Staff Quality Engineer, Surgical Tech (Onsite)

Stryker; Kalamazoo (AR); On-site; USD 89,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker in Kalamazoo, MI is seeking a Staff Quality Engineer to provide quality engineering support for new product launches and manufacturing transfers within Surgical Technologies.

You will drive quality assurance, process control, CAPA, PPAP, MSA, risk management, and continuous improvement across product and manufacturing processes, partnering with operations, engineering, and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in quality engineering, manufacturing quality, supplier quality, or a related role.
• Experience leading or supporting cross-functional quality projects in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Support quality deliverables for new product launches, manufacturing transfers, supplier changes, and change initiatives.
• Partner with operations, engineering, supplier, and quality teams to ensure product and process quality.
• Own nonconformance investigations and drive containment, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and closure.
• Lead CAPA activities, investigations, implementations, and effectiveness verification.
• Review and disposition nonconforming materials and support quality decisions.
• Execute PPAP activities and support manufacturing readiness for changes.
• Support process validation, equipment qualification, MSA, and risk management.
• Monitor quality metrics, analyze trends with SPC, and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Quality engineering

Cross-functional teamwork

Data analysis

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or related field

Tools

MSA

SPC

CMM

GD&T

Job description

Stryker in Kalamazoo, MI is seeking a Staff Quality Engineer to provide quality engineering support for new product launches and manufacturing transfers within Surgical Technologies.

You will drive quality assurance, process control, CAPA, PPAP, MSA, risk management, and continuous improvement across product and manufacturing processes, partnering with operations, engineering, and suppliers.