Staff Process Engineer

Johnson & Johnson•Jacksonville, FL

21h

About The Position

Johnson & Johnson is recruiting a Staff Process Engineer to join its Vision Care team in Jacksonville, Florida. The role provides deep technical expertise and strategic leadership within a manufacturing value stream or engineering function. It leads complex, high-impact projects and programs aimed at improving safety, quality, delivery, cost, and long-term competitiveness in regulated manufacturing environments. The Staff Engineer is accountable for initiatives from planning through execution, including change control, qualification and validation, experimental studies, technical investigations, and continuous improvement. The role also influences organizational decisions, mentors technical colleagues, and works with cross-functional stakeholders and external partners to deliver robust, compliant solutions. The position leads technical direction on complex problems, develops and delivers engineering programs, and applies project-management and continuous-improvement methods. It may involve concept analysis and business-case development for future capital or expense projects, as well as coordinating outside designers, consultants, contractors, and other resources. The engineer leads change control and equipment, process, system, packaging, or material qualification and validation, and authors, reviews, or approves technical documentation. Depending on the assignment, the work may include process, equipment, packaging, materials, supplier, or technical-operations engineering. Responsibilities can include improving equipment and processes, designing and analyzing experimental studies, troubleshooting manufacturing platforms, and supporting new product introduction or technical transfer. The role also leads complex investigations and risk-based corrective and preventive actions, mentors engineers and technical team members, supports training, and promotes compliance, safety, ethics, and relevant sustainability objectives. Responsibilities may vary by site, and applicable procedures and quality systems define or supersede aspects of the position description.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent technical degree appropriate to the function.
Demonstrated experience leading complex technical projects in manufacturing, operations, and/or regulated-industry environments.
Strong technical writing and documentation discipline, including GDP, and demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
Deep technical expertise and ability to independently develop novel approaches to complex problems.
Advanced analytical and statistical capability, including methods such as DOE, capability and stability analysis, hypothesis testing, and data trending, and ability to translate data into decisions.
Strong project and program management skills, including scope, schedule, risk, and budget management, with ability to deliver in a matrix environment.
Strong technical writing, presentation, and documentation-control skills, including accurate generation, release, and maintenance of compliant documentation.
Ability to collaborate and influence across functions, sites, cultures, and time zones, and to lead through ambiguity.
Knowledge of regulated manufacturing requirements, including GMP, ISO, and FDA requirements, and risk-management practices.
Proficiency with common business tools and statistical software such as Excel, JMP, Minitab, or equivalents, as appropriate to the role.
English language proficiency is required.
Typical experience range is 6–8+ years for Staff Engineer scope; specialist tracks may require 7+ years for Packaging or 9–10+ years for Materials/Supplier, Technical Operations, or Supply Chain-focused roles.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in Engineering or Science.
Professional engineering certification, recognized project-management credentials such as PMP/PMI, and/or continuous-improvement certification such as Lean, Six Sigma, or FPx (or equivalent).
Deep domain expertise relevant to the assignment, such as advanced process engineering, packaging standards and test methods, materials science or supplier engineering, validation systems, or data analytics.
Experience working directly with vendors or suppliers and leading cross-site or global initiatives.
For packaging assignments, strong working knowledge of relevant packaging standards, regulations, test methods, distribution or transportation testing, and packaging process validation.
For supplier, materials, or technical-operations assignments, strong supplier-engagement skills and ability to assess supplier capability and capacity and lead investigations and continuity-of-supply actions.
Additional language skills, depending on site requirements.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership and direction on complex problems within the function and across functions.
Partner with governance and prioritization forums to scope, plan, and deliver programs aligned with business objectives.
Identify and lead breakthrough or best-practice methodologies and technology improvements.
Lead complex engineering projects and programs, establishing milestones, resources, schedules, risks, and budgets.
Apply project-management methods and continuous-improvement tools, including Lean and Six Sigma, to deliver and sustain results.
Perform concept analysis for future capital or expense projects and support business-case development and justification, as applicable.
Coordinate outside designers, consultants, contractors, and supplemental resources when needed.
Lead complex change-control activities in compliance with internal procedures and external regulations and standards.
Plan and execute qualification and validation of new or modified equipment, processes, systems, packaging operations, or materials, including IQ/OQ/PQ as applicable.
Author, review, and approve technical documentation such as protocols, reports, specifications, risk assessments, and presentations.
Identify and implement equipment, process, packaging, or material improvements that enhance efficiency, yield, reliability, robustness, and safety.
Design, execute, and analyze complex experimental studies, such as DOE, capability and stability studies, hypothesis testing, and trend analysis.
Lead technical troubleshooting and optimization across manufacturing platforms and support NPI, technical transfer, and platform development where applicable.
For packaging assignments, lead packaging system and component qualification, packaging equipment and process validation, and shipping, distribution, or route verification testing; support labeling and packaging implementation content and drive sustainability and cost improvements.
For materials, supplier, or technical-operations assignments, lead supplier and material capability evaluations, capacity and risk assessments, continuity-of-supply actions, and complex supplier quality or failure investigations.
Lead or coach structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis for complex quality, technical, and manufacturing issues, including deviations, nonconformances, audit actions, and CAPAs.
Apply risk-based thinking, drive corrective and preventive actions, and verify their effectiveness.
Mentor and provide technical guidance to engineers and technical team members, building functional capability, standard work, and technical excellence.
Train and support operations and engineering teams on relevant methodologies, tools, and safe process and equipment operation and troubleshooting.
Ensure adherence to applicable regulations, standards, company policies, and professional and ethical standards.
Support EHS and sustainability objectives relevant to the assigned scope and initiatives.