgets and resource allocation; report program status to senior leadership.
• Define and track key metrics for product quality development velocity reliability and timetomarket.

Qualifications / Requirements:

Required

• MS or PhD in Robotics Mechanical/Electrical Engineering Computer Science.
• 10 years leading engineering teams with combined software and hardware responsibility
• 3 years in medical device surgical robotics or similarly regulated industry.
• Proven track record delivering complex electromechanical multi-disciplinary systems from concept to production.
• Strong systems engineering mindset: requirements decomposition architecture verification/validation.
• Deep experience in embedded systems realtime control motion planning perception (vision/force/encoders) and relevant SW stacks (C/C RTOS ROS or robotics frameworks).
• Demonstrated knowledge of medical device regulations design controls and risk management practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management crossfunctional leadership and communication skills.
• Strong Clinical workflow understanding through the patient pathway
• Hands on technical credibility and ability to mentor senior engineers.
• Customer and clinician empathy; data driven decision maker.
• Skilled at prioritizing scope in constrained timelines and budgets.
• Builds high trust teams and fosters psychological safety for innovation.
• Results driven leadership with strong execution focus

Preferred

• Prior experience with surgical systems orthopedics or other implantable device ecosystems.
• Exposure to cloud/edge analytics cybersecurity for medical devices and machine learning for perception or decision support.
• MBA or demonstrated P&L/program ownership experience.

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.

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