Staff Engineer, Advanced Operations (AO)

Stryker; Portage (MI); On-site; USD 89,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Stryker's Advanced Operations (AO) team seeks a process engineer to drive new product introductions, transfers, validation, and manufacturing readiness for electro‑mechanical products. You will design scalable, compliant manufacturing processes and partner with engineering, quality, sourcing, and suppliers to ensure robust production readiness.

You will lead design, development, and validation for PCB assemblies, soldering, potting, injection molding, and mechanical assembly, while meeting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical/Mechatronics/Mechanical preferred).
• 4+ years in manufacturing/process engineering or R&D.
• Knowledge of electrical engineering principles in manufacturing or product development.

Responsibilities

• Lead process design, development, and validation for new product introductions and sustainment initiatives.
• Develop and refine manufacturing processes for electro‑mechanical assembly including PCBs, soldering, potting, molding, pressing, torquing, and manual assembly.
• Partner with internal and contract manufacturers to implement manufacturing solutions for quality, cost, and production requirements.
• Create, review, and release technical documentation, manufacturing requirements, validation protocols, and engineering change documentation.
• Conduct process validation activities, capability studies, risk assessments, control plans, and inspection documentation for launches and transfers.
• Analyze equipment and process performance through testing, data collection, and statistical methods to identify improvements.
• Lead or support equipment acquisition projects including specification development, supplier coordination, installation, qualification, and validation.
• Collaborate with quality, manufacturing, supplier, and engineering teams to establish testing protocols and ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Manufacturing processes

Process development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Join Stryker's Advanced Operations (AO) team and play a key role in supporting the successful introduction of new products and manufacturing processes. In this role, you will provide process engineering expertise across product launches, transfers, equipment validation, and manufacturing readiness while ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory requirements. In this role, you will represent manufacturing and operations throughout product development, partnering with engineering, quality, sourcing, and supplier teams to design scalable, compliant, and efficient manufacturing processes for electro-mechanical products.

What You Will Do

• Lead process design, development, and validation activities for new product introductions and product sustainment initiatives.
• Develop and refine manufacturing processes for electro-mechanical assembly, including printed circuit board assemblies, soldering, potting, injection molding, pressing, torquing, and manual assembly operations.
• Partner with internal and contract manufacturers to implement manufacturing solutions that support quality, cost, and production requirements.
• Create, review, and release technical documentation, manufacturing requirements, validation protocols, and engineering change documentation.
• Conduct process validation activities, capability studies, process risk assessments, control plans, and inspection documentation for product launches and transfers.
• Analyze equipment and process performance through testing, data collection, and statistical methods to identify and implement improvements.
• Lead or support equipment acquisition projects, including specification development, supplier coordination, installation, qualification, and validation.
• Collaborate with quality, manufacturing, supplier, and engineering teams to establish testing protocols, review designs, build prototypes, and ensure compliance with regulatory and quality requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field preferred).
• Minimum 4 years of experience in a manufacturing, process engineering, product development, or research and development environment.
• Knowledge of electrical engineering principles and their application within manufacturing or product development environments.
• Experience supporting manufacturing processes, product development, or engineering projects.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing or supporting electronics manufacturing, including printed circuit boards, cables, or electro-mechanical assemblies.
• Experience reading and interpreting electrical schematics, CAD drawings, and product architecture drawings.
• Experience with manufacturing test methods, including in-circuit, functional, safety, or product performance testing.
• Experience in a highly regulated industry and knowledge of statistical analysis, process validation, or Design for Manufacturability (DFM) methodologies.

$89,300 - $148,800 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.