Sr. IT Make Engineer - Circulatory Restoration

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Job Function:
Supply Chain Manufacturing

Job Sub Function:
Manufacturing Process Improvement

Job Category:
Professional

All Job Posting Locations:
Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is hiring for a Sr. Make Engineer - Circulatory Restoration to join our team located in Santa Clara, CA.

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments. Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at

The Senior IT Make Engineer, with an OT/IT/MES focus, will lead the integration, support, and continuous improvement of technologies connecting corporate Information Technology (IT) with Operational Technology (OT) systems, including Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). This role promotes reliable operations, industrial cybersecurity, and secure, scalable solutions critical for critical manufacturing environments.

• Design, implement, and maintain integrated IT/OT architectures.
• Ensure secure connectivity between industrial systems (PLC, HMI, SCADA, MES, Historians) and corporate IT platforms.
• Define and manage network zones and conduits in alignment with ISA/IEC‑62443.

• Apply OT cybersecurity practices, including system hardening, access control, patching, and vulnerability management.
• Manage industrial firewalls, DMZs, IDS/IPS, antivirus, and application whitelisting for plant systems.
• Support security incident responses for OT infrastructure.

• Serve as the primary shop-floor contact for IT/OT/MES issues and provide advance L3 support.
• Manager supports tickets and communication status, risks, and priorities to management.
• Document incidents, changes, configurations, technical diagrams, standard work, procedures, and process flows.
• Train end users and support user assessments as needed. Coordinate activities with engineering, production, maintenance, and vendors.
• Monitor shop-floor data quality and report key performance indicators.
• Partner with Engineering, Production, Maintenance, Continuous Improvement teams and vendors to resolve issues and implement corrective actions.

• Lead plant technology modernization and lean initiatives, including deliverables, timelines, and resources with IT/OT initiatives.
• Evaluate technologies, conduct proof‑of‑concept tests, and present technical recommendations.
• Create…