Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Stryker; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 156,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker in Irvine, California is seeking a Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering to lead a team of leaders focused on optimizing production, quality, and safety in highly regulated environments. This onsite role demands strategic oversight of manufacturing operations and continuous improvement initiatives.

You will drive Lean initiatives, manage department budgets, mentor staff, and collaborate cross-functionally to meet project deadlines and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of leaders to optimize production, quality, and safety.
• Drive Lean principles and daily management for continuous improvement.
• Develop and monitor department budgets and staffing resources.
• Coordinate cross-functional relationships and staff development.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing experience

Regulated environment

Budgeting

Team development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Work Flexibility: Onsite

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. Additional key responsibilities include:

• 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 individual to achieve result, and recruit and maintains 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 the project managers/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 work 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 evaluates 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

Travel Percentage: 10%

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.