
Senior Manufacturing Engineer-Orthopaedic
Johnson & Johnson MedTech · West Chester, PA
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $79k–$128k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A senior manufacturing role at Johnson & Johnson MedTech (medical devices) in West Chester, PA. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Machining
- Base pay
- $79k–$128k
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 26, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Pennsylvania: typical posted base $79k–$118k. This one lists $79k–$128k.
Median of the low and high ends of 9 live postings that list pay, out of 32 manufacturing engineer openings in Pennsylvania, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 31 other live manufacturing postings in Pennsylvania.
- Base pay
- In line with similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)
Typical $86k–$118k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 72%
- Tooling 53%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 41%
- Automation 41%
- ✓ New product launch 38%
- Root cause 38%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Johnson & Johnson MedTech in West Chester
1 other open role at this site · 2 people we found in manufacturing roles at Johnson & Johnson MedTech.
- Design Quality Engineer I · Quality
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Responsibilities
This individual will be part of the DePuy Synthes Supply Chain Technical Operations Team. He/she will use knowledge of project management, enterprise-wide supply chains, and knowledge of manufacturing operations to function as an integral member of a supply chain NPI project.
- ◆Candidates will act as Supply Chain Sr Manufacturing Engineer for their assigned NPI projects and actively participate in activities/deliverables, project plan development, updates to management and other core team activities to help establish project direction to ensure total team success.
- ◆Will provide manufacturing & operation inputs into the design of new product to ensure product is designed to meet business metrics including cost and gross profit margins.
- ◆Participate in identifying, influencing, selecting and qualifying suppliers.
- ◆Collaborate with internal functions and suppliers to finalize product design, material selection & process.
- ◆Will support the Design for manufacturing (DFMA) and design inputs with his manufacturing expertise.
- ◆Participate in assessing supplier robustness and collaborate on process excellence initiatives for continuous improvement.
- ◆Support the resource planning, scale up
requirements
and head count
requirements
for manufacturing internally and externally. Participates or leads strategic decision-making process including make vs. buy analysis, site selection decisions, and make balanced recommendations to management about short term and long terms program objectives.
- ✓Contribute to decision-making in key areas of the project including financial, marketing, planning, quality and design. Ensure all areas of the supply chain (Make, Buy and Plan) are involved and engaged throughout the project lifecycle, providing two-way communications between project teams and supply chain functions. Assignments will typically be of high complexity and impact on organization.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related, required
- ✓Minimum of 4 years of experience is required in a maintenance manufacturing environment, preferred in the machining area (e.g. Milling, turning)
- ✓Demonstrated experience in Project Management is preferred
- ✓Proficiency with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- ✓Experience working in the medical device industry or pharmaceutical preferred
Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers . internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.
If you are under 18 years of age, you (the candidate) may need to obtain the necessary working papers or other documentation required by state law to start the assignment, as well as get a parent’s consent for the background check.
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Job Function
Supply Chain Engineering
Job Sub Function
Project Engineering
Job Category
Scientific/Technology
All Job Posting Locations
West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Job Description
Johnson & Johnson is recruiting for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to be located in West Chester, PA.
Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopaedics business to establish a standalone orthopaedics company, operating as DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation is anticipated to be completed within 18 to 24 months, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may be required, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it is anticipated that, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuy Synthes and your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes at an appropriate time and subject to any necessary consultation processes.
Preferred Skills
Analytical Reasoning, Budgeting, Collaboration, Communication, Consulting, Customer Centricity, Feasibility Studies, Issue Escalation, Lean Supply Chain Management, Organizational Project Management, Product Reliability, Project Engineering, Quality Assurance (QA), Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Scientific Research, Technologically Savvy
