Senior Metrology Engineer

Johnson & Johnson Co.; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc is seeking a Senior Metrology Engineer in Jacksonville, FL, to lead the development and integration of inspection systems for automated medical-device manufacturing. This role combines computer vision and metrology to drive technology choices and cross-functional collaboration.

The candidate will coordinate with suppliers, establish maintenance plans, and guide early-career engineers while ensuring compliance and quality in a regulated manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related discipline with 4+ years of experience (or Master's with 2 years, or a recent PhD).
• Demonstrated project leadership and machine vision engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams to achieve project and technology objectives while managing technical risks and presenting status, decisions, and issues to senior leadership.
• Collaborate with experts to translate product, process, and quality requirements into measurable inspection and system requirements.
• Lead technology evaluation, selection, and development through hardware evaluation, feasibility testing, bench testing, configuration optimization, inline installation, and system acceptance.
• Partner with external suppliers and system integrators to develop technical solutions. Define and review technical scopes of work and ensure solutions meet project requirements.
• Work with internal partners to establish preventive-maintenance, calibration, spare-parts, backup, training, and support plans to sustain the system after launch.
• Establish risk-based test strategies, including feasibility studies, design verification, factory and site acceptance testing.
• Serve as the subject matter expert during audits, reviews, transfers, and technical decisions.
• Mentor and guide early in career engineers without formal authority.

Skills

Machine vision

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Camera hardware

Image acquisition software

Lighting & triggering

Job description

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:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

Biomedical Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson and Johnson Vision Care, Inc is recruiting for a Senior Metrology Engineer located in Jacksonville, Florida.

We have an adventurous ambition: to change the trajectory of eye health. That is why, through our operating companies, we have developed solutions for every stage of life-to help people see better, connect better, and live better. We partner with eye care professionals to provide some of the world's leading products and technologies to address refractive error, cataracts, dry eye, and beyond.

Johnson & Johnson Vision is committed to advancing eye health and helping people see their world more clearly. Backed by the strength, innovation, and healthcare expertise of Johnson & Johnson, the organization delivers solutions that support patients throughout their lifetime vision journey, including vision care, surgical vision, and related eye-health needs. The Jacksonville site plays a meaningful role in supporting high-quality manufacturing, operational reliability, and continued innovation for patients and customers worldwide.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

Position Summary:

The Senior Metrology Engineer will combine expertise in computer vision and metrology to lead the development and integration of inspection systems for automated medical-device manufacturing. As the technical project leader, this role will define system requirements, guide technology selection and development, manage technical risk, and coordinate cross-functional teams and suppliers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead engineering teams to achieve project and technology objectives while managing technical risks and presenting status, decisions, and issues to senior leadership.
• Collaborate with experts to translate product, process, and quality requirements into measurable inspection and system requirements.
• Lead technology evaluation, selection, and development through hardware evaluation, feasibility testing, bench testing, configuration optimization, inline installation, and system acceptance.
• Partner with external suppliers and system integrators to develop technical solutions. Define and review technical scopes of work and ensure solutions meet project requirements.
• Work with internal partners to establish preventive-maintenance, calibration, spare-parts, backup, training, and support plans to sustain the system after launch.
• Establish risk-based test strategies, including feasibility studies, design verification, factory and site acceptance testing.
• Serve as the subject matter expert during audits, reviews, transfers, and technical decisions.
• Mentor and guide early in career engineers without formal authority.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related discipline and typically at least four years of relevant experience (or Master's with 2 years, or a recent PhD graduate).
• Demonstrated project leadership and machine vision engineering.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in medical devices or another regulated manufacturing environment.
• Direct experience implementing industrial computer vision hardware, including camera, lens, illumination, triggering, and image acquisition software.
• Flawless Project Execution (FPX) certification or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience applying measurement system analysis (MSA) and statistical techniques to characterize inspection performance, such as design of experiments (DoE), repeatability and reproducibility, bias, and robustness.
• Experience leading capital projects through procurement, installation, commissioning, validation, production ramp-up, and handoff to operations.
• Knowledge of equipment qualification and computerized system validation (CSV).

Limited domestic and/or international travel may be required based on business needs.

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.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants' needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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 parent's consent for the background check. www.careers.jnj.com.

Required Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Bioinformatics, Biological Engineering, Biological Sciences, Biostatistics, Coaching, Data Savvy, Detail-Oriented, Feasibility Studies, Inventory Management, Preclinical Research, Project Schedule, Prototyping, Research and Development, Researching, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Technologically Savvy

Preferred Skills:

Analytical Reasoning, Bioinformatics, Biological Engineering, Biological Sciences, Biostatistics, Coaching, Data Savvy, Detail-Oriented, Feasibility Studies, Inventory Management, Preclinical Research, Project Schedule, Prototyping, Research and Development, Researching, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Technologically Savvy