Sr Principal Eng, Process Engineering

Senior Principal Engineer, Process Engineering

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 Med Tech, 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.

Job Function:
Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:
Process Engineering

Job Category:
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way!

We are searching for the best talent for a Senior Principal Engineer, Process Engineering to join our Team! This is an onsite/hybrid role.

Position Summary

As the GET PE – Synthetics Drug Substance (API) Manufacturing Senior Principal Engineer, you will lead early design inputs and technical strategy for synthetic drug substance (API) manufacturing processes within strategic capital projects, network studies, and technology platforms across IMSC. You will provide technical expertise in synthetics API unit operations including chemical reaction, phase separations, distillation/solvent swap, crystallization/precipitation, filtration/centrifugation, drying, milling, blending, etc, while supporting solving and optimization activities at internal and external manufacturing sites.

Joining our global engineering group, you will collaborate with high-performing, multi-functional teams across multiple sites and functions. This role offers a dynamic and inspiring work environment with significant opportunities to influence API technology direction, standardization, and capability building across the network.

Responsibilities and impact you will have:

• Lead the intake, scoping, prioritization, and resolution of synthetics drug substance (API) manufacturing technical requests across global sites
• Lead and influence early-phase process design and act as domain expert for synthetics API processes, from technology and unit operation selection through scope definition and capital and schedule development
• Provide technical expertise in critical API unit operations and enabling technologies (e.g., hazardous chemistry, reactions, crystallization, filtration/centrifugation, drying, and particle engineering), with a strong emphasis on product quality, process safety, and robustness
• Ensure robust, fit-for-purpose process design while promoting standardization and platform approaches (e.g., common reactor trains, filtration/drying trains, solvent recovery concepts) where they make valuable contributions
• Ensure API cGMP standards are applied consistently and proactively assess emerging regulatory expectations and industry trends to keep API manufacturing solutions inspection-ready and compliant
• Drive the adoption of digital and data-enabled solutions for API manufacturing, including real-time monitoring, advanced process control, advanced data analytics, model and simulation, and smart manufacturing use cases where they improve reliability and performance
• Provide expert input and alignment on key process equipment, and technology selection decisions for API manufacturing (e.g., reactors, filters/centrifuges, dryers, contained transfer, solvent recovery, CIP/SIP where applicable)
• Actively collaborate with other functions such as R&D/CMC, MSAT, Quality, EHS, and Operations leads across synthetic API sites to enable reliable technical solutions and fast decision making
• Find opportunities for harmonization, shared solutions, and best-practice exchange across the network (e.g., containment standards, process safety approaches, cleaning…