Senior Product Engineer, R&D - Sustaining - Michigan, Kalamazoo 4100 East Milham Rd

Work Flexibility: Onsite

Stryker is seeking to hire a Senior Product Engineer, R&D to support Stryker’s Spine and Enabling Technologies division. This role is hybrid, 4 days per week on-site, and located in Kalamazoo, MI.

WHO WE WANT:

• Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data, and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions.

• Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations. 

WHAT YOU WILL DO:
As a Senior Product Engineer you will provide engineering and technical support for the manufacturing line of the Stryker AIRO Mobile CT System with a focus on production line stability and continuity. Reporting to the Product Engineering Manager, you will interface cross-functionally to assist in the sustainment of the AIRO design and manufacturing line. You will be responsible for maintaining specifications & BOM’s, manufacturing line support, implementing new designs and design improvements, facilitating design changes, hands-on troubleshooting & maintenance of manufacturing line fixtures, manufacturing process changes and process improvements.

Other responsibilities include:
 

• Maintain specifications of components for product assemblies and subassemblies according to company and industry standards.
• Work closely with Engineering and Operations to ensure all manufacturing documentation required for system assembly and test meets the needs of our end users.
• Provide close collaboration with the various Engineering discipline leads (hardware, software, electrical, mechanical, image quality) to develop and share an in-depth understanding of each subsystem and how it interacts with the others.
• Will support the creation and/or change of product requirements, specifications, test procedures and work instructions.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities/projects and assist in any additional team/organizational projects.
• Participate in the development and implementation of corrective actions, NC’s and CAPA.
• Work with Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) on the design team to facilitate creation of part & material specifications, Bill of Materials and detailed prints when necessary.
• Work in cross functional teams to ensure safety, regulatory compliance, serviceability and design for manufacturing meet corporate and industry standards.
• Gain understanding ECR/ECO/ECN work to facilitate changes needed for test and/or manufacturing.
• Assist activities of Manufacturing Engineers and Assembly Technicians on manufacturing floor.
• Participate in Sustaining Engineering meetings and projects.
• Participate in GQO Operations Tier escalation meetings and act as liaison between Operations Team and Product Engineering
• Carry out other duties or priorities that may be assigned by the Product Engineering team lead or your direct manager.

WHAT YOU NEED:

Required:

• BS in Engineering Field, preferably Biomedical, Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering.
• 2+ years experience in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering or as an engineering technician.

Preferred:

• Internship experience in medical device manufacturing or other regulated industry.
• Experience shadowing or authoring a design change.
• Experience with PLM system such as Arena or OnePLM.
• Experience in assembly manufacturing methods
• Experience with Lean methodologies.

Travel 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.