Sr Principle Engineer Packaging

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

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Job Function:

Supply Chain Engineering

Job Sub Function:

Packaging Design Engineering

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America, Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium

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 https://www.jnj.com/

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (JJIM) is seeking an experienced MSAT Sr Principal Engineer Packaging to provide strategic and technical leadership for secondary and tertiary packaging across our internal and external manufacturing network. Reporting to the MSAT Packaging Center of Excellence, this role will lead packaging initiatives and programs, own packaging roadmaps, drive innovation and change, and serve as a subject matter expert for packaging engineering and development. The position will partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders to strengthen packaging capability, ensure alignment with current packaging regulations, and assess the impact of regulatory requirements on packaging operations. This position is located in Titusville, NJ or Beerse, Belgium.

Please note that this role is available across multiple countries and may be posted under different requisition numbers to comply with local requirements. While you are welcome to apply to any or all of the postings, we recommend focusing on the specific country(s) that align with your preferred location(s):

United States - Req#:  R-086138

EMEA - Req# - R-088945

Key responsibilities / accountabilities

• Lead packaging initiatives and programs across secondary and tertiary packaging, ensuring clear scope, milestones, stakeholder alignment, risk management and execution discipline.
• Own and maintain packaging roadmaps aligned with product lifecycle needs, site priorities, capacity plans, sustainability objectives, and evolving regulatory expectations, including ownership of budget planning and preparation of CARs.
• Drive innovation and change by identifying, evaluating and implementing new packaging materials, technologies, processes and ways of working that improve robustness, efficiency, sustainability and business continuity.
• Act as the secondary and tertiary packaging engineering subject matter expert, providing technical guidance on materials, pack structures, protective strategies, equipment interfaces, manufacturability and distribution requirements.
• Provide technical oversight for packaging development, qualification, validation and lifecycle management activities to ensure packaging integrity, manufacturability and reliable performance across internal sites and external partners.
• Monitor current and emerging packaging regulations, standards and industry expectations; assess their impact on packaging operations, documentation, processes and site implementation plans.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Procurement, Planning, Logistics, Product and MSAT stakeholders to align packaging decisions, communicate risks and drive timely implementation of mitigations.
• Lead technical assessments, investigations and problem-solving activities related to packaging materials, pro