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Staff Design Quality Engineer

Stryker · Waltham, MA

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Level
Senior
Team
Quality
Base pay
$93k–$155k
Degree
Required
Experience asked
4+ years
Industry
Medical devices
Posted
Today

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A senior quality role at Stryker (medical devices) in Waltham, MA. , you will partner with Research & Development, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, and Operations to support design controls, risk management, product verification and validation, design transfer, and Quality Management System compliance.

They ask for
4+ years · degree required
Tools it names
Root cause, ISO 13485, FDA / GMP, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Supplier quality
Base pay
$93k–$155k

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About the role

What you will do

  • ◆Represent Quality Engineering on cross-functional new product development teams, providing quality and regulatory guidance throughout the product lifecycle.
  • ◆Review and approve design control documentation, including design plans, user needs, design inputs and outputs, verification and validation protocols and reports, design reviews, and Design History File documentation.
  • ◆Apply risk management principles in accordance with ISO 14971 and participate in design reviews and product risk assessments.
  • ◆Support verification, validation, process validation, and design transfer activities to ensure established

requirements

and acceptance criteria are addressed.

  • ✓Evaluate product requirements, specifications, engineering changes, and manufacturing changes for quality and regulatory impact.
  • ✓Investigate product and development issues using root cause analysis and support corrective and preventive actions, nonconformances, change control, and complaint investigations.
  • ✓Maintain quality documentation and records in accordance with ISO 13485, FDA 21 CFR Part 820, and applicable global medical device requirements.
  • ✓Support internal and regulatory audits, supplier quality activities, regulatory submissions, and updates to quality procedures, work instructions, and quality system requirements.

Required

  • ✓Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • ✓Minimum 4 years of experience in Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance, or a related position within the medical device industry.
  • ✓Experience supporting new product development, including design control activities.
  • ✓Working knowledge of FDA 21 CFR Part 820, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, design controls, corrective and preventive action, change management, and process validation.
  • ✓Experience using electronic Quality Management Systems.

requirements

such as the European Union Medical Device Regulation and Medical Device Single Audit Program.

  • ✓Experience with statistical analysis, quality improvement methodologies, supplier quality management, auditing, software validation, or computerized system validation.

US20 : $93,200 - $155,400 USD Annual

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Staff Design Quality Engineer

Waltham – MA

Join Stryker as a Staff Design Quality Engineer supporting new product development and quality activities throughout the medical device product lifecycle. In this role, you will partner with Research & Development, Regulatory Affairs, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, and Operations to support design controls, risk management, product verification and validation, design transfer, and Quality Management System compliance in a regulated medical device environment.

Hybrid: candidates must reside within commuting distance of Waltham – MA and be able to work onsite several days per week.

Preferred

  • +Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) certification or a comparable quality certification.
  • +Experience with Class II and/or Class III medical devices, including global

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