Staff Engineer, Injection Molding

About the role

Johnson & Johnson is hiring a Staff Engineer, Injection Molding in Limerick, Ireland, within its R&D Product Development and Mechanical Engineering functions. The engineer provides technical leadership and engineering support for contact lens molding and associated manufacturing systems, driving equipment reliability, process optimisation, tooling strategy, new product introduction and continuous improvement while meeting safety, quality and performance requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Manage mold tooling projects and vendors, including budgets, timelines and milestones, and select suppliers through RFQs or URSs
• Coordinate design reviews, factory acceptance tests, mold design, modifications, validation and tooling lifecycle management
• Manage mold flow simulations and create or review 3D CAD models and technical drawings, specifying hot runner systems and gating strategies
• Investigate and resolve molding, tooling, process and equipment issues, lead root cause investigations and implement corrective actions
• Support NPI and R&D by industrialising new contact lens technologies, evaluating manufacturing implications of new designs and supporting prototypes, pilots and commercial launch
• Identify opportunities to improve throughput, yield and reliability, support capacity planning and manufacturing investments
• Lead or contribute to safety assessments, risk evaluations and safety documentation, and ensure compliance with company standards and regulated manufacturing requirements
• Work with Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Automation, Quality, R&D, Optical Tooling and external suppliers

Required profile

• Experience in injection molding process and tooling engineering
• Problem solving, root cause analysis and manufacturing systems troubleshooting
• Process optimisation, continuous improvement and technical project leadership
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams and support for product industrialisation and NPI

Required skills

• Injection molding process and tooling engineering
• Root cause analysis and troubleshooting
• Continuous improvement and process optimisation
• Preferred: mechanical engineering, product development, project management methodology, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, technical writing

What we offer

• Anticipated base pay of EUR 63,300 to 101,775 per year
• Annual bonus and possible sales commissions
• Vacation days, parental leave of at least 12 weeks, bereavement, caregiver and volunteer leave
• Well-being reimbursement and health programmes
• Service anniversary and recognition awards, and insurance plans for eligible employees and dependents