Staff Engineer, Margin Acceleration

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Johnson & Johnson MedTech is recruiting for a Staff Engineer Margin Acceleration to join the team. The location for this position is Irvine CA.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery Ready to join a team thats reimagining how we heal Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the worlds most prevalent conditions such as obesity cardiovascular disease and cancer. Patients are waiting.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at Staff Engineer Margin Acceleration is responsible for leading complex engineering and Margin Acceleration Program initiatives that deliver cost savings operational improvements and strategic business results. This role manages engineering projects from concept through implementation ensuring alignment with business objectives operational requirements and customer needs while maintaining compliance with quality safety and regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for Margin Acceleration Program cost-saving initiatives and complex engineering projects ensuring project plans milestones and deliverables align with business and operational objectives.
• Lead engineering projects from concept through implementation ensuring adherence to quality safety regulatory and operational requirements.
• Develop and manage project schedules timelines resource plans and key project deliverables.
• Track maintain and update project documentation schedules risks and status within project management systems (Wave).
• Conduct investigations into project non-conformances perform root cause analysis and implement effective corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Develop and manage capital and expense budgets and forecasts for assigned engineering projects.
• Define and execute product component equipment and process validation activities to support operational integration and supply chain readiness.
• Identify assess and mitigate project risks while ensuring timely escalation of significant issues to leadership.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Operations Quality Supply Chain Manufacturing and Engineering to ensure successful project execution.
• Ensure all projects comply with applicable quality safety environmental and regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical guidance coaching and mentorship to junior engineers and technical team members.
• Support and enforce site safety industrial hygiene and compliance requirements across project activities.
• Promote continuous improvement initiatives that drive cost savings efficiency reliability and operational excellence.
• Apply Johnson & Johnson Credo values and Leadership Imperatives in daily decision-making and team interactions.

Required Skills

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering (Mechanical Electrical or related discipline).
• 6-8 years of engineering manufacturing project management or operational excellence experience within a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading complex engineering manufacturing capital or operational improvement projects.
• Strong project management skills including planning scheduling budget management and risk mitigation.
• Experience conducting root cause analysis and implementing corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
• Knowledge of validation processes including equipment process product and component validation.
• Experience managing capital and expense project budgets.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing engineering quality and operational processes.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written verbal and presentation communication skills.
• Experience utilizing project management software and tools.
• Working knowledge of GMP quality safety and regulatory requirements.

Preferred Skills

• Advanced degree (MS or MBA) in Engineering Business or a related field.
• Experience in Medical Device Pharmaceutical Healthcare or other regulated manufacturing environments.
• PMP CAPM or equivalent project management certification.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Black Belt or Continuous Improvement certification.
• Experience supporting cost savings margin improvement or operational excellence programs.
• Knowledge of supply chain integration and manufacturing scale-up activities.
• Experience with capital equipment implementation and facility improvement projects.
• Exposure to new product introduction (NPI) and product lifecycle management activities.
• Experience mentoring engineers and technical teams.
• Advanced proficiency with data analysis reporting and project portfolio management tools.
• Experience with CAD design tools
• Experience with tolerance stack up analysis
• Experience with MS Project or equivalent software

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.

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If you are under 18 years of age you (the candidate) may need to obtain the necessary working papers or other documentation required by state law to start the assignment as well as get a parents consent for the background check.

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