Senior Robotics Verification, Validation Engineer

Johnson & Johnson

Senior Robotics Verification & Validation Engineer at Johnson & Johnson ensuring robotic products meet system requirements. Collaborating cross-functionally to support regulatory and quality needs in medical devices.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeBoston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $92,000 - $148,350 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Collaborate with systems engineering to ensure requirements clarity, testability, and traceability from user needs, system and sub-system requirements, through verification and validation.
Define minimum testable requirements post-change (risk-based, essential performance, basic safety).
Develop and execute comprehensive V&V strategies and master system test plans for complex medical devices, including system verification protocols and regression plans that ensure robust requirements coverage; this includes investigational, integration, reliability, and formal V&V testing.
Prepare and deliver system-level V&V documentation, including summary reports and verification results.
Reviewing and approving sub-system verification deliverables to ensure alignment with overall system requirements.
Design, validate, and implement test methods, including manual and automated test setups, to ensure they are suitable for verifying product requirements, including repeatability, reproducibility.
Oversee the maintenance of robotics test lab facilities, ensuring all equipment and infrastructure are properly calibrated, serviced, and compliant with company safety, quality, and procedural standards; proactively identify and resolve issues to support uninterrupted testing and development workflows.
Ensure compliance with regulatory standards (e.g., FDA 21 CFR Part 820, ISO 13485, IEC 60601, ISO 14971).
Support design transfer and product launch activities including complaints investigations.
Investigate and document non-conformances, deviations, and test failures, drive root cause analysis and corrective actions.
Interface with regulatory, quality, and manufacturing teams to support audits and inspections.
Responsible for communicating business-related issues or opportunities to next management level.
Responsible for following all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety and Environmental practices as applicable.
For those who supervise or manage a staff, responsible for ensuring that subordinates follow all Company guidelines related to Health, Safety and Environmental practices and that all resources needed to do so are available and in good condition, if applicable.
Responsible for ensuring personal and Company compliance with all Federal, State, local and Company regulations, policies, and procedures.
Performs other duties assigned as needed.
Identify critical paths during product development, address bottlenecks and risks and facilitate problem solving across R&D teams.
Support project resource and schedule planning.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in biomedical engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
3+ years of experience in V&V engineering within the medical device industry.
Experience with Class II or Class III medical devices is preferred.
Knowledge of embedded systems, firmware/software testing, or electromechanical systems is a plus.
Strong understanding of systems engineering principles and product development lifecycle (e.g., V-model, waterfall, Agile).
Experience with requirements management tools (e.g., DOORS, Jama, Polarion).
Familiarity with test automation tools and scripting languages (e.g., Python, LabVIEW, MATLAB).
Excellent technical writing and communication skills.
Certification in CQE, CQA, or Six Sigma is a plus.
Proficient in sample size calculation and statistical methods for analyzing data.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s 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 period
Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

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Hard Skills & Tools

Verification and Validation (V&V)Test Method Design and ImplementationStatistical Methods for Data AnalysisRisk-Based Requirements DefinitionRoot Cause AnalysisTest Protocol DevelopmentEmbedded Systems KnowledgeFirmware/Software TestingElectromechanical Systems UnderstandingSample Size Calculation

Soft Skills

Technical WritingCommunication SkillsProblem SolvingCollaboration

Certifications

CQECQASix Sigma