Device & Packaging Launch Engineer — Global Transfer & Validation

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Allschwil; Hybrid; CHF 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine seeks a Principal Engineer, Device & Packaging TLI, to lead transfer, industrialization, validation, and launch of device and packaging solutions at commercial scale. You will join the Local Launch team within the MSAT Biotherapeutics Platform, providing technical leadership across device assembly, packaging, labeling interfaces, and manufacturing processes.

The role offers up to 40% work-from-home and travel up to 10% internationally, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Science, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in device, packaging, manufacturing, engineering, technology transfer, project management, or R&D.
• Strong experience leading complex technical projects from initiation through transfer, validation, and commercial implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multifunctional teams in a global and cross-functional environment.
• Strong technical understanding of device assembly and/or pharmaceutical packaging processes, including their industrialization and validation.
• Ability to translate product and design requirements into practical, robust commercial manufacturing solutions.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.
• Comfortable working toward ambitious goals, navigating complexity, and solving challenging technical and organizational problems.
• Ability to influence and drive decisions across functions without direct reporting relationships.

Responsibilities

• Act as the MSAT Device & Packaging technical lead for assigned new product introduction and technology transfer projects.
• Lead global and local cross-functional project teams and represent MSAT Device & Packaging within the value chain team and project development teams.
• Provide technical leadership across device assembly, secondary packaging, labeling/artwork interfaces, and associated manufacturing processes.
• Partner with R&D, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, Engineering, Procurement, manufacturing sites, and external suppliers to translate product and design requirements into robust commercial manufacturing solutions.
• Ensure appropriate specifications, controls, and technical requirements are established for device components, packaging materials, and associated processes.
• Lead the design and technology transfer of device and packaging solutions into the commercial manufacturing environment.
• Drive development, implementation, scale-up, qualification, and validation of device assembly and packaging processes at commercial scale.
• Partner closely with project and equipment engineers to ensure manufacturing equipment is appropriately designed, tested, installed, qualified, and ready for routine production.
• Lead technical problem solving and risk management throughout transfer, qualification, validation, and launch.
• Ensure solutions are robust, manufacturable, compliant, and capable of supporting reliable commercial supply.
• Drive Device & Packaging activities from project initiation through technical transfer, PPQ/validation, regulatory submission readiness, launch, and handover to the receiving organization.
• Establish clear project plans, deliverables, risks, dependencies, and milestones for the Device & Packaging workstream.
• Proactively identify technical and project risks and drive mitigation and escalation where required.
• Provide regular updates to project stakeholders and sponsors through reports, presentations, governance meetings, and ad-hoc communication.
• Work closely with the manufacturing-site organization to ensure successful project execution and operational readiness.
• Ensure technical deliverables supporting health-authority submissions and launch readiness are completed on time and with the required quality.

Skills

Device assembly

Packaging processes

Project leadership

Cross-functional teams

Manufacturing scale

Transfer & validation

Communication

Regulatory knowledge

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Ambitious goals

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering

Job description

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine seeks a Principal Engineer, Device & Packaging TLI, to lead transfer, industrialization, validation, and launch of device and packaging solutions at commercial scale. You will join the Local Launch team within the MSAT Biotherapeutics Platform, providing technical leadership across device assembly, packaging, labeling interfaces, and manufacturing processes.

The role offers up to 40% work-from-home and travel up to 10% internationally, with opportunities to