Quality Assurance Associate Engineer - 1st Shift - Starting at $31.92/hr.

PowerToFly; Plainfield (IN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Wellbeing program

HSA/FSAs

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a quality-focused professional to support MRB activities, investigate product quality issues, and determine disposition actions for returned items. You will collaborate with Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and 3PL teams to address concerns and drive timely resolutions.

You will maintain records, analyze trends, and support root cause investigations and corrective actions while contributing to Lean and Six Sigma initiatives to boost operational performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 1+ years of quality, operations, manufacturing, or warehouse experience required.
• Experience with product inspections or nonconforming materials preferred.
• Knowledge of quality systems and compliance standards preferred.
• Root cause analysis and problem-solving skills preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; SAP or WMS experience a plus.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and organization.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support MRB activities for damaged and potentially nonconforming products.
• Investigate product quality issues, document findings, and drive timely resolution decisions.
• Inspect returned products and determine appropriate disposition actions.
• Partner with Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and 3PL teams to address product quality concerns.
• Maintain accurate quality records, investigations, and compliance documentation.
• Analyze quality trends, metrics, and recurring issues to identify improvement opportunities.
• Support root cause investigations and corrective actions using structured problem-solving methods.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, Lean, and Six Sigma initiatives to enhance operational performance.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

Quality systems knowledge

Microsoft Office

SAP

WMS

Communication & collaboration

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SAP

WMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:00 am - 4:00 pm, with overtime as needed by the business.

What You Will Do:

• Coordinate and support Material Review Board (MRB) activities for damaged and potentially nonconforming products.
• Investigate product quality issues, document findings, and drive timely resolution decisions.
• Inspect returned products and determine appropriate disposition actions.
• Partner with Quality, Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, and 3PL teams to address product quality concerns.
• Maintain accurate quality records, investigations, and compliance documentation.
• Analyze quality trends, metrics, and recurring issues to identify improvement opportunities.
• Support root cause investigations and corrective actions using structured problem-solving methods.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, Lean, and Six Sigma initiatives to enhance operational performance.

What You Need:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of quality, operations, manufacturing, or warehouse experience.

Preferred:

• Experience with product inspections or nonconforming materials preferred.
• Knowledge of quality systems and compliance standards.
• Root cause analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; SAP or WMS experience a plus.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and organization.

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United States of America Pay Ranges:

• Puerto Rico: $17.28 - $25.23 USD Hourly
• USN: $31.92 - $44.88 USD Hourly
• US5: $33.52 - $47.13 USD Hourly
• US10: $35.12 - $49.37 USD Hourly
• US15: $36.71 - $51.62 USD Hourly
• US20: $38.31 - $53.86 USD Hourly
• US30: $41.50 - $58.35 USD Hourly

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Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.

Stryker 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. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.