Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Automation & OT Security

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Groningen; On-site; EUR 64,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus program

Comprehensive health benefits

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Groningen is seeking a Staff Manufacturing Engineer with a specialty in automation and OT to support automation, equipment implementation, validation, and site-level OT cybersecurity at our Groningen facility.

The role requires at least 7 years of automation and cybersecurity experience in a regulated manufacturing environment, with strong PLC/SCADA/HMI, robotics, and vision system capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems Engineering, Robotics, Computer Engineering, or related technical field (master’s preferred).
• At least 7 years of relevant automation, industrial engineering, OT, and cybersecurity experience in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of cGMP, GxP, CSV, change control, and validation in medical device/pharma/regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead automation and equipment projects from requirements and design through implementation, validation, handover and support.
• Develop and maintain compliant project and validation documentation (URS, risk assessments, test plans, FAT, IQ/OQ/PQ, reports, SOPs, change-control).
• Design, integrate, troubleshoot, and improve PLC, SCADA, HMI, robotics, and vision systems to increase safety, reliability, quality, and productivity.
• Act as site OT and cybersecurity SME, applying enterprise policies and standards locally.
• Maintain OT asset inventory, support risk-based assessments, document site security operating model and governance.
• Define procedures for enterprise security solutions including password management, patching, and maintenance with IT.
• Ensure solutions comply with applicable regulations and internal quality requirements.
• Analyze system/process performance, lead structured problem solving with data-driven reports.
• Collaborate across Engineering, IT, OT, Cybersecurity, Quality, Operations, R&D and suppliers; train users and mentor staff.

Skills

OT cybersecurity

Automation

PLC/SCADA/HMI

Cybersecurity

cGMP/GxP

Project leadership

Documentation

Validation testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Control/Robotics/Computer Engineering

Job description

Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision Groningen is seeking a Staff Manufacturing Engineer with a specialty in automation and OT to support automation, equipment implementation, validation, and site-level OT cybersecurity at our Groningen facility.

The role requires at least 7 years of automation and cybersecurity experience in a regulated manufacturing environment, with strong PLC/SCADA/HMI, robotics, and vision system capabilities.