Senior / Staff Quality Engineer (m/f/d) Navigation Medical Devices

Senior / Staff Quality Engineer (m/f/d) Navigation Medical Devices

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As a Senior or Staff Quality Engineer in Stryker’s Navigation Business Unit (Freiburg), you’ll ensure top-quality standards in the serial production of advanced electronic medical devices — including navigation platforms, tracking tools, and ablation technologies. Acting as a key link between quality and manufacturing, you'll drive reliability, compliance, and continuous improvement across a global, cross-functional environment.

What will you do:

• Support daily quality operations in serial manufacturing for navigation systems and devices
• Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective actions for quality issues from production and post-market feedback
• Manage and maintain quality records and activities using systems like TrackWise, OnePLM, and ValGenesis
• Act as a key liaison between quality, manufacturing, and engineering teams
• Drive and support quality improvement and cost-reduction initiatives
• Coordinate with suppliers on quality topics and support supplier-related issue resolution
• Contribute to regulatory and internal compliance across manufacturing processes
• Support audit readiness and participate in inspections as needed
  
  

What will you need:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Medical Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial Engineering or in a comparable scientific field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in quality engineering, preferably in the medical device industry. The seniority of the role may be adjusted based on your experience and qualifications
• Solid understanding of quality systems, root cause analysis, and manufacturing support
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across teams
• Structured, solution-oriented, and proactive mindset
• Fluency in German and English
  
  

Preferred:

• Familiarity with ISO 13485, FDA regulations, and NC/CAPA processes
• Experience with complaint handling and post-market quality
• Prior experience using TrackWise, PLM systems, or validation management tools
• Knowledge of supplier quality and external quality collaboration
  
  

Diversity is important to us. We welcome applications from people regardless of their ethnic, national or social origin, gender, disability, age or sexual identity.

Additional Information

Please note that the internal job title may differ from the ad title.

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Quality Assurance

• Industries

  Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, and Medical Equipment Manufacturing

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