Senior Software Engineer – Navigation

About the role

The role is in the Navigation R&D team and is located in Boston, MA or Warsaw, IN. This position is part of the planned separation of Johnson & Johnson's Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone Orthopaedics company, DePuy Synthes.

Responsibilities

• Build production grade on device clinical applications and services in C#/.NET for Windows and iOS targets, integrating with local and cloud services.
• Experience with relational databases and embedded databases such as SQLite, including schema design, data modeling, and data normalization.
• Strong proficiency in writing, optimizing, and debugging SQL queries.
• Develop concurrent, multi-threaded components and services using REST APIs and databases, with an architecture that supports evolution and versioning.
• Use secure coding principles to ensure cybersecurity and patient safety with appropriate technologies and cybersecurity processes.
• Examples: X.509 device identity, mutual TLS, certificate rotation, secure storage (e.g., integration with Key Vault), threat modeling, and least privilege access.
• Build cloud connected backends and integrations in Azure or similar cloud environments (Functions, App Service, containers where appropriate) to support telemetry ingestion, command routing, and fleet operations.
• Drive software quality through unit/integration/system tests (including hardware in the loop), profiling, observability (structured logging, metrics, traces), and CI/CD integration.
• Contribute to regulatory documentation, traceability, and V&V aligned with IEC 62304, ISO 14971, and related guidance; support submissions (e.g., FDA 510(k)) as needed.
• Collaborate in Agile/Scrum workflows, mentor junior engineers, and lead design/code reviews to sustain long-term maintainability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field. Master’s degree is a plus.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Strong proficiency in full-stack C#/.NET development, object-oriented design, and core CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms) including at least one front-end technology.
• Experience in Medical Device or MedTech industry preferred.
• Demonstrated, hands-on, experience in developing and supporting a full-stack application system with customer-facing front-end (GUI) that integrates with on-device and cloud backend systems.
• Experience with Windows application development using WPF.
• Excellent ability to author technical documentation for software applications.
• Proficiency across the full SDLC in a regulated environment: requirements, design, implementation, testing, traceability, release, and maintenance.
• Strong debugging and profiling skills on Windows; experience with CI/CD and automated testing.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and influence skills; ability to be a key participant in architecture and design reviews.
• Preferred: Experience with AI-driven development, experience with API development and integration with cloud services, experience in developing regulated medical device software (SaMD) under standards like IEC 62304, FDA cybersecurity guidance, experience with requirements, design documentation in tools like Polarion, JAMA, etc.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field. Master’s degree is a plus.
• Required: 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Required: Strong proficiency in full-stack C#/.NET development, object-oriented design, and core CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms) including at least one front-end technology.
• Required: Experience in Medical Device or MedTech industry preferred.
• Required: Demonstrated, hands-on, experience in developing and supporting a full-stack application system with customer-facing front-end (GUI) that integrates with on-device and cloud backend systems.
• Required: Experience with Windows application development using WPF.
• Required: Excellent ability to author technical documentation for software applications.
• Required: Proficiency across the full SDLC in a regulated environment: requirements, design, implementation, testing, traceability, release, and maintenance.
• Required: Strong debugging and profiling skills on Windows; experience with CI/CD and automated testing.
• Required: Excellent communication, collaboration, and influence skills; ability to be a key participant in architecture and design reviews.
• Preferred: Experience with AI-driven development, experience with API development and integration with cloud services, experience in developing regulated medical device software (SaMD) under standards like IEC 62304, FDA cybersecurity guidance, experience with requirements, design documentation in tools like Polarion, JAMA, etc.