Manufacturing Engineer Manager-Systems, Electronics & Test Fixtures

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Job Function: R&D Product Development Job Sub Function: Robotics Job Category: People Leader All Job Posting Locations: San Jose, California, United States of America Job Description:   Johnson & Johnson's MedTech surgery team at MONARCH is recruiting for a Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Systems, Electronics & Test Fixtures within our Robotics & Digital Solutions (RAD) organization. They will lead a team of engineers while also serving as an individual contributing leader for sophisticated electronics, PCB/PCBA, test equipment, and electromechanical fixture challenges. This role is based in San Jose, California. 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 https://www.jnj.com/ (https://www.jnj.com/ Our MedTech team is working to solve pressing healthcare challenges through innovations at the intersection of biology and technology. We harness our deep expertise in surgery, orthopedics, vision and interventional solutions to design healthcare solutions that are smarter, less invasive and more personalized. The MedTech Surgery organization was recently established to combine our best-in-class surgical portfolio with the Robotics & Digital portfolio. Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of most prevalent conditions such as lung cancer and kidney stones. Patients are waiting. Key Role Responsibilities 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. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Biomedical Engineering degree; advanced degree in a relevant engineering field. 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 stake