Stryker
Staff Engineer - Electrical, Advanced Operations
Stryker, Portage, Michigan, United States, 49002
Overview
Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and is dedicated to helping healthcare professionals perform their jobs more efficiently while enhancing patient care. Stryker offers a diverse array of innovative medical technologies, including reconstructive, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology and spine products to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives. We are currently seeking a Staff Engineer - Electrical, Advanced Operations to join our Stryker Instruments division in Portage, Michigan.
What you will do As the Staff Engineer - Electrical, Advanced Operations you will provide process engineering support for sustainment and improvement of our surgical instruments, working with Marketing, R&D, Cost Accounting, and Advanced Sourcing, Advanced Quality, and Validation team members. You will serve as the voice of operations in the development process and work on design for manufacturability and assembly. This position is responsible for process design, development, and validation in new product development.
Work closely with internal and contract manufacturers to develop processes for electro-mechanical assembly including PCBA manufacturing, potting, soldering, pressing, plastic injection molding, torquing and manual assembly
Design and develop requirements, prototypes, and solutions to deliver electrical designs for surgical applications
Generate detailed electrical and electronic solutions and release applicable documentation
Work closely with manufacturing, quality assurance, other engineering teams, and program management to deliver products
Execute project plans
Review peer designed drawings
Contribute to the building and testing of electrical prototypes
Practice advanced understanding of manufacturing principles and quality assurance documentation in the medical industry
Lead or support capital acquisition activity from specifying equipment, contract negotiation, installation, and validation
Ensure quality of process and product as defined in the appropriate operation and material specifications
Select components and equipment based on analysis of specifications, reliability, and regulatory requirements
Work with quality engineers to develop component specific testing and inspection protocols
Analyze equipment to establish operating data, conduct experimental test and result analysis
Lead and/or participate in process review meetings
Participate in PFMEA, Control Plan, SOP and PPAP generation associated with product transfers and launches
Complete capability studies for in process inspection and generate subsequent Inspection documentation
Review and approval of validation documentation
What you need
Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering
5+ years of experience in a manufacturing or R&D environment
Basic knowledge of electrical engineering principles
Preferred Skills
Experience working with the design of electronics (printed circuit boards, cables) with emphasis on manufacturability
Experience reading electrical schematics, CAD drawings and product architecture drawings
Experience with ICT, FCT, safety and functional testing
Experience with complex PCBA DFM & manufacturing
Experience with electromechanical assembly
Knowledge of analytical tools and statistical methods
Experience working in a highly regulated industry
Experience managing/working with a 3rd party equipment suppliers
Benefits 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.
Employment type
Full-time
Seniority level
Associate
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, and Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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What you will do As the Staff Engineer - Electrical, Advanced Operations you will provide process engineering support for sustainment and improvement of our surgical instruments, working with Marketing, R&D, Cost Accounting, and Advanced Sourcing, Advanced Quality, and Validation team members. You will serve as the voice of operations in the development process and work on design for manufacturability and assembly. This position is responsible for process design, development, and validation in new product development.
Work closely with internal and contract manufacturers to develop processes for electro-mechanical assembly including PCBA manufacturing, potting, soldering, pressing, plastic injection molding, torquing and manual assembly
Design and develop requirements, prototypes, and solutions to deliver electrical designs for surgical applications
Generate detailed electrical and electronic solutions and release applicable documentation
Work closely with manufacturing, quality assurance, other engineering teams, and program management to deliver products
Execute project plans
Review peer designed drawings
Contribute to the building and testing of electrical prototypes
Practice advanced understanding of manufacturing principles and quality assurance documentation in the medical industry
Lead or support capital acquisition activity from specifying equipment, contract negotiation, installation, and validation
Ensure quality of process and product as defined in the appropriate operation and material specifications
Select components and equipment based on analysis of specifications, reliability, and regulatory requirements
Work with quality engineers to develop component specific testing and inspection protocols
Analyze equipment to establish operating data, conduct experimental test and result analysis
Lead and/or participate in process review meetings
Participate in PFMEA, Control Plan, SOP and PPAP generation associated with product transfers and launches
Complete capability studies for in process inspection and generate subsequent Inspection documentation
Review and approval of validation documentation
What you need
Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering
5+ years of experience in a manufacturing or R&D environment
Basic knowledge of electrical engineering principles
Preferred Skills
Experience working with the design of electronics (printed circuit boards, cables) with emphasis on manufacturability
Experience reading electrical schematics, CAD drawings and product architecture drawings
Experience with ICT, FCT, safety and functional testing
Experience with complex PCBA DFM & manufacturing
Experience with electromechanical assembly
Knowledge of analytical tools and statistical methods
Experience working in a highly regulated industry
Experience managing/working with a 3rd party equipment suppliers
Benefits 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.
Employment type
Full-time
Seniority level
Associate
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, and Medical Equipment Manufacturing
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