Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, a member of Johnson & Johnson's Family of Companies, is recruiting for a post-doctoral fellow for New Product Introduction Process and Development Organization, Research & Development (R&D) located in Jacksonville, Florida. Vision Care specializes in disposable contact lenses, which it markets under ACUVUE® Brand contact lenses. Ever since ACUVUE® transformed vision correction in 1988 with the world's first soft disposable contact lens, we've passionately pursued new technologies and the highest quality standards! We're proud that ACUVUE® lenses are worn by more people than any other brand!

This position will have responsibility for the development and execution of new and existing processes in R&D and the commercialization platform. The associate will work in a highly technical environment that will involve using process development fundamentals to support corrections, improvements, and risk management. They will facilitate and drive continuous improvement of equipment/processes and need to be capable of utilizing a variety of statistical tools to validate process improvements. This will require the ability to do process characterization and optimization using designed experiments, problem solving, modeling and decision-making making tools.

THE POSITION WILL ALLOW FOR THE FOLLOWING EXPERIENCES:

• Project Management - provide timely and accurate reporting on project activities to peers and leadership.
• Coordinate multi-functional teams of engineers and/or technicians as necessary to achieve project completion.
• Facilitate and conduct engineering assignments involving projects of major magnitude and scope.
• Find opportunities to unlock new ways to creatively and innovatively solve business problems that impact processes, capabilities, and team.
• Work at a high technical expertise level involving planning development and design of materials, equipment, and/or processes.
• Presentation at conference and in peer-reviewed scientific journals is encouraged.
• Develop patent protected science-based innovations to enhance visual performance.

THE CANDIDATE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE FOLLOWING:

• Collaborate with other scientists and engineers to advance the process of launching products by developing tools to model critical process spaces in like photochemistry and photopolymerization.
• Interface with third party suppliers and an interdisciplinary technical team
• Projects will cover development of polymerization processes for novel bulk and surface chemistries for Ophthalmic medical device applications.
• Design of experiments; data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation; conducting literature and patent searches; organization and assimilation of literature search results.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills required.
• Have strong analytical approach to problem solving to deliver innovative solutions.
• Track, trend, develop, and implements equipment and/or process improvements that will increase efficiency, safety, product yield, and equipment reliability.

• A PhD in a relevant field (chemistry, physics, materials engineering, etc.) with a research focus on polymer science and engineering.  (Required)
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and not require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g. H1-B status) now or in the future.
• Availabilty to work full time (40 hours/week) for the two-year post-doctoral period
• A minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 is required. 
• Demonstrated leadership and/or significant participation in the scientific community is required.
• Position requires knowledge in polymerization mechanisms and kinetics, photochemistry, statistics, modeling, and strong mathematic principles.
• Candidates must be detail-oriented, highly organized and able to manage multiple tasks.
• Candidates must have the ability to work individually (independently) as well as on a team.
• Candidates need to be proficient with Microsoft Office, Word, Excel and Power Point, and have strong oral and written communication skills.

Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and a creative problem solver. Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and 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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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