Staff Engineer

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com.

As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.

Job Function:
Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:
Manufacturing Engineering

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Job Description:

About Vision

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding on the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs - from the pediatric to aging eye - in a patient's lifetime.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at ;br>
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. is recruiting for an Staff Engineer, located in Jacksonville, FL.

We have an adventurous ambition: to change the trajectory of eye health. That is why, through our operating companies, we have developed solutions for every stage of life-to help people see better, connect better, and live better. We partner with eye care professionals to provide some of the world's leading products and technologies to address refractive error, cataracts, dry eye, and beyond. We are committed to using our reach and size for good and strive to put quality eye care within reach of everyone, everywhere.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identifies, plans and executes complex change control projects requiring conceptual evaluation, design and validation.
• Identifies, plans and executes complex qualification of new equipment/controls and assists in vendor and site acceptance testing to meet engineering standards.
• Identifies and implements standard methodologies of project management.
• Participates in technical design reviews for machine requirements and manufacturing/product specifications.
• Performs concept analysis of capital projects for future project development.
• Provides training and support to Operations Engineers and Technicians to operate, troubleshoot and maintain equipment.
• Identification and resolution of Corrective/Preventative actions to address Quality, Technical, and Manufacturing issues (Audit Actions, NCR's, CAPA's, etc).
• Utilizes cross functional collaboration with safety, quality, and operations to meet business objectives.
• Provides mentoring and technical guidance to interns and/or co-ops.
• Displays technical depth and influence within functional team.
• Serves as a change agent by creating a learning culture and experimental mindset within the department and organization to improve business performance.
• Analyze production, yield, scrap, and downtime data
• Apply statistical methods to identify trends, variation, and root causes
• Build dashboards and reports for KPIs (e.g., OEE, cycle time, defect rates)
• Use data tools (SQL, Excel, BI platforms, Tableau) to generate insights
• Pull data from Manufacturing systems (MES / SAP / LIMS / eDHR / historians)
• Ensure data integrity and governance
• Identify and quantify process improvement opportunities
• Support continuous improvement / Lean / Six Sigma initiatives
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) on manufacturing issues
• Develop data-driven recommendations to improve throughput and quality
• Translate data into actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders

Qualifications

Education:

University/Bachelors Degree in Engineering or equivalent

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• 4 to 6 years of experience

Preferred:

• Operations experience in manufacturing, production supervision, front-line leading
• Experience working with vendors to select, source, quote, and procure off the shelf and custom designed components.
• Experience working in an ISO and FDA regulated environment.

Other:

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.
Johnson and Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please email the Employee Health Support Center () or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:
Accelerating, Communication, Detail-Oriented, Execution Focus, Facility Management, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Lean Manufacturing Principles, Lean Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Science and Technology (MSAT), Problem Management, Project Engineering, Project Management Tools, Project Support, Report Writing, Safety-Oriented, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Technologically Savvy