Senior Design Quality Engineer (Mechanical)
Stryker · Portage, MI
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Quality
- Base pay
- $78k–$130k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Medical devices
- Posted
- Today
The role in 30 seconds
A senior quality role at Stryker (medical devices) in Portage, MI. In this role, you will independently execute and own quality engineering activities for defined mechanical workstreams within new product development and partner with cross-functional teams, including R&D, Operations, Manufacturing, Suppliers, Testing, and.
- They ask for
- 2+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Six Sigma, Root cause, SPC, FMEA, PPAP, GD&T
- Base pay
- $78k–$130k
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Quality Engineer roles in Michigan: typical posted base $78k–$149k. This one lists $78k–$130k.
Median of the low and high ends of 19 live postings that list pay, out of 57 quality engineer openings in Michigan, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Michigan plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 56 other live quality postings in Michigan.
- Base pay
- About 14% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 4+)
Typical $86k–$154k, from 18 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Root cause 70%
- ✓ FMEA 53%
- ✓ PPAP 49%
- ✓ SPC 46%
- Control plans 44%
- ✓ Six Sigma 40%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Stryker in Portage
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What you will do
- ◆Partner with R&D to evaluate mechanical product designs against quality
requirements
for safety, effectiveness, reliability, manufacturability, and usability, and translate customer and market feedback into clear design and quality
requirements
for assigned workstreams.
- ✓Own risk management deliverables for assigned new product development workstreams, including developing risk management plans and reports, facilitating risk reviews, and verifying the effectiveness of design and process risk controls.
- ✓Execute and coordinate design quality activities for assigned workstreams across requirements, design reviews, drawings, specifications, inspection methods, design verification and validation, and change control to ensure objective evidence supports product acceptance.
- ✓Develop and execute design verification and validation strategies and requirements, including usability activities; review protocols and results; and complete final reports with clear, statistically valid conclusions.
- ✓Partner with Operations and suppliers to develop, evaluate and implement robust manufacturing process controls for assigned mechanical components and assemblies.
- ✓Coordinate product design and quality transfers to internal and/or external manufacturing facilities, including PPAP planning, supplier communication, readiness reviews, and approval of quality documentation.
- ✓Identify and document critical quality attributes within assigned workstreams using risk-based methods and ensure alignment with design outputs and process controls.
- ✓Own PPAP execution for assigned components or suppliers. Communicate PPAP
requirements
to component suppliers, evaluate submission readiness, and approve PPAP documentation and results within the assigned scope.
- ✓Support quality system maintenance and improvement by identifying procedural updates and implementing effective, sustainable solutions.
What you will need
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
- ✓2+ years’ experience in quality, manufacturing, new product development, or engineering.
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Stryker is hiring a S enior Design Quality Engineer (Mechanical) in Portage, Michigan, to support our Medical business. In this role, you will independently execute and own quality engineering activities for defined mechanical workstreams within new product development and partner with cross-functional teams, including R&D, Operations, Manufacturing, Suppliers, Testing, and Regulatory, throughout the development process. You will be responsible for quality activities within assigned products, components, or suppliers, including risk management, design verification and validation, process controls, design transfer, and post-market quality support through the change control process. You may also contribute to and coordinate quality improvement initiatives within your assigned scope.
Preferred
- +Experience within the medical device or regulated manufacturing industry.
- +Working knowledge of ISO 13485 and ISO 14971.
- +Experience with statistical analysis, sampling plans, statistical process control, and Minitab.
- +Applied knowledge of Advanced Quality tools such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), GD&T, tolerance analysis, Root Cause Analysis, and Mistake Proofing/Poka-Yoke.
- +Ability to read and interpret CAD models, engineering drawings, specifications, and inspection requirements.
- +Knowledge of polymer materials/processes and performance considerations for medical device applications.
- +Six Sigma certification or ASQ certification.
United States of America Pay Ranges
- •USN : $77,700 - $129,500 USD Annual
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