Senior Scientist, Synthetic Chemistry and Raw Materials

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

Job Function
Discovery & Pre-Clinical/Clinical Development

Job Sub Function
Chemical Research

Job Category
Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:
Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Job Description
We are searching for the best talent to join our Vision team as a
Senior Scientist, Synthetic Chemistry and Raw Materials
located in
Jacksonville, Florida.
Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of vision treatments? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how vision is improved? Our Vision team solves the toughest health challenges. Help combine cutting-edge insights, science, technology, and people to encourage eye care professionals and patients to proactively protect, correct and enhance healthy sight for life. Our products and services address these needs – from the pediatric to aging eye – in a patient's lifetime.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at

Purpose:
The Senior Scientist will own raw material development, characterization and specifications in support of product and process development, with hands-on bench-top and pilot-scale work.

You Will

• Lead raw material characterization to support product and process development milestones.
• Plan and execute bench-top and pilot-scale process development activities, applying sound experimental design and data-driven decision making.
• Identify target monomer and polymer chemistries via literature and patent searches; assess relevance to project milestones and IP strategy.
• Develop novel monomer systems and perform process characterization to advance the J&J Vision product pipeline.
• Troubleshoot material and process development issues using chemistry and polymer science fundamentals, focusing on monomer architecture, impurity profiles, polymerization kinetics (photo and thermal), extraction processes, material stability, and structure-property relationships.
• Apply and interpret a broad set of material characterization techniques (NMR, HPLC, UV/Vis, DMA, DSC, FTIR, XPS, Rheology) to inform decisions and product quality.
• Maintain awareness of the global ocular materials IP landscape and generate technical reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams and external partners; actively contribute to IP strategy and knowledge sharing.

What Success Looks Like

• Successful design and optimization of formulations that meet or exceed target performance specs.
• Clear, data-driven decisions that accelerate milestones and de-risk scale-up.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams and external researchers, with timely, actionable reports.
• Documented improvements in material stability, process robustness, and property-performance relationships.
• Active contribution to IP strategy and invention disclosures as appropriate.

Qualifications

• PhD in Chemistry, Materials Science, Polymer Science, or a closely related field; or MS with 5+ years of hands-on experience in polymer chemistry, formulation development, and materials characterization; ocular biomaterials or medical device experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to design, execute, and interpret experiments; strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to prepare technical reports and present results to diverse audiences.
• Domestic and International travel is required up to 15%

Johnson & Johnson is an 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, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
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