Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Stryker Corporation; Irvine, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join our Irvine site, operating on a second shift (3 pm – 12 am PST) with some flexibility. You will design, validate, and optimize manufacturing processes and equipment, ensuring patient safety and regulatory compliance while collaborating across development, validation, and production teams.

The role emphasizes data analysis, documentation, and continuous improvement, with mentorship of junior engineers and cross-functional

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of manufacturing engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience conducting statistical, geometric, and mathematical analysis in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience creating, reading, and interpreting engineering drawings using CAD.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience supporting process validation, qualification, or verification activities.
• Support and drive QT and NC dispositions and investigations.
• Mentor entry to junior engineers and provide technical guidance.
• Preferred: Experience using Minitab or similar statistical analysis software.
• Preferred: Experience sourcing, evaluating, or managing external suppliers and service providers.

Responsibilities

• Design and improve manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, and fixtures to support safe, efficient, and compliant production operations.
• Execute qualification, verification, and validation activities for manufacturing processes and equipment, ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory requirements.
• Analyze manufacturing data, conduct statistical studies, and troubleshoot issues impacting product quality, yield, cost, delivery, or process performance.
• Lead and document engineering tests, experiments, and process improvement projects, including data analysis, reporting, and implementation of corrective actions.
• Collaborate with production teams, technicians, suppliers, and cross-functional project teams to support production goals, project timelines, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering experience

MS Office

Process validation

QT/NC investigations

Mentor junior engineers

Statistical analysis

Safety and quality focus

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

CAD

Minitab

Job description

## Senior Manufacturing EngineerApplylocations: Irvine, Californiatime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R568008Work Flexibility: Onsite*\*This role will be Monday-Friday on second shift (3 pm - 12 am PST) with some flexibility on the hours. \**Join a team focused on delivering high-quality medical devices through robust manufacturing processes and continuous improvement. In this role, you will support manufacturing operations by applying engineering principles to materials, products, equipment, and processes while maintaining a strong commitment to patient safety, product quality, and regulatory compliance. This position offers the opportunity to work across product development, process improvement, validation, and production support activities in a collaborative manufacturing environment.**What You Will Do*** **Design** and improve manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, and fixtures to support safe, efficient, and compliant production operations.* **Execute** qualification, verification, and validation activities for manufacturing processes and equipment, ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory requirements.* **Analyze** manufacturing data, conduct statistical studies, and troubleshoot issues impacting product quality, yield, cost, delivery, or process performance.* **Lead** and document engineering tests, experiments, and process improvement projects, including data analysis, reporting, and implementation of corrective actions.* **Collaborate** with production teams, technicians, suppliers, and cross-functional project teams to support production goals, project timelines, and continuous improvement initiatives.**What You Will Need****Required:*** Minimum 2 years of manufacturing engineering experience.* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.* Experience conducting statistical, geometric, and mathematical analysis in a manufacturing environment.* Experience creating, reading, and interpreting engineering drawings using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software.* Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.* Experience supporting process validation, qualification, or verification activities.* Support and drive Quarantine Ticket (QT) and Non-conformance (NC) report dispositions and investigations.* Mentor entry to junior engineers and provide technical guidance**Preferred:*** Experience using Minitab or similar statistical analysis software.* Experience sourcing, evaluating, or managing external suppliers and service providers.**United States of America Pay Ranges:**$89,400 - $148,900 USD AnnualTravel 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.