Senior Engineer, Manufacturing

Stryker•Portage, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Stryker’s Medical manufacturing facility is seeking to hire a Manufacturing Engineer to support sustaining engineering efforts in Portage, Michigan. WHAT YOU WILL DO: Collaborate with Quality Engineering to provide manufacturing support. Responsible for providing manufacturing engineering support to specific projects including change analysis, risk analysis, and manufacturing readiness. Troubleshoot and resolve issues relating to the safety, efficacy, quality, cost, or delivery of components and finished devices. Conduct qualification, verification, and validation activities to produce medical devices. Responsible for completing engineering work and contribute to new product development teams and product support, typically including the following activities: technology development, test of materials or products, preparation of specifications, six sigma, process studies, process improvements, and report preparation. Design, procure, and fabricate tooling and fixtures. Design, document, and improve manufacturing processes and operations that control the safety and efficacy of finished devices. Train, develop, and/or provide work direction to operators and technicians. Participate on cross-functional project teams. Coordinate, manage, and document project work and progress, and recommend appropriate revisions. Participate in design control efforts related to risk analysis (failure mode and effect analysis) & design reviews. Interface with product builders or extrusion technicians, production supervisors, and engineers in troubleshooting problems on the production floor. Identify and implement process/product improvement alternatives to increase/optimize yield, efficiency, throughput, and/or performance. Design, develop, test, and validate equipment and processes; analyze and interpret process models and recommend process improvements. WHAT YOU NEED: 2+ years of relevant experience - required Bachelor’s degree in engineering - required Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, industrial or manufacturing engineering - preferred Controls, PLC, SQL experience - preferred Manufacturing engineering in a FDA regulated environment - preferred Previous manufacturing experience including validations, process efficiencies, lean manufacturing and manufacturing services experience - preferred Ability to read, understand, engineering drawings on common engineering software - preferred Minitab, or similar, statistical software - preferred Travel Percentage: 0% Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability. Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces! For more information, visit: www.stryker.com Work Flexibility Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location. Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field-based. Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category. Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co-located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.

Requirements

2+ years of relevant experience - required
Bachelor’s degree in engineering - required

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, industrial or manufacturing engineering - preferred
Controls, PLC, SQL experience - preferred
Manufacturing engineering in a FDA regulated environment - preferred
Previous manufacturing experience including validations, process efficiencies, lean manufacturing and manufacturing services experience - preferred
Ability to read, understand, engineering drawings on common engineering software - preferred
Minitab, or similar, statistical software - preferred

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Quality Engineering to provide manufacturing support.
Responsible for providing manufacturing engineering support to specific projects including change analysis, risk analysis, and manufacturing readiness.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues relating to the safety, efficacy, quality, cost, or delivery of components and finished devices.
Conduct qualification, verification, and validation activities to produce medical devices.
Responsible for completing engineering work and contribute to new product development teams and product support, typically including the following activities: technology development, test of materials or products, preparation of specifications, six sigma, process studies, process improvements, and report preparation.
Design, procure, and fabricate tooling and fixtures.
Design, document, and improve manufacturing processes and operations that control the safety and efficacy of finished devices.
Train, develop, and/or provide work direction to operators and technicians.
Participate on cross-functional project teams.
Coordinate, manage, and document project work and progress, and recommend appropriate revisions.
Participate in design control efforts related to risk analysis (failure mode and effect analysis) & design reviews.
Interface with product builders or extrusion technicians, production supervisors, and engineers in troubleshooting problems on the production floor.
Identify and implement process/product improvement alternatives to increase/optimize yield, efficiency, throughput, and/or performance.
Design, develop, test, and validate equipment and processes; analyze and interpret process models and recommend process improvements.