SR. MANAGER VISUALIZATION HARDWARE

Ethicon is recruiting for a Sr.
Manager, Visualization Hardware, located in Santa Clara, California.  Ethicon, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, has made meaningful contributions to surgery for more than 60 years from building the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures.
Our continuing dedication to Shape the Future of Surgery is built on our dedication to help address the world's most pressing health care issues and improve and save more lives.
Through Ethicon's surgical technologies and solutions including sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats and our dedication to treat serious medical conditions like obesity and cancer worldwide, we deliver innovation to make a life-changing impact.
For more information, visit www.
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The Sr.
Manager, Visualization Hardware is a key team member for our Advanced Imaging product pipeline, leading and conducting a wide range of assignments in collaboration with the team.
This represents an excellent opportunity if you are excited by building transformational surgical capabilities and working in a multi-functional environment.  Key Responsibilities:  Plan, develop, and test hardware and FPGA solutions for endoscopic visualization and advanced imaging products and concepts.  Lead a team of 5-10 developers (direct reports, indirect reports and external contractors).
Organize, plan, prioritize and monitor development tasks for the team.
Constantly develop and improve strategies to efficiently work in an Agile environment.  Develop technical requirements and architecture, collaborating with internal and external team members, that will support not just a product but a platform for long-term growth.
Execute subsystem technical strategies and influence internal multi-functional teams to execute feasibility and product development efforts.  Collaborate with external technology companies to integrate advanced imaging technologies into proprietary visualization platforms.  Establish and maintain strong, productive relationships and collaborations across internal, external, and partner organizations.  Conducting and/or participating in technical design reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, etc.  Contribute to all aspects of design control activities throughout the product lifecycle.
Qualifications Education.
BS degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering or related engineering field.
Advanced degree preferred.
Experience and Skills:  Required.
5+ years of people leadership experience.
A minimum of 8+ years of product design/development experience, including demonstrated success developing device hardware with embedded software and FPGA solutions.  Knowledge of FDA guidelines for development of medical device as well as international standards for medical device development such as IEC-, ISO-, ISO-.
Significant experience turning user and system-level requirements into hardware architecture, detailed designs, communication interfaces, hardware deliverables, etc.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred.
Experience developing surgical visualization camera control systems, including interfacing with CMOS image sensors and LED/laser light sources, FPGA programming, image signal processing for machine learning/artificial intelligence.
Direct experience releasing medical devices into domestic and international markets.
Experience in development of multiple FPGA designs for commercialized medical devices.
Proficiency using FPGA and EE design/simulation tools.
Experience defining and driving a hardware architecture roadmap to sustain mid-term to long-term technical growth.
Experience with tools such as Jira, Jama, Altium, etc.
Ability to influence at all levels.
Other:  Domestic and international travel of up to 10%  Leadership Imperatives Integrity and behavior based on the Credo Ethical actions at all levels in the activities.
Orientation to the Result.
Pursues everything with direction and energy, focused on the final result, without fear to initiate the action without knowing all the facts, is committed to finish what starts.  Relation.
Warm, friendly and with interpersonal skills, accessible and easy to communicate.
It relates well with all people, builds positive relationships.  Flexibility and Adaptation to Change.
Open to learning, is in continuous personal improvement, is aware of itself and the impact it generates on others, is receptive to feedback, is flexible, adapts to characteristics that demand different situations.  Intellectual curiosity.
Challenge to the status quo and search for creative solutions that can improve the way of doing things.
see the possibilities; willing to experiment; pursue new ideas; pleasant with ambiguity and uncertainty.  Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
For more information on how we support the whole health of our employees throughout their wellness, career and life journey, please visit www.
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