
Senior Manufacturing Engineer-Orthopaedic
West Chester, PAJob$79–128K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
Johnson & Johnson is recruiting a Senior Manufacturing Engineer for its DePuy Synthes Supply Chain Technical Operations Team in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The engineer will contribute to new product introduction projects, applying manufacturing and supply chain knowledge to product design, supplier selection, process qualification, and operational planning. The role involves cross-functional project work and strategic decisions across manufacturing, quality, finance, and supply chain functions.
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Full job description
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 jnj.com
As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Participate in identifying, influencing, selecting and qualifying suppliers.
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Collaborate with internal functions and suppliers to finalize product design, material selection & process.
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Will support the Design for manufacturing (DFMA) and design inputs with his manufacturing expertise.
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Participate in assessing supplier robustness and collaborate on process excellence initiatives for continuous improvement.
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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.
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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:
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Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related, required
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Minimum of 4 years of experience is required in a maintenance manufacturing environment, preferred in the machining area (e.g. Milling, turning)
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Demonstrated experience in Project Management is preferred
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Proficiency with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
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Experience working in the medical device industry or pharmaceutical preferred
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.
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.
Required Skills:
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
The anticipated base pay range for this position is :
$79,000.00 - $127,650.00
Additional Description for Pay Transparency:
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)).
This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive program.
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
For additional general information on Company benefits, please go to: - https://www.careers.jnj.com/employee-benefits
How this job compares
Set against the 5,691 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$79–128K/yr
- Pennsylvania median$80–126K/yr85 salary ranges
- US median$97–143K/yr3,258 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $103K, is close to the Pennsylvania median midpoint ($103K) — in the middle half of Manufacturing Engineer salary ranges in Pennsylvania.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 194 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs in Pennsylvania and 5,691 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Lockheed Martin20 open
- Westinghouse Electric Company9 open
- Curtiss-Wright Corporation8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Manufacturing Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (4,491 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,185 of the 5,691 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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