Sr Manufacturing Engineer
Planet Pharma Group · North Haven, CT
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A senior manufacturing role at Planet Pharma Group (industrial) in North Haven, CT. Lead contributor in cross functional team work to investigate, analyze, and establish Corrective & Preventative Actions in support of Automated & Manual Assembly processes.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- OEE, Root cause, CAPA, DOE, Minitab, ISO 13485
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Connecticut: typical posted base $88k–$132k.
Median of the low and high ends of 6 live postings that list pay, out of 14 manufacturing engineer openings in Connecticut, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 13 other live manufacturing postings in Connecticut.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $88k–$132k, from 6 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Lean 71%
- Six Sigma 64%
- ✓ Root cause 57%
- ✓ Tooling 57%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 43%
- ✓ FDA / GMP 36%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for CAPA, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at Planet Pharma Group
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: Planet Pharma Group in North Haven
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Full description from Planet Pharma GroupAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Education Required
Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, Electromechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical/Controls Engineering
Years’ Experience Required
- ✓3-5 yrs. Applicable Experience.
Must Have
- ✓1. Experience in equipment IQ
- ✓2. Experience in OQ (Operational Qualification) and PQ (Performance Qualification) and/or process validation
- ✓3. Process Validation Lifecylce ( from process characterization, operational qualification to performance qualification)
- ✓4. Preferred experience in DOE (with minitab)
- ✓Other skills: 1. Computer and software validation CSV 2. SOP Development 3. Change control of Medical Devices 4.
- ✓custom equipment validation experience
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Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for providing daily support of multiple product families with specific regard to product quality, product cost, process development and process improvements, safety, and project management activities relating to the assembly and packaging of suture products. Duties include managing and/or participating in cross functional teams to provide daily Manufacturing Engineering support of Automated, Manual assembly processes and project specific goals.
- •* Team with manufacturing and quality personnel on a daily basis to review / disposition production defects and provide potential process and/or equipment corrective actions to assure production schedules and quality expectations are met.
- •* Provide daily production support to set up, trouble shoot, repair, and monitor automated manufacturing assembly equipment.
- •* Review manufacturing equipment and processes for improvement potential using statistical data and analysis of equipment condition then effectively manage change projects.
- •* Lead Process improvement projects related to existing manufacturing processes.
- •* Mechanical Aptitude and reverse Engineering of Mechanical Fixtures
- •* Prepare IQ, OQ, PQ validation protocols and reports to support implementation of new, existing, and upgrading equipment.
- •* Lead contributor in cross functional team work to investigate, analyze, and establish Corrective & Preventative Actions in support of Automated & Manual Assembly processes.
- •* Support new process development, product quality improvement, and integration projects.
- •* Maintain excellent communications with Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, Safety, Planning, and Metrology departments on an as needed basis.
- •Prepare FAT, IQ, OQ, PQ validation protocols and reports to support implementation of new, existing, and upgrading equipment.
- •Provide daily production support to set up, trouble shoot, repair, and monitor automated manufacturing assembly equipment.
- •Perform process and equipment root cause investigations utlizing 6M, 5Y root cause investigation tools, and summarize findings, recommendation in CAPA/NCR reports.
- •Scope and develop capital plans to improve equipment and monitor process Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) to provide improvements.
Nice To Have
- +1-3 years of Medical Device industry experience,
- +Familiar with FDA 21 CFR Part 820, EU 217/745 (EU MDR),
- +Familiar with these standards: ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 60601,
- +Knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint) and Windows OS.
- +Absorbable and non-absorbable sutures and their applications
- +Additional Medical Device experience
- +Packaging Equipment