Senior Manufacturing Engineer — Medical Devices (Second Shift, Onsite)

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

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