Staff Software Engineer – Navigation

About the role

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Senior Software Engineer in Navigation R&D team. The role will be in Boston, MA or Warsaw, IN.

Responsibilities

• Architect major software features/enhancements and deliver detailed development execution plans
• Participate in product planning sessions to accurately define development timelines
• Build production grade on device clinical applications and services in C#/.NET for Windows and iOS targets, integrating with local and cloud services
• 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

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer/Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field. Master’s degree is a plus.
• 7+ years of relevant software development experience
• 2+ years of leading a scrum team as a software technical leader
• Experience with Medical Device or MedTech industry preferred
• Strong proficiency in full-stack C#/.NET development, object oriented design, and core CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms)
• 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 API development and integration with cloud services, preferably AWS
• 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 lead architecture and design reviews
• Preferred: Experience with AI-driven development, Proven experience implementing AI/ML models into production applications (Highly preferred)
• Experience with Windows application development using WPF
• 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.

Preferred Skills

• Agility
• Jumps
• Analytical Reasoning
• Coaching
• Collaboration
• Critical Thinking
• Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Product Design
• Report Writing
• Requirements Analysis
• Research and Development
• SAP Product Lifecycle Management
• Scripting Languages
• Software Architectures
• Software Development Management
• Software Engineering Practices
• Software Quality Assurance (SQA)
• Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Techonologically Savvy