MedTech Product Sustaining Engineering Lead

Brighter Signals; San Jose (CA); Presencial; USD 118.000 - 179.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive compensation

401(k)

Pension

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible time off

Parental leave

Descripción de la vacante

Johnson & Johnson’s MedTech Surgery RAD organization in San Jose is hiring a Manager Product Sustaining Engineering to lead a team of engineers and contribute to sophisticated electronics, PCB/PCBA, test equipment, and electromechanical fixtures challenges. The role is fully onsite in San Jose, CA.

You will guide design, troubleshooting, validation, and production activities while maintaining regulatory compliance and working cross-functionally with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, and Service teams.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, or Biomedical Engineering.
• Advanced degree in a relevant engineering field is preferred.
• Minimum of 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Minimum of 2+ years of work experience as a people leader developing teams is required.
• Experience in manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, equipment engineering, test engineering, electrical engineering, or related technical operations.
• Strong hands-on technical background in electronics, PCBA, electromechanical systems, or manufacturing test equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, wiring diagrams, PCB layouts, test procedures, and equipment documentation.
• Proven track record to tackle sophisticated technical issues and drive practical solutions.
• Experience leading technical contributors, project teams, or cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, validation, documentation control, quality systems, and regulated product environments.
• Strong communication, prioritization, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance people management responsibilities with direct hands-on technical contribution.

Responsabilidades

• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching, prioritization, accountability, and team development.
• Drive accountability around ownership, communication, documentation quality, and execution.
• Balance workload across team members and ensure resources are aligned to priorities.
• Promote an environment where teamwork, technical rigor, and continuous improvement excel.
• Provide practical technical guidance to engineers and technicians during design, troubleshooting, validation, and production activities.
• Lead execution of Systems Manufacturing deliverables across NPI, sustaining programs, validation, reliability testing, repair, rework, and production support aligned to program priorities.
• Drive completion of manufacturing documentation, MPIs, rework instructions, test procedures, validations, and process updates.
• Ensure fixtures are designed for manufacturability, serviceability, usability, safety, reliability, and long-term production support.
• See opportunities to replace costly or obsolete components with improved alternatives while maintaining quality and compliance.
• Partner closely with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Service, OPM, PMO, Supplier Quality, and other partners to ensure manufacturing and capital equipment requirements are represented early.
• Communicate project status and risk clearly and regularly to leadership and cross-functional partners.
• Ensure team documentation is complete, accurate, clear, and audit-ready before review or release.
• Build strong teams through trust and mentorship.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives that reduce unplanned rework, improve manufacturing readiness, and increase execution efficiency.
• Promote knowledge-sharing and cross-training of team members to reduce single-point dependencies and improve overall team capability.
• Design & improve upon existing PCB/PCBA, electronics, wiring, harnessing, sensors, controllers, and electromechanical fixtures.

Conocimientos

Leadership

People management

Communication

Problem solving

Documentation

Quality systems

SOPs & GMP

Stakeholder management

Educación

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Mechatronics Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Advanced degree (preferred)

Herramientas

Microsoft Office

SAP

Jira

Minitab

Descripción del empleo

Johnson & Johnson’s MedTech Surgery RAD organization in San Jose is hiring a Manager Product Sustaining Engineering to lead a team of engineers and contribute to sophisticated electronics, PCB/PCBA, test equipment, and electromechanical fixtures challenges. The role is fully onsite in San Jose, CA.

You will guide design, troubleshooting, validation, and production activities while maintaining regulatory compliance and working cross-functionally with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, and Service teams.