Senior Quality Engineer, New Product Introduction
Irvine, CA
Join Stryker’s Quality Engineering team supporting the introduction and transfer of new medical devices and manufacturing processes. In this role, you will provide quality engineering support across risk management, validation, inspection, supplier quality, and design transfer activities while partnering with Engineering, Manufacturing, Design Assurance, and Quality teams.
What you will do
- Support new product and process introductions by executing and documenting quality engineering activities throughout design transfer and product launch.
- Apply risk management principles to process risk assessments, risk mitigation, process controls, and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) in accordance with ISO 14971.
- Develop inspection strategies, sampling plans, First Article Inspection approaches, and Measurement System Analysis (MSA) strategies to support repeatable and scalable manufacturing processes.
- Support the development, execution, review, and approval of process validation protocols and reports, including sterilization validation activities when applicable.
- Apply statistical methods and quality engineering tools to evaluate process capability, identify risks, investigate nonconformances, and support corrective and preventive actions.
- Support Design for Manufacturing and Assembly through process design, inspection optimization, tooling and fixture development, and production specification development.
- Execute supplier quality activities, including supplier qualification, validation, Production Part Approval Process (PPAP), supplier certification, and Quality Agreements.
- Partner with cross-functional teams during design reviews and design transfer activities, documenting quality deliverables and transferring product and process knowledge to manufacturing and Quality Engineering teams.
What you will need
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in quality, engineering or technical discipline
- Experience in a regulated manufacturing environment.
- Experience with risk management and process controls.
Preferred
- Experience in new product or new process introduction.
- Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) certification or equivalent quality engineering coursework or experience.
- Experience with medical device manufacturing and quality requirements, including ISO 13485, Good Manufacturing Practices, and Good Documentation Practices.
- Lean Six Sigma training and experience with quality and statistical tools such as PFMEA, MSA, process capability, statistical sampling, and DMAIC.
- Experience with supplier qualification and supplier quality activities supporting new product introduction and manufacturing.
$89,400 - $148,900 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 Engineering or a related technical discipline
- Minimum 2 years of experience in quality, engineering, or a technical discipline
- Experience in a regulated manufacturing environment
- Experience with risk management and process controls
- Experience in new product or new process introduction
- Certified Quality Engineer certification or equivalent quality engineering coursework or experience
- Experience with medical device manufacturing and quality requirements, including ISO 13485, Good Manufacturing Practices, and Good Documentation Practices
- Lean Six Sigma training and experience with PFMEA, MSA, process capability, statistical sampling, and DMAIC
- Experience with supplier qualification and supplier quality activities supporting new product introduction and manufacturing
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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.

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