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Stryker's Medical manufacturing facility is seeking to hire a Staff Manufacturing Engineer (for 2nd shift) to support sustaining engineering efforts in Portage, Michigan.
Who we want-
Self-directed initiators. People who take ownership of their work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.
Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.
Detail-oriented process improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes - finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.
What you will do-
Collaborate with quality engineering to provide manufacturing support
Be an equipment owner (including custom PLC equipment)
Provide manufacturing engineering support to specific projects including change analysis, risk analysis and manufacturing readiness
Troubleshoot and resolve issues relating to the safety, efficacy, quality, cost, or delivery, of components and finished devices
Conduct qualification, verification and validation activities to produce medical devices
Complete engineering work and contribute to new product development teams and product support, typically including the following activities: technology development, test of materials or products, preparation of specifications, six sigma, process studies, process improvements, and report preparation
Design, procure and fabricate tooling and fixtures
Design, document and improve manufacturing processes and operations that control the safety and efficacy of finished devices
Train, develop and/or provide work direction to operators and technicians
Participate on cross-functional project teams
Coordinate, manage and document project work and progress and recommend appropriate revisions
Participate in design control efforts related to risk analysis (failure mode and effect analysis) and design reviews
Interface with product builders or extrusion technicians, production supervisors and engineers in troubleshooting problems on the production floor
Identify and implement process/product improvement alternatives to increase/optimize yield, efficiency, throughput, and/or performance
Design, develop, test, and validate equipment and processes; analyze and interpret process models and recommend process improvements
What you need-
Bachelor's degree in engineering required; concentration in mechanical, industrial or manufacturing engineering - preferred
4+ years of related work experience required
Manufacturing engineering in a FDA regulated environment - preferred
Experience with controls, PLCs, and/or SQL -preferred
Ability to read/understand engineering drawings on common engineering software - preferred
Experience with Minitab or similar statistical software - preferred
AutoCAD experience -preferred
Experience using or understanding Lean tools/principals -preferred
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