Job Description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

  • Support the development of surgical cases, trays, caddies, brackets, inserts, and related components.
  • Translate product, clinical, reprocessing, manufacturing, and user requirements into practical solutions.
  • Develop case and tray concepts considering product grouping, capacity, and sterilization requirements.
  • Partner with Design Engineering to develop layouts, CAD models, and production-ready designs.
  • Support design evaluations and recommend solutions balancing product protection and usability.
  • Execute assigned engineering activities throughout the product development lifecycle.
  • Develop and maintain engineering deliverables, schedules, and technical documentation.
  • Identify technical risks and communicate them to project stakeholders.
  • Participate in technical and design reviews and drive assigned actions to completion.
  • Coordinate engineering activities across various teams and external suppliers.
  • Support prototype development, testing, and technical assessments.
  • Communicate project status and technical issues to stakeholders.
  • Manage multiple engineering priorities while maintaining quality and project commitments.
  • Work directly with external suppliers throughout product development.
  • Communicate technical requirements and quality expectations to suppliers.
  • Support supplier technical assessments and qualification.
  • Execute product development activities in accordance with design controls and quality systems.
  • Develop and maintain engineering documentation supporting design inputs and outputs.
  • Participate in product and process risk-management activities.
  • Support design verification and validation activities.
  • Maintain appropriate design traceability and ensure documentation is completed on schedule.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Product Design Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • Product development or engineering experience, preferably within medical devices or a regulated industry.
  • Experience applying engineering principles to the development of mechanical products or systems.
  • Understanding of engineering drawings, dimensional requirements, tolerances, and GD&T.
  • Experience with engineering testing, technical documentation, and structured problem solving.
  • Ability to work effectively with manufacturing partners and external suppliers.
  • Strong written, verbal, presentation, and cross-functional communication skills.
  • Ability to manage assigned engineering activities with appropriate guidance.

Additional Information

  • Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania, or Zuchwil, Switzerland.
  • Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Benefits

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How this job compares in West Chester, PA

Pay in context

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.

The local market in West Chester, PA

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.

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