Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Stryker; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 155,900 - 259,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering in Irvine, California, to lead a team focused on optimizing production and quality in regulated environments. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience, including 7 years in manufacturing and 5 years in leadership roles.

This role offers a competitive salary range of $155,900 - $259,800 USD annually and comprehensive health and financial benefits. Join Stryker in delivering innovative medical products and services that improve healthcare outcomes worldwide.

Qualifications

• 10+ years relevant work experience.
• 7+ years Manufacturing experience in a regulated environment.
• 5+ years Management/Supervisory/Leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of leaders focused on optimizing production, quality, and safety.
• Drive functional excellence initiatives.
• Provide guidance and training to staff.

Skills

Manufacturing experience in regulated environments

Leading teams

Lean principles

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

What you will do:

The Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering will lead a team of leaders focused on optimizing production, quality, and safety in highly regulated environments. This is an onsite position in Irvine, California.

• Drive functional excellence initiatives, deliver high quality functional deliverables, and ensure technical excellence for product or technical development.
• Drive technical projects of major magnitude and scope.
• Provide significant guidance and approval regarding technical strategies and approaches.
• Provide guidance and training to staff, assist subordinates in attaining career goals, motivate individuals to achieve results, and recruit and maintain a high‑quality staff.
• Lead adoption of Lean principles, including daily management, to drive accountability, streamline operations, and deliver sustained performance improvements.
• Develop and monitor department budgets.
• Determine appropriate staff levels, schedules, and resources.
• Coordinate sessions with project managers and core team leaders to look for opportunities for staff to learn about new initiatives or volunteer on new projects.
• Drive the development of department tools and methodologies.
• Determine project staff assignments and schedules to meet completion dates and manufacturing engineering deliverables.
• Establish cross‑functional team relationships.
• Provide an overview of the function and role of their group, technical skill sets, to other groups and/or divisions.
• Work cross‑functionally in identifying and resolving technical issues.
• Drive and evaluate project and department progress, technical development plans, and results.
• Establish and support a work environment of continuous improvement that supports Quality Policy, Quality System and the appropriate regulations for the area they support. Ensure all employees are trained to do their work and their training is documented.

What you need:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Masters preferred.
• 10+ years relevant work experience.
• 7+ years of Manufacturing experience in a regulated environment.
• 5+ years Management/Supervisory/Leadership experience.

Preferred:

• Medical Device experience highly preferred.
• Automation experience.
• Previous experience managing manufacturing capital budgets and cost reduction strategies.
• Ability to implement qualified processes using applicable systems (process validation, process planning tools, design of experiments, manufacturing assembly procedures).
• Ability to develop detailed process plans using applicable tools (process failure mode and effect analysis, fault tree analysis, and safety & efficacy reviews).
• Experience including procurement and implementation of major capital equipment programs.

$155,900 - $259,800 USD Annual

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.