Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Redmond, WA or Portage, MI
Join a team where your expertise directly impacts patient safety and product performance. As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, you’ll lead Emergency Care critical investigations and drive improvements that shape the future of medical technology. This is a high-impact role for someone passionate about solving complex problems and ensuring quality excellence across the product lifecycle.
Work Flexibility:
Hybrid: Candidates must reside within a commutable distance to Redmond, WA or Portage, MI, and be able to work onsite several times per week.
What you will do
- Lead product field action assessments from initiation through review and approval, ensuring complete, accurate, and timely documentation.
- Investigate complex product quality issues using structured problem-solving, root cause analysis, and statistical evaluation methods.
- Perform post-market health risk assessments and health hazard evaluations to assess potential product and patient safety risks.
- Develop containment recommendations and corrective actions based on investigation findings, risk assessments, and quality data.
- Author and manage nonconformance and corrective and preventive action records, including defined deliverables, action owners, timelines, and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate investigation and corrective action reviews with Research & Development, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Quality, Marketing, Service, and supplier teams.
- Represent Quality Assurance processes during internal and external audits and maintain compliance with applicable quality system, risk management, and post-market requirements.
What you will need
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in quality assurance or customer quality.
- Experience working in a regulated industry, such as medical devices or aerospace.
- Experience conducting post-market quality assessments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in science, engineering, or related discipline.
- Experience conducting product field actions.
- Experience working with ISO 14971, ISO 13485, 21 CFR Part 820, and European Union Medical Device Regulation requirements.
- Six Sigma Green Belt certification or experience with formal investigative techniques.
United States of America Pay Ranges:
- Puerto Rico: $69,500 - $110,900 USD Annual
- USN: $77,700 - $129,500 USD Annual
- US5: $81,600 - $136,000 USD Annual
- US10: $85,500 - $142,500 USD Annual
- US15: $89,400 - $148,900 USD Annual
- US20: $93,200 - $155,400 USD Annual
- US30: $101,000 - $168,400 USD Annual
Travel Percentage: 20%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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, or a related discipline
- At least 2 years of experience in quality assurance or customer quality
- Experience working in a regulated industry, such as medical devices or aerospace
- Experience conducting post-market quality assessments
- Master's degree in science, engineering, or a related discipline
- Experience conducting product field actions
- Experience with ISO 14971, ISO 13485, 21 CFR Part 820, and European Union Medical Device Regulation requirements
- Six Sigma Green Belt certification or experience with formal investigative techniques
Inari Medical Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Inari Medical and has not been reviewed or approved by Inari Medical.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive for many roles, with employees described as 'extremely happy' with total compensation including pay, stock, equity, and benefits. Feedback suggests above‑average salary levels across departments contribute to strong pay sentiment.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% employer‑paid premiums for employees cited in multiple descriptions. Additional options like critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, and wellness programs reinforce the healthcare offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is characterized by unlimited PTO, cited as a top benefit by employees. Paid holidays and flexible hours are also referenced, expanding the range of time‑off options.
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What We Do
Inari Medical, Inc. is a commercial-stage medical device company focused on developing products to treat and transform the lives of patients suffering from venous diseases.







