Staff Vision Engineer

Johnson & Johnson • Jacksonville, FL

52d • Onsite

About The Position

We are searching for the best talent to join our Vision team as a Staff Vision Engineer located in Jacksonville, Florida. 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 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 https://www.jnj.com/medtech Purpose: The Staff Vision Engineer designs, simulates, and optimizes optical systems and components used in advanced vision products, including contact lenses, ophthalmic devices, and wearable technologies, with the goal of delivering innovative solutions that improve patient vision from concept through commercialization; the role collaborates with multi-functional teams and partners with vision scientists, clinicians, and internal and external centers of excellence to translate scientific insights into practical product solutions in Presbyopia, Myopia Progression, Light Management, and Astigmatism, driving ground-breaking optical innovations and ensuring robust validation across development stages.

Requirements

• PhD or Master’s degree in Optics, Physics, Vision Science, or other degrees, such as psychophysics, with applied vision science
• A minimum of 2 years of work experience (5 years with Master’s degree) in a multi-disciplined engineering environment with experience in physics, optics or vision science is required
• Experience with ophthalmic product design and visual performance measurement technology is required
• Demonstrated solid understanding of optical design software, Matlab (or other programming language), statistics, data analytics & mathematical modeling
• Demonstrated ability to integrate knowledge across diverse technologies (e.g. optical design, mechanical design, ocular physiology, image interpretation, psychophysics) to generate technical insights and translate into design solutions
• Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills required

Nice To Haves

• Optical Design
• Optics
• Physical Optics
• Product Design
• Vision Science

Responsibilities

• Develop a fundamental understanding of the human visual system to enable eye-inspired optical designs
• Develop, research, create, and validate eye and vision models
• Research and deploy clinical metrology instrumentation to enable clinical research
• Provide optics and vision science consulting across the organization as needed
• Optical design optimization
• Adhere to all environmental and safety policies and procedures and support department environmental objectives
• Engage in Credo-based decision making

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees