Product Development Engineer – Cases & Trays
Location
West Chester, PA
Wage
$78,000 – $126,500/yr
Posted on November 10, 2026
Location
West Chester, PA
Wage
$78,000 – $126,500/yr
Posted on November 10, 2026
Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Product Development Engineer – Cases & Trays to support the design, development, verification, and commercialization of surgical case and tray solutions. The role involves collaboration with various teams to translate product and user requirements into manufacturable solutions, contributing to innovative healthcare solutions.
At roughly $49/hr, this posting sits about 64% above the $30/hr median for welding jobs across Pennsylvania — toward the top of a $27–$35/hr middle band drawn from 96 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 89% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.
West Chester, PA currently has 5 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 5 employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Pennsylvania as a whole we're tracking 254 other active welding openings from 158 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in West Chester, or widen the search to Pennsylvania.
The most active employers in Pennsylvania at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Rhoads Industries (12), Hanwha Philly Shipyard (6), and TradeWorx (6). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.
Within Pennsylvania, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Philadelphia at $30/hr and York at $25/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.
Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Product Development Engineer – Cases & Trays figures were last recalculated when this page was built.