Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Stryker; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 78,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to help drive operational excellence in a regulated medical device reprocessing environment. The role focuses on improving manufacturing processes, supporting new product introductions, increasing capacity, reducing scrap, and enhancing safety through data-driven engineering practices.

You will work with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for process optimization and implement sustainable improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field required.
• Minimum 2 years of manufacturing/process engineering experience.
• Experience supporting engineering change orders or manufacturing implementation.
• Experience developing/executing/validating testing activities.
• Experience using project planning/tracking tools.

Responsibilities

• Analyze manufacturing processes using statistical methods, Lean principles, GMP, and Six Sigma tools to improve efficiency, quality, and throughput.
• Lead process improvement initiatives to increase production capacity, reduce scrap, optimize manufacturing performance, and improve safety.
• Support new product introductions, design changes, and product transfers by implementing processes, training teams, and ensuring readiness.
• Develop and execute technical studies, failure analyses, validation activities, and generate reports and documentation.
• Create and maintain SOPs, standard work, visual instructions, and troubleshooting processes.

Skills

Statistical methods

Lean principles

GMP

Six Sigma

Project planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

Join Stryker's manufacturing team and help drive operational excellence in a regulated medical device reprocessing environment. This role focuses on improving manufacturing processes, supporting new product introductions, increasing production capacity, reducing scrap, and enhancing safety through data-driven engineering practices. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for process optimization and implement sustainable improvements across manufacturing operations.

What You Will Do

• Analyze manufacturing processes using statistical methods, Lean principles, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Six Sigma tools to improve efficiency, quality, and throughput.
• Lead process improvement initiatives that increase production capacity, reduce scrap rates, optimize manufacturing performance, and improve workplace safety.
• Support new product introductions, design changes, and product transfers by implementing processes, training production teams, and ensuring manufacturing readiness.
• Develop and execute technical studies, failure analyses, validation activities, and engineering protocols, and generate supporting reports and documentation.
• Create and maintain standard operating procedures, standard work, visual work instructions, and troubleshooting processes to support consistent manufacturing performance.

What You Will Need

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related engineering field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in manufacturing engineering, process engineering, or a related engineering role.
• Experience supporting engineering change orders, process changes, or manufacturing implementation activities.
• Experience developing, executing, or supporting technical testing, analysis, or validation activities.
• Experience using project planning and tracking tools to support engineering projects.

Preferred:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in a medical device or regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience applying Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience supporting FDA and ISO-regulated products, processes, or quality systems.

USN: $77,700 - $129,500 USD Annual

Benefits

• 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.