Supplier Engineer - Metals

Robotics & Digital Solutions, part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies, is recruiting for a Senior Supplier Engineer, Manufacturing!

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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 metals/machining 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 (metals/machining) 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 development requirements for tooling, manufacturing, and inspections of direct material components.
• Responsible for ensuring robust requirements cascade from Design to Suppliers.
• Drive suppliers to continually improve their business and manufacturing process performance to meet business requirements for supplier excellence using a collection of best practices in project management, Six Sigma, Lean, SPC and negotiation by leading these efforts without managerial guidance at several suppliers simultaneously.
• Support corrective actions for supplier process by driving suppliers to true root cause analysis and corrective and Preventive actions.
• Coordinate project activities and maintain accountability for overall project success.
• Other duties as required.

• BS degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of meaningful work experience in a regulated industry (medical device industry preferred).
• Validated knowledge of various metals component manufacturing process development and production validation (ie. machining, metal injection molding, stamping, casting, EDM/ECM, additive manufacturing, etc.).
• Understanding of engineering drawing interpretation, i.e., GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing) required.
• Mechatronics and robotics experience, preferred.
• Solid understanding of quality requirements/documents such as statistical process control, capability analysis, FMEA’s, etc., preferred.
• Understanding of product design & DFM/A (Design for Manufacturing & Assembly), preferred.
• Experience with supplier management, supplier qualification/selection, and process improvement with suppliers.
• Root cause analysis, preferred.
• Understanding of Six Sigma Methodologies, preferred.
• Excellent knowledge of 21 CFR part 820 and ISO 13485.
• Solid understanding of regulatory requirements regarding the design, build, and release of medical devices, worldwide, preferred.
• Up to 20% domestic and international travel required.

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