Staff Supplier 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: Santa Clara, California, United States of America Job Description: Robotics & Digital Solutions, part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, is recruiting for a Staff Supplier Engineer located in Santa Clara, CA! About MedTech Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech Robotics & Digital Solutions is part of Ethicon, Inc., a global leader in surgery with products and solutions found in almost every operating room around the world. Ethicon has made significant contributions to surgery for more than 100 years from creating the first sutures, to revolutionizing surgery with minimally invasive procedures. Our continuing dedication to Shape the Future of Surgery is built on our commitment to help address the world's most pressing health care issues and improve and save more lives. Through Ethicon's surgical technologies and solutions including robotics, digital solutions, sutures, staplers, energy devices, trocars and hemostats and our commitment to treat serious medical conditions like obesity and cancer worldwide, we deliver innovation to make a life-changing impact! For more information, visit www.ethicon.com (http://www.ethicon.com/). Are you interested in joining a diverse team that is helping improve patient care and drive innovation? Apply today! Job Summary/Overview: The Staff Supplier Engineer will function as an integral member of a development team. This position will be responsible for designing, developing, and validating manufacturing solutions for Direct Material component and assembly manufacturing processes and ensuring scale-up of robust manufacturing solutions to support long-term production. This role will work both internally and externally to develop Johnson and Johnson’s next generation of Robotic & Digital Solutions and may help mentor/develop junior engineers.

Own and deliver the development, characterization, and validation of plastics components and sub-assembly processes at suppliers for new product development (NPD) projects and sustaining production within the Robotics and Digital Solutions franchise. Lead the scale-up of supplier manufacturing processes to production quantities. Work in a design team setting, collaborating with multi-functional teams (represented by Manufacturing Engineering, R&D, Purchasing, Quality, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Finance) by providing technical solutions to direct material component manufacturing and assembly processes that are optimized for manufacturing, product performance, and cost. Apply engineering principles, world-class manufacturing techniques, statistics, and risk management to resolve complex technical challenges. Identify, manage, and provide priorities and direction to external suppliers to satisfy manufacturing and