Staff Engineer, Quality
Stryker · Waltham, MA
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $107k–$179k
- Travel
- 10%
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- 29 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Stryker (medical devices) in Waltham, MA. Support manufacturing readiness, product transfer activities, and the transition from development to sustaining operations.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Root cause, MSA / Gage R&R, CAPA, ISO 13485
- Base pay
- $107k–$179k
- Day to day
- about 10% travel
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How this role compares
Against 56 other live quality postings in Massachusetts.
- Base pay
- About 26% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)
Typical $97k–$130k, from 34 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 72%
- ✓ FDA / GMP 53%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 53%
- ✓ ISO 13485 47%
- FMEA 44%
- ✓ CAPA 44%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Stryker in Waltham
1 other open role at this site · 2 people we found on the quality team.
- Staff Design Quality Engineer · Quality · Senior
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What You Will Do
- ◆Support manufacturing readiness, product transfer activities, and the transition from development to sustaining operations.
- ◆Identify and implement process improvements that enhance product quality, manufacturing efficiency, inspection effectiveness, and compliance.
- ◆Lead investigations of internal and supplier nonconformances, ensuring timely resolution and closure.
- ◆Own Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPAs), using root cause analysis to identify issues and implement sustainable solutions.
- ◆Review and disposition nonconforming product through Material Review Board activities and containment actions.
- ◆Partner with operations and cross-functional teams to resolve quality issues and maintain process compliance.
- ◆Evaluate manufacturing and quality performance metrics, identify trends, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- ◆Support manufacturing complaints, product field actions, and quality-related investigations.
- ◆Review and approve change management activities, challenge effectiveness, and verify implementation of quality controls.
- ◆Support process validation, equipment qualification, measurement system analysis, audits, and supplier quality performance activities.
Qualifications
- ✓Minimum bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Life Sciences, or a related technical discipline.
- ✓Minimum 4 years of experience in Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance, or a related quality-focused role supporting manufacturing operations within a regulated environment.
- ✓Experience working within a regulated manufacturing environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Experience in medical device manufacturing.
- ✓Training or certification in Lean, Lean Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies.
- ✓Experience with process capability analysis, statistical sampling plans, and gauge repeatability and reproducibility (Gage R&R) studies.
- ✓Working knowledge of ISO 13485, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), CAPA, risk management, audits, and statistical quality methods
US20 : $107,200 - $178,600 USD Annual
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