Staff Quality Engineer, New Product Introduction

Stryker • Irvine, CA

2d • $102,700 - $171,100 • Onsite

About The Position

Stryker is seeking a Staff Quality Engineer to support the development, transfer, and introduction of new medical devices, manufacturing processes, and technologies. The role provides technical quality leadership across design transfer, process validation, risk management, inspection strategy, supplier quality, and manufacturing readiness in a regulated environment. The position is onsite in Irvine, California, with 20% travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in a quality, engineering, or technical discipline.
• Experience in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience with risk-based and statistical quality techniques, including FMEA, statistical sampling, process capability, and MSA.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in new product or process introduction.
• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) certification or equivalent quality engineering coursework or experience.
• Experience with medical device manufacturing and applicable quality requirements, including ISO 13485, Good Manufacturing Practices, and Good Documentation Practices.
• Lean Six Sigma training and experience applying structured problem-solving methods such as DMAIC.
• Experience with supplier qualification and supplier quality activities supporting new product introduction and manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality engineering activities for new product and process introductions, ensuring design transfer deliverables are completed, documented, and aligned with quality and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate manufacturing and process risks using PFMEA, identify mitigation and control strategies, and support risk management activities in accordance with ISO 14971.
• Develop inspection strategies, sampling plans, First Article Inspection approaches, and Measurement System Analysis strategies to support repeatable, scalable, and efficient manufacturing.
• Develop and approve process validation strategies, protocols, reports, and data analyses to support capable, scalable manufacturing processes and high production yield.
• Apply statistical methods and structured problem-solving tools to process characterization, capability analysis, nonconformances, corrective and preventive actions, root-cause investigations, and process improvements.
• Support Design for Manufacturing and Assembly by influencing process design, production specifications, inspection optimization, tooling, fixtures, and human-error risk controls.
• Lead quality activities for supplier qualification, supplier validation, PPAP, supplier certification, and quality agreements.
• Represent Quality during design reviews and design transfer, tracking launch-quality measures including right-first-time performance, manufacturing loss, inspection cost, and product escapes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior