QCS Engineering Manager
Johnson & Johnson
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Raritan • California, Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $102,000 - $177,100 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
SDLC
About the role
- Lead QCS lab development projects, ensuring performance meets SLAs and delivery timelines
- Develop and implement innovative solutions aligned with approved standards (SDLC, Agile, Waterfall)
- Configure lab systems (e.g., Empower DACs, AQF packages), manage IQ/OQ testing, upgrades, deployments, and data migrations
- Drive system integrations and collaboration across IT and business teams
- Capture customer insights and recommend continuous improvements
- Conduct fit-for-use analyses on vendor tools; manage licenses and influence vendor roadmaps
- Provide knowledge transfer to internal teams post delivery
- Coordinate resource needs with business partners; create and manage SOWs
- Identify, onboard, and manage consulting teams; monitor milestones and reconcile invoicing
- Maintain clear communication on project progress, risks, and mitigation plans
- Analyze incoming demand and assess technical solutions
- Act as technical lead for QS platform design and configuration
- Ensure compliance with J&J standards and regulatory requirements
- Drive continuous improvement and resolve technical challenges to deliver business benefits.
Requirements
- BA/BS degree required
- Minimum 2 years of experience translating business requirements into technical solutions
- Minimum of 2 years of experience working with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) such as LabVantage and/or LabWare.
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with laboratory systems, including:
- Chromatography Data System (CDS) – preferably Waters Empower
- Scientific Data Management System (SDMS) – preferably Waters NuGenesi Compliance Builder (CB) – preferably Instem/Xybion
- Experience with relational databases and scripting for data migrations required.
- Proven ability to identify, onboard, train, and manage consulting teams to deliver projects on time and within budget is required.
- Experience collaborating with business partners to align project funding and create Statements of Work (SOWs) for resource acquisition required.
- Strong knowledge of SDLC methodology, 21 CFR Part 11, GxP, CSV frameworks, and validated system highly preferred.
Benefits
- Subject to the terms of their respective plans, employees are eligible to participate in the Company’s consolidated retirement plan (pension) and savings plan (401(k)).
- Subject to the terms of their respective policies and date of hire, employees are eligible for the following time off benefits:
- Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
- Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
- Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period10 days
- Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
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Hard skills
Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)Chromatography Data System (CDS)Scientific Data Management System (SDMS)data migrationsrelational databasesscriptingSDLCAgileWaterfallIQ/OQ testing
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationproject managementproblem-solvinganalytical thinkingcustomer insightsresource managementcontinuous improvementknowledge transfer
Certifications
BA/BS degree